[CPEO-BIF] "Affordable Housing Project At Brownfield Site Stirs Opposition In Great Barrington, " Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Affordable Housing Project At Brownfield Site Stirs Opposition In Great Barrington 

By JIM LEVULIS 
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
August 10, 2016 

An affordable housing proposal on a brownfield site in Great Barrington, Massachusetts is facing opposition as a town board considers its approval.

The Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire wants to build 45 affordable housing units on the former New England Log Homes site at 100 Bridge St., two blocks from Main St. The nonprofit has been working on remediation and development of the 8-acre property, contaminated by industrial chemicals, for about 20 years. The CDC’s executive director Tim Geller says the group’s $45 million vision is an opportunity of a generation.

“The master plans includes 45 units of affordable rental apartments, 36 market-rate condominiums which will be medium and higher-end condominiums, about 30,000 square feet of commercial space and two acres of public park,” explained Geller.


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For the entire story, see
http://wamc.org/post/affordable-housing-project-brownfield-site-stirs-opposition-great-barrington#stream/0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
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