Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Construction is well underway as the former Dana Home is transformed into the kind of New England-style inn some say Lexington has been lacking.
Today, it’s a scene unfit for any postcard. But for all the construction activity at the corner of Mass Ave and Worthen Road, the end result is expected to be a welcome amenity for Lexington visitors. By late spring or early summer, the transformation from Dana Home to Inn at Hastings Park should be complete, and the hotel and restaurant open for business, according to Trisha Perez Kennealy, the Lexington resident behind the project. “Now more than ever I can feel it,” Kennealy said. “I can see myself standing here and welcoming guests.” Heavy machinery holds position atop ground that would be muddy if it wasn’t frozen and workers constantly bustle about at 2027-2013 Massachusetts Avenue. The two “outer buildings” there now sit atop new …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Before Article 34 heads to Town Meeting, the Board of Selectmen approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the applicant and voted to recommend approval of the controversial redevelopment proposal.
After months of meetings, hearings and town boards mulling the proposal, a controversial citizen’s petition to rezone and redevelop the Dana Home as an upscale hotel and restaurant concept known as The Inn at Hastings Park heads to Town Meeting with backing from the Board of Selectmen. Annual Town Meeting, which last gathered on Monday, April 24, reconvenes at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Cary Hall to take up remaining articles dealing with the Wright Farm Land Acquisition and, possibly, Article 34, the Dana Home proposal. Last week, the Planning Board voted to recommend approval of a Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan, conditioned upon the execution of an acceptable Memorandum of Understanding between petitioner Trisha Perez Kennealy’s …
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
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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Friday, April 13, 2012
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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