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<div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Town of Weston Planning Board is investigating ways to incentivize historic preservation as a way to diversify our housing stock. Our focus was initially on saving the few remaining
estates in town by creation of a <i>voluntary </i>Historic Heritage Overlay Designation, which would allow for greater density and possible subdivision of large homes into smaller units (with design guidelines), using the Town's existing Flexible Subdivision
by-law as a base. In our talks with homeowners, it seems however that tax relief is at the top of everyone's wish list. </div>
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<div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Have other towns been able to give tax breaks for preservation of historic buildings? Our tax assessor doesn't consider that even houses with Preservation Deed Restrictions qualify
for any tax reduction. Any examples to bolster our cause will be appreciated.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">ALICIA PRIMER</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Weston Planning Board, chair</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">consultant to Weston Historical Commission</span></div>
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