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FRAMINGHAM Officials at a Maple Street church are proposing to install solar panels on a canopy over the parish’s parking lot.
Officials with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, DiPrete Engineering and Plankton Energy submitted plans to the city’s Planning Board to construct a canopy over the church parking lot and to install solar panels. The project area is 16,000 square feet and there are no proposed changes to the existing building.
The church at 3 Maple St. is housed in a neighborhood and some residents are concerned about the project and its effect on the surrounding homes. Some during last week’s Planning Board public hearing called the project an eyesore and asked the project team to make it more aesthetically pleasing by adding a landscaping buffer.
FRAMINGHAM There’s a new way to learn about upcoming community events and happenings throughout Framingham.
Two solar-powered smart Soofas dynamic bulletin boards have been installed at the intersection of Concord, Irving (Rte. 126) and Waverly (Rte. 135) streets and in front of the downtown common, off Concord Street.
The two-sided Soofas have a map of the area highlighting cultural and governmental institutions and a digital side that provides real-time commuter rail updates, information on city happenings, emergency and health updates and more.
Downtown Framingham Inc. received a grant from the state to install the technology downtown and Jack’s Abby also provided funding. The Soofas were installed late last month.
FRAMINGHAM The city’s Highway Division has received a $200,000 Shared Streets and Spaces grant to improve pedestrian accessibility on a section of School Street.
“Our Public Works team is very appreciative of the Baker-Polito administration and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for this grant opportunity,” Public Works Director Blake Lukis said in a statement. “It is vital to keep investing and improving Framingham’s public infrastructure.
Construction is slated to begin later this year.
The Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program provides cities and towns with grants between $5,000 and $200,000 to support projects that promote public health, safe mobility and renewed commerce by quickly providing new or repurposed space socially-distanced walking, bicycling, dining, retail and bus travel.
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