[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Devens' [MA] former military facilities offer chance for community with few residents"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Devens' former military facilities offer chance for community with few residents

BY GRANT WELKER
Worcester Business Journal (MA)
APRIL 1, 2019


In the two decades since the closure of its longtime military base, Devens has rebounded with thousands of new jobs from dozens of employers like the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb or consumer distributor Quiet Logistics.

Yet, the community still lacks for residents, with less than 2,000 living there, according to the U.S. Census.

A cluster of brick buildings dating to before World War II - which have stood empty since Devens's military days - could help change that. Rezoning efforts to allow for residential use have stalled before, but now the MassDevelopment, the state agency controlling Devens, is seeking approval from residents in the three towns who make up the former base - Ayer, Harvard and Shirley - to allow for up to 300 housing units.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20190401/PRINTEDITION/303299998/devens-former-military-facilities-offer-chance-for-community-with-few-residents

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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