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Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 3

Selectmen to discuss Town Meeting articles, artists, meetings and more today in Lexington.

1. Wright Farm, Inn at Hastings Park: The Board of Selectmen is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. this evening at Cary Hall, and its agenda includes discussions of the Wright Farm Letter of Intent and the Inn at Hastings Park covenant/Memorandum of Understanding. 2. "Artists at Work: Four Lexington Artists Talk about Their Work": At 7 p.m. this evening at Cary Memorial Library, four Lexington artists -- Judith Cooper, Lynne D. Klemmer, Emily Passman and Karen Watson -- will bring the audience behind the scenes of the creative process and find out how art is actually created. 3. Record-keeping for Special Needs Families: Special needs families in need of help getting organized may want to check out Let's Get Organized: Record-keeping for …

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With Planning Board Support, Inn at Hastings Park Heads to BOS

The Board of Selectmen's consideration of a Memorandum of Understanding this Thursday could be the last step before Town Meeting takes up a proposal to redevelop the Dana Home as a hotel and restaurant.

Monday night was a step in the right direction for Trisha Perez Keneally, the Lexington resident looking to redevelop the Dana Home as an upscale hotel and restaurant concept known as The Inn at Hastings Park. By at 3 to 1 vote with one board member not present for the vote, Kennealy’s concept earned a measure of support from the Planning Board, which recommended approval of a Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan, conditioned upon the execution of an acceptable Memorandum of Understanding with the Board of Selectmen. To read the Planning Board’s full report, check out the PDF posted to your right. The MOU is on the the Board of Selectmen’s agenda for tomorrow evening, a meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Cary Hall. “We’re very pleased…

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 30

Another Inn at Hastings Park meeting, fuel assistance, a Rotary meeting and more today in Lexington.

1. Inn at Hastings Park/Dana Home at the Planning Board: The Planning Board is due to discuss Article 34, a request to rezone two parcels on Mass Ave to allow for the redevelopment of the Dana Home and an adjacent property as the Inn at Hastings Park, a hotel and restaurant that would operate in the residential zone. The meeting's scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Town Office Building. 2. Last Day for Fuel Assistance for Lexington Residents: A state-funded program that helps with the cost of heating the home, will be accepting applications until April 30. For income guidelines, click here. If you are interested in applying for Fuel Assistance, or want more information about the program, please call the Town of Lexington Human Services …

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Planning Board Closes Hearing, Continues Dana Home Deliberations

With an April 30 date certain at Town Meeting and questions still unanswered, deadlines loom for proponents of the project to deliver final amendments to Article 34 and for the Planning Board to make its recommendation.

  The Planning Board last night closed its public hearing on Article 34 and moved a step closer to a recommendation on the controversial proposal to rezone a pair of parcels on Mass Ave and redevelop of the Dana Home as a hotel and restaurant in a residential neighborhood. Annual Town Meeting is currently slated to take up Article 34 on Monday, April 30, and the proponents have until seven days prior to submit an amendment incorporating feedback from the Planning Board, the public and town staff. The Planning Board has committed to presenting a report and recommendation to Town Meeting prior to a vote on Article 34, and Chairman Richard Canale said last night that his board should settle on a recommendation no later than next Wednesday, …

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Dana Home Recommendation Delayed

The Planning Board heard from all sides regarding Article 34 and whether to re-zone 2013 and 2027 Mass. Ave. at Thursday night's meeting. Their ultimate decision was to continue the hearing until the board's April 18 meeting.

The Planning Board held a public hearing Thursday night to weigh whether it would support Town Meeting Article 34, which seeks the rezoning of 2013 and 2027 Mass. Ave. to allow for commercial redevelopment, specifically, to allow Trisha Perez Kennealy's proposal on an inn/restaurant to be considered. After nearly four hours of hearing from Kennealy and her team of developers from AB Holdings LLC and listening to residents speak for or against the article, the Planning Board decided to continue the public hearing until their next meeting, on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Cary Hall. The board wasn't comfortable making a decision about the Dana Home proposal on April 12 despite the wealth of information received, saying that it simply needed more …

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Planning Board: No Direction on Dana Home Before Town Meeting

The Planning Board continued to March 26 its hearing on a controversial request for a zoning change that would allow the Dana Home and abutting property to be redeveloped as a hotel and restaurant.

A Planning Board recommendation on a warrant article seeking to rezone the Dana Home and an adjacent property to allow redevelopment as a hotel and restaurant won’t come until well into annual Town Meeting. Following hours of questions and comments for and against resident Trisha Perez Kennealy’s proposal for the former retirement home on Mass Ave, the Planning Board on Wednesday continued its public hearing to March 26, at which time the board intends to continue the hearing to sometime during annual Town Meeting April. By that time, the Planning Board expects they’ll have Kennealy’s team’s response to the Planning Department staff’s responses and suggested amendments to a preliminary site development and use plan (PSDUP). The applicants …

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VIDEO: An Inn Out of the Dana Home?

A Lexington woman is looking to redevelop the Dana Home and an adjacent property on Massachusetts Avenue as an inn and restaurant.

Trisha Perez Kennealy, owner of the Dana Home property at 2027 Massachusetts Ave., has begun making the rounds to town boards and revealing her plans to turn the former retirement residence into an inn and restaurant. A classically trained chef who used to work in banking, Perez Kennealy said she has long wanted to go into the hospitality business in Lexington, the town she called home as a child and to which she returned to raise her own family. Perez Kennealy targeted the Dana Home as a historical structure with architectural features that recall a bygone era of building and has an agreement to purchase the adjacent house and barn at 2013 Mass Ave.  While Perez Kennealy is “excited about redeveloping the property as a small inn,” some …

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