Representatives of the Mashpee Commons told the Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee on Tuesday, July 13, that 90 units of affordable housing could be constructed âup frontâ as part of a proposed mixed-use expansion.
Dozens of residents filled the Waquoit Meeting Room at Town Hall for the meeting, some asking pointed questions of the Mashpee Commons team during public comment after the presentation by the developers.
The Mashpee Commons has partnered with the Preservation of Affordable Housing, a national nonprofit focused on affordable housing, to incorporate affordable housing into the proposed three-way development agreement among the developers, the Town of Mashpee and the Cape Cod Commission, said Paul Niedzwiecki, a contractor representing the Mashpee Commons.
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I am a fairly new resident of Mashpee having moved here seven years ago. It is the perfect place for me with its own beaches at the shore and ponds, the numerous walking trails which are truly idyllic and yet so conveniently located to supermarkets and other necessary stores. I really enjoy Mashpee Commons. I enjoy it just the way it is. The proposed Mashpee Commons project is a testament to greed and political manipulation. This project is wrong on all fronts. It is an environmental disasterâthe carnage of trees and wild animal habitat alone is unthinkable. In my own neighborhood they have decimated the building lotsânot a tree, bush or stick is left standing. The wastewater problem that we already have would only be exacerbated. The amount of housing in the Mashpee Commonsâ plan for our workforce housing is minimal. For example, I met a man who is a Marine who was deployed to Afghanistan twice where he was injured. When he returned to the United States, he learned a