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	<title>Newton Villages - A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers &#187; housing</title>
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		<title>Newton Marriott hosts MAPC annual meeting; Housing discussion planned</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/05/newton-marriott-hosts-mapc-annual-meeting-housing-discussion-planned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 1, 2011; 8:30 am to 11:30 am. ] The Boston-area's Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) will hold its annual meeting in Newton in June.

The keynote speaker is Barbara G. Fields, New England Administrator of the federal Housing and Urban Development Regional Office. The MAPC announcement says she will be discussing "the Obama Administration's priorities in housing and community economic development, especially as they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mixed-use development to bring retail space and 5 residences to Nonantum</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/mixed-use-development-proposed-in-nonantum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Design of the mixed-use building by Newton-based Architects2, http://architects2boston.com/.
The big news this week has been the redevelopment of the vacant Omni Foods site on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill. That project, by Newton-based New England Development, has met with both begrudging approval and outright opposition, which you may have already read about in the Newton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chestnut Hill housing development garners national attention with ULI award</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/chestnut-hill-housing-development-garners-national-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/chestnut-hill-housing-development-garners-national-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A housing development in the northern edge of Chestnut Hill has won a national award from the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
ULI picked the Fairways and Carriage House at 33 Commonwealth to receive a Jack Kemp Workforce Housing 2010 Models of Excellence award. Only four developments nationwide received the award from 29 submissions. The other winning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newton #3 on 2010 &#8220;Best Places to Live&#8221; list</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/07/newton-3-on-2010-best-places-to-live-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/07/newton-3-on-2010-best-places-to-live-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN Money&#8217;s new &#8220;list of America&#8217;s best small cities&#8221; places Newton in the number three spot.
Downsides: Traffic and the cost of housing.
Upsides: Mass transit and village centers, &#8220;Less than 45 minutes from downtown Boston via train, subway, or express bus, Newton is divided into 13 &#8220;villages&#8221; loaded with classic New England charm. Most have pedestrian-friendly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Meeting on Riverside</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/05/community-meeting-on-riverside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 22:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 17, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The developers of the Riverside T station have rescheduled the community meeting that was recently canceled.  The next meeting will be held on Thursday June 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Williams school.  (Map &#38; directions here.)

This meeting will benefit from the recently released traffic study completed by the developer's consultant, VHB.

For more information, visit http://www.riversidestation.info, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Property redevelopment discussions develop</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/05/property-redevelopment-discussions-develop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 11:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a sluggish economy, city officials, developers, and community groups are coming together to discuss proposed commercial and residential property development projects in several locations around the city.
At tonight&#8217;s meeting of the Real Property Reuse Committee, which &#8220;reviews the sale or lease of city-owned property,&#8221; Aldermen Danberg, Merrill, Linsky, Salvucci, Gentile, Baker, and Fischman will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A forum on affordable housing</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/04/a-forum-on-affordable-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/04/a-forum-on-affordable-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 6, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Adopted in 1969, Chapter 40B, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Law, allows local Zoning Boards of Appeal or a State Appeals Committee to approve residential developments, whether or not they comply with local zoning, if at least 20 to 25% of their units have long-term affordability restrictions.  In November 2010 Massachusetts voters will vote to either repeal (yes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public hearing on development at Riverside: 12/3/09</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2009/12/tonight-public-hearing-on-development-at-riverside-mbta-property/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2009/12/tonight-public-hearing-on-development-at-riverside-mbta-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 7:30 p.m. tonight (12/3), BH Normandy will be presenting proposals to neighbors for a mixed-use development of at least 600,000 square feet. Please come tonight if you can. The hearing will be held at the old Emerson School, 545 Grove Street, Newton.
Details from an earlier news story: &#8221;The real estate group BH Normandy proposed a development that would include [...]]]></description>
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