Wayland Town Crier 10/7/10: Is Chapter 40B worth it? A look at ballot Question 2. Advocates on both sides of ballot Question 2 agree that Massachusetts needs more affordable housing. What they disagree about is whether a 40-year-old law meant to bring more units has delivered on its promise. Opponents and proponents of Chapter 40B will speak during a public forum on Thursday October 14 at the Wayland Senior Center. The forum is sponsored in part by the Wayland Housing Partnership, the Wayland Housing Authority and the League of Women Voters. [Note: the October 7 date for the forum in the linked article is incorrect]

Wayland Town Crier 8/5/10: Wayland Housing Authority units to become smoke-free. By the spring of 2011, smoking will be history throughout Cochituate Village Apartments, Bent Park, and all the single and multi-family homes operated under the auspices of the Wayland Housing Authority. After two public hearings in June, the five-member Housing Authority voted unanimously on July 15 to institute a blanket prohibition on smoking in all 111 of its apartments and the 20 scattered-site homes they operate in town. The ban goes into effect on May 1, 2011. Currently, public areas of the units are smoke-free.

Wayland Town Crier 7/20/10: Sage Hill subdivision expected to receive special designation. Wayland residents Michael Staiti and Richard Olstein, owners of Keystone Development Corporation, are overseeing the seven-lot subdivision at 38 Concord Road in Wayland being developed under the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Site Development and Land Planning Green Building Program. The project is the first in the state to file for this designation, and is expected to receive third party certification in late 2010 or early 2011.

Wayland Town Crier 5/26/10: Town Meeting transfers parcel of land for Habitat project. Wayland voters rounded out the rest of this year’s annual Town Meeting by transferring a parcel of land to Habitat for Humanity for affordable housing, but denying a requirement for all town boards to post their policies online. The 3-acre parcel of land on Stonebridge Road will allow for two duplexes with four units. A "request for proposals" (RFP) to develop the project will go out, with Habitat for Humanity expected to be the chosen developer.

Wayland Town Crier 5/6/10: Habitat for Humanity speaks at forum before Town Meeting vote. Hank Rauch, a Habitat for Humanity volunteer for six years, addressed the question of when and why towns should choose Habitat to develop a particular parcel of land at a forum on Monday night. Residents will vote on Article 24 at Town Meeting starting May 13, calling for transfer of a 3-acre parcel of property on Stonebridge Road. The article proposes authorizing the Board of Selectmen to transfer the land to Habitat for Humanity for $1 for the purpose of building affordable housing.

An informational session on the proposal to transfer a parcel of land to Habitat for affordable housing will be held in Town Building at 7:30pm on Monday, May 3 as part of the Wayland Housing Partnership meeting. This proposal concerns a 3-acre parcel on land on Stonebridge Road where the aqueduct crosses the road. The land is currently owned by the town DPW and an article in the town warrant asks that it be sold  for one dollar to Habitat for Humanity – MetroWest/Greater Worcester. It is anticipated to build two duplexes, housing a total of four families. We hope to be able to involve Wayland religious and youth groups in building the houses. Funding will be from donations and from the mortgages the new owners pay.  Habitat representatives will be on hand to answer questions. This informational session is separate from the general Warrant Hearing also being held at Town Building on May 3.

The Board of Selectmen will convene at Monday evening (November 2) in Town Building.   The Board will discuss the information provided by residents of…