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I found this interesting analysis of what has happened under the VCOD zoning changes in Newton that suggests that
<a href="https://www.newtonbeacon.org/from-floodgates-to-trickle-vcod-saw-a-remarkably-slow-start-in-2024/" id="LPlnk827093" 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></div>
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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?</div>
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thanks,</div>
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