I had the good fortune of attending the tour of Lincoln Woods put on by FOMA yesterday after taking part in the State of the Town Meeting on Saturday. See:
https://www.fomalincoln.org/outreach This densely built, multi-family development is anything but "gross." In fact, I think it is quite the opposite and in many ways, represents the best of Lincoln in terms of its ideals, collaborative problem solving, and honoring the town's history of supporting modern, human scale dwellings. Perhaps we should continue to trust the many volunteers who've put so much time in coming up with a terrific solution to both comply with the Housing Choice Act and to honor our history and values rather than to fearmonger with words and images that don't represent the good work and intentions of many residents. John On Mon, Oct 2, 2023, 7:14 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK-can someone do that for the proposed area in S.Lincoln? > The example offered by Robert Albert was alarming, and certainly NOT > something I would like to see. > Had I had such a visual at SoTT, I would voted for “None of the Above”, > but would have indicated I would support a map that shrank the size of the > S.Lincoln district to focus on the Mall, and maybe Lewis Street, and then > include the Lincoln North + Battle Road Farm to make up the difference. > > Perhaps such modeling as seen in the post could better educate the likes > of me as to what S.Lincoln might look like under each scenario? > > I know the assertion is that this will take decades to build out, and that > is my concern. > > I want to leave Lincoln the wonderful, small town I fell in love with over > 45 years ago. > Yes, there have been and will be changes, but the density and intensity > suggested is not what I would like to visit on future generations. > > > > > ------ > Sara Mattes > > > > > On Oct 2, 2023, at 9:49 AM, Don Seltzer <timon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is an excellent online tool called Residensity which provides an > interactive map for viewing actual residential density for towns, > neighborhoods, and individual parcels. > https://residensity.mhp.net/ > > Don Seltzer > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 8:27 AM Robert Ahlert <robahl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all - >> >> As we start to think about what this build out is going to look like, it >> is useful to look at a couple articles that help visualize it. Also, I >> learned that density can be spread across a district or sub-district, only >> the average needs to be 15 units. But with the 36' high maximum in town, >> it will be interesting to see what the designs are. >> >> >> https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/april-2017/visualizing-compatible-density >> >> Scroll down in the above and you will get to some ideas about 15 units >> per acre. Given some plots have wetlands, some will have to be higher and >> others lower to make it average out. >> >> This assumes each property owner in the district/sub districts sells-out >> at the same time. If they don't, i guess each developer will come up with >> their own design? >> >> <image.png> >> >> Rob >> >> -- >> *Robert Ahlert* | *781.738.1069* | robahl...@gmail.com >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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