Building Boom Sparks Ideas For More Public Input
by Thomas Breen | Jan 16, 2019 4:21 pm | Comments (1)
Publish a single list of development projects that are open to public comment. Use online maps to explain a project’s history and timeline. And clarify land use-related meeting agendas, so that the public can easily understand what a developer is asking of the city.
City officials heard those and another good-governance recommendations from Downtown and Wooster Square neighbors about how best to keep the public informed and engaged during the city’s current deluge of development and construction.
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