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12 items · last 90 days
Decisions and notable items from recent meetings, most significant first.
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📋 ProposedSelect Board · July 15, 2026
Inspection Surcharge Fee
Board will discuss adding a surcharge to the existing inspection fee schedule — could raise costs for homeowners pulling permits.
💰 Fee amount TBD
Why this matters: New fee could raise permit costs for renovations.
Discussion of a feasibility study to evaluate district facility and program needs at Keefe Regional Technical School, which could affect assessments to member towns.
Why this matters: Regional tech school study may affect Ashland's cost share.
📋 ProposedConsent: $23,000 Economic Development Grant to MusicologieSelect Board · July 15, 2026
$23,000 awarded to Musicologie at 90 Chestnut Street — $10K rent reimbursement, $10K equipment, $3K signage/facade — from the Economic Development Advisory Committee.
💰 $23,000 grant📍 90 Chestnut Street
Why this matters: Significant public grant to a local business worth noting.
📋 ProposedPublic Hearing – 167-169 Pleasant Street; Variance and Special PermitsZoning Board (ZBA) · July 14, 2026
James MacDonald seeks two Special Permits and a Variance to demolish an existing duplex and build a new duplex with attached one-car garages on a pre-existing non-conforming lot in Residential B zone.
📍 167-169 Pleasant Street, Map 13, Lot 68
Why this matters: New duplex construction on nonconforming lot in residential neighborhood.
📋 ProposedPublic Hearing – 55 West Union Street; 40B Comprehensive PermitZoning Board (ZBA) · July 14, 2026
55 West Union LLC seeks a 40B (affordable-housing law) permit for a 4-story, 116-unit rental building — 87 market-rate and 29 income-restricted — on 4.9 acres in the Commercial Highway District; hearing has been ongoing since at least August 2025.
📍 55 West Union Street, Map 19, Lot 62
Why this matters: Large 116-unit rental development; long-running 40B case nearing resolution.
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