Over the past several years, the city has prioritized updating and renovating a number of its parks and playgrounds. One of the biggest park renovation projects to date looks to get underway later this fall, and the city is looking…
Author: Adam Swift
City Requesting Feedback on Housing Equity Plan
The city is collaborating with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to create a Fair Housing Plan, and is looking for input from residents to help shape the plan’s priorities. A survey to garner that input is available through Sept. 11…
Boarding house hearing continues
The Zoning Board of Appeals continued the case for the rehabilitation of 165 Hawthorne St. at its meeting on Tuesday night. The petitioner requested the continuance until the September meeting, since the applicant’s representative was unable to make Tuesday night’s…
Races shaping up for municipal election
This year’s municipal election promises a mix of contested races, as well as several incumbents running unopposed on the City Council and School Committee. The deadline to submit nomination papers and signatures to the City Clerk for the Nov. 7…
City, La Colaborativa, and TND Partner on the MassHealth Community Enrollment Campaign
The City of Chelsea, through the Department of Housing and Community Development and Senior Center, La Colaborativa, and the Neighborhood Developers (TND) are forging an innovative partnership to improve access to critical health insurance for residents of Chelsea, with a…
City Hosting Meeting on Forsyth Pocket Park
Work is scheduled to begin late this summer on a reconstructed Forsyth Open Space pocket park at the intersection of Lafayette/Franklin Avenue and Sturgis Street. The city is hosting an on-site community meeting offering neighboring community members a chance to…
Planning Board Supports Hawthorne Street Rooming House Upgrade
The Planning Board unanimously recommended approval of a major rehabilitation project for an 18-unit Single Room Occupancy building at 165 Hawthorne St. at its regular meeting next week. Rick Costa, the prospective owner of the building, will be back before…
Planning Board Gives Okay For Gazebo at New La Colaborativa Site
By Adam Swift La Colaborativa will be able to move forward with building a gazebo at its new Survival Center at the corner of Sixth and Arlington Streets. Last week, the Planning Board determined that the proposed change in the…
Veterans’ Home Project Nears Public Hearing Stage
The large-scale redevelopment of the Veterans’ Home in Chelsea (formerly the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home) will be going before the Zoning Board of Appeals for the beginning of the special permit approval process in September. The four-phase project will also need…
Chelsea Walk Pub Gets Extension for Disciplinary Hearing
The Chelsea Walk Pub will be before the Licensing Commission for a disciplinary hearing at its next scheduled meeting on Thursday, Sept. 14. The pub was supposed to appear before the commission at its meeting earlier this month, but requested…