The Edgartown zoning board of appeals unanimously approved granting a comprehensive permit to the Meshacket Commons affordable housing project. The project can now move forward with several allowances permitted. Meshacket Commons was awarded as an affordable housing project to be developed by Affirmative Investments and Island Housing Trust (IHT) in November of 2021. Since then, […]
Martha’s Vineyard Bank announced in a press release that $600,000 in grants and pledged funding will be donated to three Island nonprofit organizations $250,000 was pledged to both Island Housing Trust (IHT) and Island Healthcare, Inc. alongside a $100,000 grant to the Foundation for Underway Experiential Learning (FUEL). IHT will use its pledged funds […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted to deny demolition of a circa 1900 house at 43 Look St. in Tisbury Thursday night. The decision follows a prior vote by the Land Use Planning Committee (LUPC) to recommend denial. As The Times previously reported, an overall project was put forth to raze the four-bedroom, 1,920-square-foot house at […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission resumed its public hearing on the Meshacket Commons affordable housing project focusing on parking and traffic, as well as pedestrian and bicycle safety on that stretch of Edgartown-West Tisbury Road in Edgartown. Meshacket Commons is an affordable housing project with 36 rental and four homeownership units in Edgartown proposed by Affirmative […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission held multiple public hearings Thursday evening to take testimony from Island board members and Vineyard residents concerning several proposed projects. Following over an hour-long presentation from, and subsequent discussion of Meshacket Commons, a planned affordable housing development with 36 rental, and four homeownership units in Edgartown, hearing officer and commissioner Doug […]