MSBA Board Votes Mount Greylock Regional School into Schematic Design Phase

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The board of directors of the Massachusetts School Building Authority have voted to move the Mount Greylock Regional School into the Schematic Design phase.

In the Schematic Design phase, the Mount Greylock Regional School District and the MSBA will look at possible options for an addition and renovation project at the school. The next step is for the MSBA to work in collaboration with the district to produce detailed designs for a potential project.

“Thanks to our collaborative work with local officials, we are working to build a safe and modern educational facility that will provide students with a top-notch learning environment,” said state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, chair of the MSBA.


The proposed project would renovate approximately 53,215 square feet at the existing facility and create approximately 79,680 square feet of new space. The school currently suffers from deficiencies in major building systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, building envelope and windows.

Mount Greylock Regional School was built in 1960 and serves 535 students in grades 7 through 12.

“The improvements at Mount Greylock Regional School will mean a better learning and teaching location for area students and teachers,” MSBA Executive Director Jack McCarthy said.

 


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Summer Street Residents Make Case to Williamstown Planning Board

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Neighbors of a proposed subdivision off Summer Street last week asked the Planning Board to take a critical look at the project, which the residents say is out of scale to the neighborhood.
 
Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity was at Town Hall last Tuesday to present to the planners a preliminary plan to build five houses on a 1.75 acre lot currently owned by town's Affordable Housing Trust.
 
The subdivision includes the construction of a road from Summer Street onto the property to provide access to five new building lots of about a quarter-acre apiece.
 
Several residents addressed the board from the floor of the meeting to share their objections to the proposed subdivision.
 
"I support the mission of Habitat," Summer Street resident Christopher Bolton told the board. "There's been a lot of concern in the neighborhood. We had a neighborhood meeting [Monday] night, and about half the houses were represented.
 
"I'm impressed with the generosity of my neighbors wanting to contribute to help with the housing crisis in the town and enthusiastic about a Habitat house on that property or maybe two or even three, if that's the plan. … What I've heard is a lot of concern in the neighborhood about the scale of the development, that in a very small neighborhood of 23 houses, five houses, close together on a plot like this will change the character of the neighborhood dramatically."
 
Last week's presentation from NBHFH was just the beginning of a process that ultimately would include a definitive subdivision plan for an up or down vote from the board.
 
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