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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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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…
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North Attleboro Mixed Use Zoning (with Stantec)
With Stantec, CommunityScale is working with the Town of North Attleboro to update their downtown zoning, add a mixed-use overlay to their primary commercial corridor, and bring the town into compliance with the MBTA…
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How CommunityScale forecasts households by income group
This post examines a key element of housing needs assessment: projecting future household income distribution. In planning for housing needs—whether for the next 5 years or 10—forecasting not only the number of households but…
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Central Indiana Regional Housing Study (with Stantec)
Launched while working at Stantec, CommunityScale is partnered with Stantec Urban Places to complete a regional housing study that includes housing market investigation, needs assessment, and gap analysis to provide communities and stakeholders across…
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A new way to conduct and share housing needs assessments
CommunityScale is excited to announce a new way to conduct and share housing needs assessments. Our affordable and data-driven reports are delivered as interactive websites. This link is to a sample interactive web report.…
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Malden MBTA Communities zoning
CommunityScale is working the the City of Malden to complete their MBTA Communities zoning for compliance.
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CommunityScale under contract to manage Everett’s rezoning
CommunityScale is under contract for Everett’s Recodification project. We are excited to work with the City and our project partners and create a new zoning ordinance and zoning map for Everett. Stay tuned for…
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Everett Recodification
CommunityScale is managing the complete rezoning of Everett, Massachusetts, along with project partners Stantec’s Urban Places and BBHS Law. The goal of the initiative is to modernize the code while meeting the mayor’s vision…