We will be proposing a series of zoning changes to the downtown district to the City Council tonight, marking another step forward in our plans for a new Quincy Center.
The most notable change will allow the Planning Board to issue a special permit for buildings as high as 20 stories, five stories more than the [...]

There will be much, much more discussion on the topic of financing this project in the months ahead, but here’s a quick primer on the topic.
The public investment in this project — expected to be about $200 million — is called “project-based,” meaning essentially that the fruits of the private development end up paying for [...]

Preliminary work began today on the McGrath Highway portion of the Concourse, which will entail a complete overhaul of the road between Southern Artery and Washington Street into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard.
The Quincy Police and our Traffic Department will monitor the project daily, and we are working to minimize disruptions. There will not be any detours through [...]

Why do we need to build the Quincy Center Concourse?
We heard it at almost every coffee hour during our 2007 campaign, and we still hear it on a regular basis at public meetings and from visitors to the office. Of all the issues surrounding the redevelopment of downtown over the years, it is easily the [...]

We will be taking the vision and preliminary plans on the road with a series of about 20 public meetings over the next two months.  We will get the full schedule out to The Ledger as soon as all the details are finalized, but the first meeting will be held with the Merrymount Neighborhood Association at 7 p.m. next Wednesday (March [...]

If nothing else, the redevelopment plan for downtown Quincy is optimistic.
Let me count the ways:
1. That there’s enough demand for a dozen new office buildings, retail stores, full-priced apartments/condos and parking garage fees to rival those in Boston.
2. That the roadways designed to support this colossus are adequate to handle the anticipated deliveries, traffic and [...]

I think the city missed the boat. We don’t need any more  condos,  apartments or restaurants.
What we need are stores to shop in.
What would be good is something like Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham.
Close down Hancock Street. You could have stores on both sides, and there would be plenty of parking in back.
SUSAN HOLMES
Quincy

Friends,
First, I want to extend my thanks to The Patriot Ledger for the opportunity to discuss this historic project on its Develop Quincy blog, and more importantly, for the invaluable public service The Ledger has provided over the last several years through its extensive coverage of downtown Quincy.

I hope everyone found this week’s introduction to [...]