In this issue:
Potential zoning for Brighton Street. Graphic: Town of Belmont
Harvard Study Offers Vision for Brighton Street
The zoning is to be developed utilizing the same form-based code that Town Meeting adopted in March when it created new overlay zoning for Belmont Center. Read more.
Belmont Joins the ADU Era
Belmont now allows small accessory apartments by right on most residential lots, putting it roughly in line with neighbors like Arlington and Lexington — but the number actually built so far remains very low. Read more.
Image from Beaver Brook Invasive Control CPA application.
Community Preservation Committee Endorses Projects
For FY2027, Belmont’s CPA surcharge will generate about $1.8 million and the state match will provide an estimated additional $300,000. Belmont’s CPC has recommended the following five projects for CPA funding. Read more.
Environmental Leader: David O’Neill
The Belmont Citizens Forum spoke with David O’Neill, president and CEO of Mass Audubon, about the organization’s statewide conservation strategy, its partnerships with communities and policymakers, and his vision for the future of nature in Massachusetts. Read more.
Profile in Belmont: Anne Marie Mahoney
At some point, we all become experts in grief. Read more.
BCF Editor Retires
Meg Muckenhoupt didn’t invent the Belmont Citizens Forum Newsletter. It was already nearly four years old when she answered an ad for a new editor. Read more.
Miyawaki Forest Grows Through Two Seasons
By Clay Pit Pond’s bridge on that brilliantly sunny October morning, dozens of eager planters — aged 12 to 80, armed with shovels and trowels — were swarming among hundreds of potted saplings and bushes at Belmont’s inaugural Miyawaki Forest. Read more.
Belmont Historical Society Enjoys New Rooms
Viktoria Haase, Belmont Historical Society president, provided an overview of the society’s collection in its new digs in the Belmont Library. Read more.
Letters to the Editor
More on Brooks Chardon, and a note of appreciation. Read more.
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