Dedham Hosts Urban Land Institute Event to Study Wigwam Pond/Legacy Boulevard Area

From the Town of Dedham:

DEDHAM, MA - Architecture and real estate professionals from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Boston/New England will visit Dedham on Thursday, October 13, for a one-day event to consider potential long-term development scenarios for the area between Legacy Place and Wigwam Pond.

The ULI panel will focus on approximately 70 acres of land, from Legacy Boulevard to Wigwam Pond, from Route 1 south to Costco—not including Legacy Place itself. [Illustration attached.] During the day, ULI panel members will tour the area, interview local stakeholders, including elected and appointed Town representatives, Town staff, land owners, business owners, and other community leaders.

The panel may address several questions: What is the long-term potential of this area for commercial, mixed-use, or residential buildings? How can traffic circulation be improved and the area made more bicycle and pedestrian friendly? What improvements can be made to provide better public access to Wigwam Pond and the commuter rail station?

The panel’s findings will be presented at 7 p.m. that evening at a public meeting of the Town of Dedham Planning Board in the Dedham High School Auditorium, 140 Whiting Avenue.

The ULI effort focuses on one portion of the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) study area, which the Town has been working on since 2015 with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.

Founded in 1936, ULI is a nonprofit research and education organization based in Washington, D.C., with more than 38,000 members worldwide. The group’s mission is to “to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.”

For more information, please contact:

John Sisson, Economic Development Director

Town of Dedham

26 Bryant Street, Dedham, MA 02026

(781) 751-9175

jsisson@dedham-ma.gov

Image via the Town of Dedham.