Posts Tagged ‘revitalization’
Envision bike lanes
What expertise does a bicycle club bring to urban planning? And why is the Wakefield Bicycle Club (aka Safe Streets Wakefield) taking a lead role in peddling the Envision Wakefield downtown revitalization project? The Safe Streets group had a table at the recent Living Well Health Fair. Ahead of the event they promoted their role […]
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Condo Condescension
Since it’s the New Year and a new decade, it seems like a good time for your periodic reminder that Wakefield is not in fact turning into “Condoville” or “Malden” or any of the other haughty labels that the snobs on social media like to toss around. What’s wrong with condos? Or for that matter, […]
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It’s the parking…
Pop quiz: What’s the first thing you do if you’re a new business moving into Wakefield Square? If you answered, “Hire Brian McGrail to go before the Zoning Board and get a waiver from the parking requirements,” you would be correct! Bonus question: Why do you need a waiver from the requirements for parking? If […]
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