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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What you linked doesn’t feel like a “study” per se… just a report on the progress of the VCOD over the year of its existence. And I don’t think a year is enough time to judge the effectiveness of an upzoning
district. Especially if the year in question is 2024. I think more time will tell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Upzoning - potential vs. actual impact on building?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I found this interesting analysis of what has happened under the VCOD zoning changes in Newton that suggests that
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.newtonbeacon.org/from-floodgates-to-trickle-vcod-saw-a-remarkably-slow-start-in-2024/__;!!LFBeBjl1XF97oaI!IE57cbTumvcrDhEu9PYZNKl6zsmdnYDOjeiy4Db_0CW9ev2kjj2Rl47HVnnMLt9nCpLi81I0rkMX7mq2iYlue99gDHT5qw$" title="https://www.newtonbeacon.org/from-floodgates-to-trickle-vcod-saw-a-remarkably-slow-start-in-2024/">
upzoning does not immediately result in the amount of new development some expect.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Given all the MBTA Community Act changes, and other rezoning happening in various communities, does anyone know of any similar studies in other communities? Anyone
think the study I link to is fatally flawed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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