Development vs. The Small Town: Can They Coexist?
If you listen closely to Town Hall conversations across Massachusetts today, you'll likely encounter residential permitting discussions at a standstill between planners and developers. In fact, the rate of permitting across the Commonwealth since 2010 is less than half of what it was in the 1980s, according to Urban Land Magazine. As a real estate attorney who has permitted hundreds of residential and commercial buildings in dozens of municipalities across Massachusetts over twenty years, I've