Historic West Roxbury Neighborhood Association Meeting Tackles Spate of Zoning Concerns

Posted by: Tim White
Posted on: Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 6:53 am
Categories: Zoning, Developments, West Roxbury

West Roxbury Neighborhood Meeting

Last Monday, a first-ever joint meeting between the Bellevue Hill Improvement and Higland Civic Associations moderated a lively discussion between residents, developers and local politicians over some recent zoning controversies stemming from two newly constructed properties and a proposed future development in West Roxbury.  Specifcally, two completed development projects on Grayfield Ave and a proposed development on Ruskin Street have spurred concerned residents, many of whom feel they have been left out of important decisions making processes and that their voices are not being heard, into action.  

The meeting drew a large crowd of West Roxbury residents as well as several At-Large City councilors and neighborhood councilors.  Present were At-Large Councilors John Connolly, Mike Flaherty and Steve Murphy as well as West Roxbury City Councilor John Tobin.

In addition, representatives from two other neighborhood groups were in attendance: Olivia Waishek, president of the West Roxbury Civic & Improvement Association, and Stephen Smith, president of the Charles River/Spring Valley Neighborhood Association.

Both the West Roxbury Bulletin and West Roxbury Transcript newspapers reported on the meeting.  The artciles can be found here:  http://tinyurl.com/6ctpxl and here http://blogs.townonline.com/parkwayBlog/?p=7241

Also, to learn all about Boston Zoning, go here: http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/zoning/zoning.asp

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One Response to “Historic West Roxbury Neighborhood Association Meeting Tackles Spate of Zoning Concerns”

  1. Rona Cronin on November 3rd, 2008 7:30 am

    Hat’s off to Tim White in keeping us abreast of what is happening in our neighborhoods. I am originally a Rossie girl, being born and brought up in Roslindale. I moved to West Roxbury in 1980 as I thought it was one of the nicest communites in the Boston area to live in. Our City has so much to offer. Thanks Tim for filming this meeting. I found it very informative.

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