<div dir="ltr">I'm with Greg on this one. Anything we can do to increase housing, while maintaining greenspaces and accessibility. Building up seems to be our best option here.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 10:33 AM Greg Gerritt <<a href="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com">gerritt@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1170766804927197860"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-1170766804927197860WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I call it welcome to the 21<sup>st</sup> century and the climate disaster changing things. Dense zero, carbon communities with lots of green space are our only good future. greg<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Summit <<a href="mailto:summit-bounces@sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank">summit-bounces@sna.providence.ri.us</a>> on behalf of Gayle Gifford <<a href="mailto:gayle@ceffect.com" target="_blank">gayle@ceffect.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 10:08 AM<br><b>To: </b>Summit Neighborhood <<a href="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank">summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[Summit] Comp plan proposal -- what do you think<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="m_-1170766804927197860Default">In the new comprehensive plan that is being developed, this is what is being proposed for the Hope Street commercial area:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-1170766804927197860Default"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_-1170766804927197860Default" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">“In areas designated as neighborhood commercial/mixed use, promote the development of a mixture of high-density residential and neighborhood-serving commercial uses. New buildings may be up to four stories, with incentives that may add up to two additional stories. To streamline regulation in these areas, combine the C-1 and C-2 zoning districts. Zoning will be primarily C-2 and R-4. “<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_-1170766804927197860Default"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="m_-1170766804927197860Default"><span style="font-size:11pt">I’m wondering what my Summit neighbors think about 4 to 6 story buildings in the Hope Street commercial area. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Gayle Gifford<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Ninth Street<i> </i> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">_______________________________________________ Summit mailing list <a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a> <a href="http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank">http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us</a> SNA Website: <a href="http://sna.providence.ri.us/" target="_blank">http://sna.providence.ri.us/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
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