Mass APA Honors Wellesley Comprehensive Plan
The 2007-2017 Wellesley Comprehensive Plan has been awarded the 2007 Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association. Work on the plan was led by Larissa Brown PhD, AICP, Chief Planner for Goody Clancy.
The plan encompasses all the required elements of a Massachusetts comprehensive plan, but the planning work was strategically focused on the most difficult and complex issues facing the town. These included the impact of tear-downs and mansionization on neighborhood character; identification of development opportunities for diversifying housing types in the town; provision of opportunities for affordable housing; continued enhancement of village commercial districts; preservation of open space; and improved management of traffic and parking. This focused approach resulted in identification of three potential sites for redevelopment and nine mixed-use development scenarios. The plan also includes a detailed framework for affordable housing planned production; an inventory of open space; 19 maps; and an implementation chapter coordinated with the Town’s capital plan.
The plan is available on the Town of Wellesley’s web site: www.wellesleyma.gov/Pages/WellesleyMA_Planning/draftfinal