Boston has selected two consulting firms to guide changes to its linkage and Inclusionary Development Policy. Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the consultant selection and an advisory committee of policy experts, affordable housing advocates including Dorchester-based groups, and developers to take part in shaping Boston’s new affordability ratios. California-based firm David
Mayor Michelle Wu has chosen James Arthur Jemison II, a former Dorchester resident with extensive experience in Massachusetts, to be Boston’s inaugural Chief of Planning. Along with responsibilities for leading city-wide, inter-department land use planning efforts, Jemison is expected to helm the Boston Planning and Development Agency as its new director, a role expected to