Housing Production Plan and Municipal Surplus Property Plan…
Gardner School DistrictMassachusetts- Detected
- Jun 24, 2026
- 135 days ago
- Sector
- Professional Services
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THE 30-SECOND BRIEF
Gardner’s Housing Production Plan (HPP), developed with Barrett Planning Group, includes strategies to evaluate municipal and tax-title properties for affordable and workforce housing, promote adaptive reuse of municipal buildings like Elm Street School, and implement a Municipal Surplus Property Plan to redevelop surplus city-owned properties. The HPP also calls for establishing an Affordable Housing Trust, a municipal housing coordinator position, and zoning and policy changes to enable diverse housing types and preservation of existing stock.
The Municipal Surplus Property Plan itself is funded with a 50000 FY26 One Stop for Growth grant and is currently in progress, with inventory and categorization of parcels completed and ongoing technical assistance from MassDevelopment. These efforts will soon require additional consulting, legal, development, and disposition support as the city moves from planning into concrete redevelopment initiatives on specific parcels, including RFQs/RFPs for developers and potential building reuse projects.
The HPP and surplus property work are directly linked, with surplus parcels envisioned as catalysts for new housing; both plans require adoption by City Council and Planning Board.
From the meeting
- Source
- Housing Production Plan and Municipal Surplus Property Plan implementation
- Meeting date
- June 24, 2026
- Agency
- Gardner School District
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