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A more vibrant downtown? Pittsfield says proposed zoning could move needle forward

PITTSFIELD — A new zoning district that planners developed to help revitalize the city’s core passed the muster of a City Council subcommittee Monday. The proposal to create the Downtown Creative District aims to encourage mixed-use development with a focus on the arts economy, and increase residential units to help address a local housing crunch. The subcommittee on Ordinance and Rules recommended the ordinance favorably back to the full City Council for approval, with councilors Nicholas Caccamo, Pete White, Earl Persip III, Patrick Kavey and Anthony Maffuccio throwing their support behind the plan. By specifying design standards for those buildings and allowable uses according to location, City Planner C.J. Hoss said the regulations would spell out for developers the types of projects the city hopes to see downtown.

A more vibrant downtown? Pittsfield says proposed zoning could move the needle forward

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