Neighbors working together to preserve our neighborhoods and beyond.
Filter Blog Posts
Partnering On Local Initiative Program Projects
The Town of Harvard, Massachusetts has a defined a Procedure for Partnering on Local Initiative Program (LIP) Projects, that is transparent and engages with the public. Why doesn’t Millbury have something similar?
When Town Officials Gaslight
Why then after December 27, 2023, did Mary Krumsiek, Chairperson of the Millbury Board of Selectmen and Sean Hendricks, Town Manager, tell multiple individuals in multiple separate conversations that the Chapter 40B LIP agreement was either not ready for execution, because it was still with town council or that it had not been executed?
Chapter 40B Can Be Scaled-Back Or Denied
Proposed Chapter 40B projects can be mitigated, scaled-back, and in some cases denied. Anyone who thinks that Chapter 40B projects are a given and there is nothing that you can do, simply have a defeatist mentality, and should be ignored.
Tragedy In The Making
All indications are that the Millbury Board of Selectmen intend to enter a Chapter 40B Local Initiative Program (LIP) agreement with Steven F. Venincasa and James Venincasa under the entity name of SJV Investments, LLC for 17 Rice Road in Millbury, Massachusetts even though the developer did not concede on much of anything that the Town of Millbury had requested for public safety.
A Bad Deal
Mary Krumsiek, Chairperson of the Millbury Board of Selectmen and Sean Hendricks, Millbury Town Manager, are on the records as clearly stating to call what has transpired between the Selectmen, Town Manager, Steven F. Venincasa, and James Venincasa under the entity name of SJV Investments, LLC, a “negotiation” would not be an accurate description as the developers would not negotiate on much of anything the Town of Millbury had requested.
Opposition To The Rice Road Project – Millbury, MA
Our neighborhood and other residents of Millbury have sent or are sending opposition email messages to local and state officials for the proposed Chapter 40B LIP project slated for Rice Road in Millbury, Massachusetts to make our positions clear and known. While our neighborhood is not against the development of the property located at 17 Rice Road, we simply are asking for appropriate and responsible development that is compatible with the density and magnitude of the 43 existing single-family neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods, and in full compliance with all local and state regulations.