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Dedham MBTA Communities Zoning
CommunityScale worked with the Town of Dedham’s staff and planning board to craft MBTA Communities compliant zoning.
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CommunityScale writing MBTA Communities zoning for Town of Duxbury
We are excited to announce we’ve been selected by the Town of Duxbury to support their pursuit of compliance with the MBTA Communities Law. As part of this effort, we will draft multi-family zoning…
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CommunityScale kicks off a housing needs assessment in Fall River, Massachusetts
CommunityScale is excited to announce the kickoff of a comprehensive housing market analysis project that is part of the Route 79-Davol Street Corridor Improvements project and master planning process aimed at transforming Fall River’s…
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Rhode Island Housing Needs Assessments
To help the state’s diverse municipalities address mounting affordable housing challenges, RIHousing, Rhode Island’s housing finance agency, introduced a technical assistance program to connect communities with consulting resources tailored to help them assess local…
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City of Lynn selects CommunityScale for zoning overhaul
We are excited that the City of Lynn has announced the selection of CommunityScale as the consultant for the comprehensive Zoning Code Rewrite project. This initiative will modernize Lynn’s zoning regulations to reflect contemporary…
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How to measure market demand with targeted housing market analysis
Gauging demand for new market-rate housing development can be challenging, especially in communities where it may not be prevalent (yet). Our innovative approach to “target“ housing market analysis is designed to help communities identify…
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Housing needs assessments for three Kentucky Buffalo Trace counties
CommunityScale completed housing needs assessments for Bracken, Mason, and Robertson County, three rural counties in Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace Area Development District.
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Lynn Rezoning
CommunityScale is working on a complete rezoning of the City of Lynn. Our team has two subconsultants, Levine Planning Strategies, led by Jeff Levine, and BBHS Law, led by Jonathan Silverstein. We’ll keep this…
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El Paso Downtown + Uptown & Surrounding Neighborhoods Plan
Client City of El Paso, Texas Services Consulting Timeline 2023 Deliverable Master Plan The Downtown, Uptown and Surrounding Neighborhoods Master Plan was created with significant input from the residents, neighborhood associations, core stakeholders, and…
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Malden adopts MBTA Communities Zoning
The City Council adopted the zoning on December 12, 2023. The new zoning creates an overlay with a series of subdistricts that focuses multifamily development capacity and mixed-use development around their two station areas.
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Housing Needs Assessment for Harrison County, Kentucky
Combining the analysis contained within this housing needs assessment with the community’s housing policy goals and priorities results in the housing production target tabulated at right of a total of 200 units in the…
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Which places have the best cost burden performance?
We have the opportunity to work across the United States on housing needs assessments, and one of the questions we get is, “which places are the leaders in achieving low levels of cost burden?”…
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General Code and CommunityScale sign a partnership agreement
CommunityScale takes pride in its strong partnerships with various businesses and organizations. Together, we combine our skills and technologies creatively to tackle the unique and significant challenges faced by communities, striving for innovative solutions.…
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An empirical approach to quantifying and modeling housing preferences
To be truly actionable, a good housing study relies on a detailed and nuanced quantitative model of housing market trends. There are many ways to approach this task, but the most effective method focuses…
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Having an impact on Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee decisions as a witness
I have appeared as a witness at the Housing Appeals Committee four times, each with a positive outcome for the party I was supporting, including the Medford-DIV Fellsway, LLC Decision. My insights have been…