FM #1014 - Franklin For All #8 - New Growth - 06/05/23

This session of the radio show shares the audio recording of the housing and zoning discussion with Brad Chafee, Melanie Hamblen, and Cobi Frongillo. We were joined by Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Town Council Chair Tom Mercer for this discussion on new growth. Most of us were in the Franklin TV Studio on Monday, June 5, 2023. Tom joined us via the Zoom conference bridge.Consider this a continuation of the downtown zoning discussion from the “Franklin For All” project which is underway with review and discussion at the Economic Development Subcommittee Plus meetings that Melanie Chairs and for which Cobi is Vice-Chair.  The conversation centered on new growth and how the zoning decisions have a relationship with the budget. The recording of our conversation on zoning runs about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let’s listen in.--------------The collection of Franklin For All zoning discussions can be found here ->https://www.franklinmatters.or....g/2023/02/franklin-f value-per-acre visual that Cobi mentioned https://twitter.com/CobiFrongillo/status/1569899170042978304 The "Growth Ponzi Scheme" Cobi mentionedhttps://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/8/28/the-growth-ponzi-scheme-a-crash-course Town Budget page for FY 2024 ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/webforms/fy-24-budget-materials Town Council budget hearings for FY 2024May 24 & 25 (budget hearings) - recap & audio links ->  https://www.franklinmatters.or....g/2023/05/audio-reco       https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/town-council-approves-fy-24-budget_01384873643.html     recap & video links ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/town-council-approves-fy-24-budget.html  <br/>Finance Committee budget hearings for FY 2024May 11 - (FY 2024 budget hearing) public safety (police, fire, dispatch) -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/finance-cmte-completes-fy-2024-budget.html May 10 - (FY 2024 budget hearing) schools (FPS, Tri-County, Norfolk Aggie) recap, audio & video links -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/05/finance-committee-budget-hearing-2-gets.html May 8 - (FY 2024 budget hearing) general government and DPW (enterprise accounts (sewer, water, solid waste & stormwater) - recap, audio & video links ->