<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Jeff,<div><br></div><div>Just of the top of my head I'd look at examples from Beverly, mainly focused along Rantoul Street and Reading's Downtown. Beverly has permitted or built 1,400+ units since 2014 which has them producing new housing at a similar pace to the 1980s. </div><div><br></div><div>Best- Jonathan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 4:57 PM Jeffrey Robert Levine via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-3017283445041056343">
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<p class="MsoNormal">For a project I am working on with a regional planning agency out of state:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What are some examples of towns that have increased allowed density to allow for more housing and more housing types? Preferably of their own volition, more or less, not in response to any state mandates like 40B or 3A.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jeff <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jeff Levine, AICP (he/him)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lecturer of Economic Development and Planning<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Head, Housing, Community & Economic Development<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jrlevine@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">jrlevine@mit.edu</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Personal Zoom Room: <a href="https://mit.zoom.us/my/jeff.levine" target="_blank">
<span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://mit.zoom.us/my/jeff.levine</span></a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Levine, J. (2021). Leadership in Planning: How to Communicate Ideas and Effect Positive Change (1st ed.). Routledge.
<a href="https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279287" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279287</span></a>
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