By Meg Muckenhoupt On April 12, 2023, Lexington Town Meeting adopted an ambitious plan to rezone 223 acres to comply with the state’s MBTA Community Zoning law, spur economic growth, and increase affordable housing. Less than two years later, Lexington reversed course. Town Meeting reduced the rezoned area to under 90 acres, lowered the number of units per acre, and removed Lexington Center from the plan entirely. The reasons for this about-face range from practical concerns about infrastructure to a century-long tradition of distaste for people who do not have enough money for a single- family home. In Lexington, the [READ MORE]
