Dana Home Proposal Riles Residents
A Lexington woman wants to turn the Dana Home and the house next door into an upscale inn and restaurant just outside Lexington Center, but neighbors are concerned that she's thinking too big.
A proposal to transform the Dana Home and an adjacent property into an upscale inn just outside Lexington Center has drawn criticism from neighbors and residents concerned about rezoning the residential property to allow for a more robust commercial use. Tricia Perez Kennealy, the Lexington resident behind the project, intends to seek Town Meeting approval of commercial development spot zoning for the residential properties at 2027 and 2013 Massachusetts Ave. and develop a 22-room inn with a 14-tabletop restaurant/lounge using the existing structures. In response to those plans, a group of residents and neighbors has organized around shared concerns about safety, traffic, parking, noise, lighting, wetlands and other issues that could …
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Jerry Harris
12:07 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2012
As a courtesy to the Planning Board, we have posted the latest copy of the Dana Home Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan (PSDUP). It can be found at the website http://www.lexprotects.com/. While there, you can also see some animations of how the site may change in appearance if the proposal is approved. Jerry Harris more ›