The Latest from CommunityScale
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CommunityScale begins Housing Needs Assessment for the City of Alexandria, VA
CommunityScale is excited to begin work on a Housing Needs Assessment for Alexandria, VA as a foundational step towards an update of the City’s 2013 Housing Master Plan. As we have learned through this…
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Thoughts on how Everett became a housing boomtown in the Boston area
This February, the Boston Globe published an article How Everett became a housing boomtown in the Boston area that demonstrated how Everett has permitted housing units at the fastest rate in Greater Boston, adding…
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CommunityScale joins MHP to assist the Town of Wakefield with MBTA Communities compliance
CommunityScale and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) have entered into an agreement to provide technical assistance to the Town of Wakefield for MBTA Communities compliance. Our collaboration with MHP and Wakefields builds on our…
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Dedham MBTA Communities Zoning
CommunityScale worked with the Town of Dedham’s staff and planning board to craft MBTA Communities compliant zoning.
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CommunityScale writing MBTA Communities zoning for Town of Duxbury
We are excited to announce we’ve been selected by the Town of Duxbury to support their pursuit of compliance with the MBTA Communities Law. As part of this effort, we will draft multi-family zoning…
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CommunityScale kicks off a housing needs assessment in Fall River, Massachusetts
CommunityScale is excited to announce the kickoff of a comprehensive housing market analysis project that is part of the Route 79-Davol Street Corridor Improvements project and master planning process aimed at transforming Fall River’s…
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Rhode Island Housing Needs Assessments
To help the state’s diverse municipalities address mounting affordable housing challenges, RIHousing, Rhode Island’s housing finance agency, introduced a technical assistance program to connect communities with consulting resources tailored to help them assess local…
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City of Lynn selects CommunityScale for zoning overhaul
We are excited that the City of Lynn has announced the selection of CommunityScale as the consultant for the comprehensive Zoning Code Rewrite project. This initiative will modernize Lynn’s zoning regulations to reflect contemporary…
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How to measure market demand with targeted housing market analysis
Gauging demand for new market-rate housing development can be challenging, especially in communities where it may not be prevalent (yet). Our innovative approach to “target“ housing market analysis is designed to help communities identify…
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Housing needs assessments for three Kentucky Buffalo Trace counties
CommunityScale completed housing needs assessments for Bracken, Mason, and Robertson County, three rural counties in Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace Area Development District.
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El Paso Downtown + Uptown & Surrounding Neighborhoods Plan
Client City of El Paso, Texas Services Consulting Timeline 2023 Deliverable Master Plan The Downtown, Uptown and Surrounding Neighborhoods Master Plan was created with significant input from the residents, neighborhood associations, core stakeholders, and…
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Malden adopts MBTA Communities Zoning
The City Council adopted the zoning on December 12, 2023. The new zoning creates an overlay with a series of subdistricts that focuses multifamily development capacity and mixed-use development around their two station areas.
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Housing Needs Assessment for Harrison County, Kentucky
Combining the analysis contained within this housing needs assessment with the community’s housing policy goals and priorities results in the housing production target tabulated at right of a total of 200 units in the…
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Which places have the best cost burden performance?
We have the opportunity to work across the United States on housing needs assessments, and one of the questions we get is, “which places are the leaders in achieving low levels of cost burden?”…
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General Code and CommunityScale sign a partnership agreement
CommunityScale takes pride in its strong partnerships with various businesses and organizations. Together, we combine our skills and technologies creatively to tackle the unique and significant challenges faced by communities, striving for innovative solutions.…