Have your say
Upcoming public meetings and open comment periods on Boston’s projects, soonest first. All projects →
Coming up
- 64 Poydras Street 36 homes · Comment period ends Mon, Nov 9 Boston · Nov 9
- 74 Ashton Street 24 homes · Comment period ends Mon, Nov 9 Boston · Nov 9
- 544-550 Massachusetts Avenue 27 homes · Planning Board meeting · Tue, Nov 10 Cambridge · Nov 10
- 1016 Washington Street 22 homes · Public Meeting · Mon, Nov 16, 6 PM Boston · Nov 16
- 295 Waldemar Avenue 35 homes · Comment period ends Mon, Nov 16 Boston · Nov 16
- 80 Christopher Street 108 homes · Comment period ends Wed, Nov 18 Boston · Nov 18
- 65-79 Wareham Street 38 homes · Comment period ends Mon, Nov 30 Boston · Nov 30
- 169-177 Cambridge Street 151 homes · IAG Meeting · Mon, Nov 30, 6 PM Boston · Nov 30
- 133 Federal Street 155 homes · Comment period ends Mon, Nov 30 Boston · Nov 30
- 49-51 D Street 70 homes · Comment period ends Thu, Dec 3 Boston · Dec 3
- Mary Ellen McCormack Redevelopment 1,310 homes · Comment period ends Fri, Dec 18 Boston · Dec 18
How to be heard
A project under review is decided by a board, and what neighbours write in is part of the record it decides on. A comment counts for more when it says who you are and where you live, names the project and its address, and says plainly what you want done and why — a few honest sentences of your own beat a form letter.
- Boston: comment on the form at the foot of the project’s page on bostonplans.org, before the period closes. The page names the city planner handling it, who takes comments by email too, and meetings listed here are open to anyone.
- Cambridge: email planningboardcomment@cambridgema.gov with the project’s address and case number, by 5 pm the day before the meeting, or register on the Planning Board’s page to speak at the hearing itself. The board may not take public comment on an item that isn’t listed as a hearing.
- The towns around them: most publish neither deadlines nor agendas anywhere we can read, so their projects show no dates here. Their planning department or town clerk will say when the board next meets.
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