Planning Initiatives

Final plan completed and a link to the PDF version is found at: FINAL Brighton Guest Street Area Planning Study Report and UD Guidelines April 12

The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), together with its Sasaki consultant team, will be holding the first of several Advisory Group working sessions for the Brighton / Guest Street Planning Study (the “Study”) in order to discuss existing conditions and preliminary analyses for an area of Brighton with great opportunity for future development (the “Study Area”), and obtain feedback from the Advisory Group and the community. The public is welcome to attend all Advisory Group working sessions, and all working sessions will be posted on the BRA’s meeting calendar webpage at http://tinyurl.com/bra-calendar.

The Study will be comprehensive in examining two alternate development scenarios and their economic and physical impacts. Development alternatives will be produced and corresponding recommendations for appropriate mix of uses, urban design massing, and public realm improvements, traffic mitigation measures, and economic development opportunities identified. All development scenarios, impacts and recommendations must be evaluated in the context of existing uses in the study area as well as impacts on the surrounding Brighton neighborhood.

The Study must examine and determine the impacts of different uses including retail, housing, light industrial, as well as office and expansion of existing business headquarters. Of particular focus is how to utilize surface parking lots and the underutilized former light industrial buildings to their best potential in contributing to a transformation of the study area. While the Study will focus on this geographic area, elements of the Study such as transportation, land use, and economic development have implications that will affect a wider geographic area.


PRELIMINARY SEQUENCING OF FUTURE ADVISORY GROUP WORKING SESSIONS

Please check BRA calendar for future AG working session dates – http://tinyurl.com/bra-calendar

1. FINAL Brighton Guest Street Area Planning Study Report and UD Guidelines April 12
   
2. Brighton Guest Street Final Report 3-13-12
   
3. Brighton Guest Street Final Report for Comment_2-9-12.
   
4. Brighton Guest Street Area Planning AG Working Session 7/Meeting Presentation – January 31, 2012
   
5. Brighton Guest Street Report Draft JAN 27
   
6. Brighton Guest Street Area Planning AG Working Session 6/Meeting Presentation - January 19, 2012
   
7. Brighton Guest Street Area Planning AG Working Session 5 Presentation – November 15, 2011
   
8. Brighton Guest Street Area Planning AG Working Sessions 3 and 4 Presentation – October 18 and 20, 2011
   
9. Brighton Guest Street Area Planning AG Working Session 2 Presentation – September 15, 2011
   
10. Brighton Guest Street Area Planning AG Working Session 1 Presentation - July 25, 2011
    
11. Advisory Group Members List
    
12. Study Area Boundary