The Peaked Hill Pastures affordable housing project is finally going out to bid. A request for proposal (RFP), presented by the Peaked Hill Pastures RFP committee, was unanimously approved by the Chilmark Select Board during a Tuesday evening meeting. It’s taken almost two years for the bidding process to start. The project itself was approved […]
Oak Bluffs is looking to provide housing for municipal employees. During a meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Oak Bluffs Select Board unanimously approved preparing a letter to the state with the intention of setting aside units for municipal employees at the Southern Tier affordable housing project. Southern Tier is an Island Housing Trust project […]
West Tisbury’s zoning bylaw amendments were on shaky ground when presented by the town’s planning board on Monday. The board held a public hearing for several warrant articles it plans to present during the annual town meeting. The amendments were proposed because of recurring event requests coming to the town’s select board that current zoning […]
Islanders rang out a message to state legislators on Thursday: legislation to create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank must advance to secure the community’s future. Activists from both Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket joined together for the “Martha Goes to Beacon Hill” event, organized by the Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank, to push […]
The Tisbury select board is supporting renewed plans for housing at the EducComp building. The board voted 2-0 in support during a meeting Wednesday, March 15. Board member Abbe Burt abstained from voting. Building owner Xerxes Agassi went to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last July where his plans for the building were rejected in a […]