Edgartown voters will make their decision on the housing bank this spring following a 2-1 vote by the Edgartown select board to place the housing bank article on the annual town meeting warrant. The vote to place the article on the warrant comes after several meetings where the select board and the town’s legal counsel, […]
A little more fine tuning. That’s what the Edgartown select board would like to see before they’re ready to put the proposed housing bank article on the town’s annual town meeting warrant. At a meeting Monday, board members told members of the Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank’s steering committee to take another […]
With some details of the proposed housing bank still up in the air, the Edgartown select board remained reluctant to put the issue on this spring’s annual town meeting warrant. A week ago, the board asked town counsel Ron Rappaport to review the warrant article and report back to the board. Rappaport issued a written […]
The Edgartown select board sent the draft Housing Bank warrant article to town counsel for review at its regular meeting Monday as the draft article continues to make the rounds before Island select boards. Select board chair Michael Donaroma said the article will be sent to town counsel Ron Rappaport. “We don’t have much to […]
The Edgartown select board unanimously approved Affirmative Investments and Island Housing Trust’s proposal to construct 40 affordable and community housing units on Meshacket Road. The project will consist of 36 affordable rental units and four community home-ownership units. An affordable housing project on the 6.76-acre parcel has been in the works for more than a […]