IN THE FIELD of urban planning, a master plan is a document and policy guide designed to help communities create a vision of what they want to look like in […]
Boston Planning and Development Agency
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Real work starting now at Pier 5
THE BOSTON PLANNING and Development Agency’s decision to reject the three proposals advanced for privatization of Pier 5 in Charlestown is welcome news, but now the real work begins. The […]
Posted inEconomy
Depoliticizing the development process in Boston
CALLS TO ABOLISH the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) go back almost to its creation. City Councilor Michelle Wu is the latest to take up the quest to rid […]
Posted inEconomy
Wu calls for abolishing Boston Planning and Development Agency
BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR Michelle Wu is jumping on a well-worn path of city leaders going back to Kevin White, calling for dissolution of the city’s redevelopment authority, which she says […]