Dear Fellow Residents The Planning Board voted unanimously to endorse the proposed Nature Link project at their June 10th,2025, meeting. As elected members of a Board that represents all Lincoln residents, we have taken the responsibility toread extensively about and listen carefully to presentations about this project, including questions andcomments from many abutters and residents. Planning Board support is rooted not only in what thisproject proposes to build, but also in what it seeks to preserve, and the values it reflects. After reviewing all that we learned, we have concluded that Lincoln will benefit considerably from thisunique partnership among the Farrington board, the City of Cambridge, the Panetta family and CivicoDevelopment. The Town of Lincoln will gain permanent protection of land long noted for its conservationvalue, the continuation in Lincoln of a unique nature program for urban youth, and a creative singlefamily housing village of mostly small homes that is aligned with Lincoln’s long-term planning vision. If the Preliminary Development and Use Plan for this project is approved at Town Meeting, the developerwill be required to submit a Definitive Plan, apply for a special permit and go through site plan review bythe Planning Board. As a key element of this next stage of review and permitting, the Planning Board willwork with the developer, Lincoln residents and other Town boards in an open process involving publichearings, to address all viewpoints, with a goal of arriving at a permitted project which is in the bestinterest of the Town and is as responsive to resident comments as possible. Lynn E DeLisi (Co-Chair) Gary Taylor (Co-Chair) Robert Ahlert Susan Hall Mygatt Craig Nicholson
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