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Resilient Fort Point Channel Info Session/Open House

City of Boston celebrates first graduates of Planning Academy, announces launch of Fall Academy

Planning advances new affordable housing in Allston, Dorchester, Downtown, and South Boston

Zoning Commission Adopts New Zoning for Chinatown, Updates to City Sign Code

City of Boston Announces Return of ‘Color Flows’ Activations Downtown for Residents and Visitors

Boston Design Vision

Planning advances Sign Code updates, new Chinatown zoning, more than 430 homes converted from vacant

Cleary Square: Squares + Streets - Submit your comments!

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Info Session: Advisory Groups for Development Projects

Planning Department Advances Harvard ERC District and Greenway Plan

Planning advances affordable housing in Charlestown, Longwood Medical Area, and Roslindale

The Boston Globe: Building a tiny bathroom in Boston shouldn’t be this hard

Neighborhood Housing

Planning Department Advances Largest Downtown Office-to-Residential Conversion

Sign Code Modernization

Cleary Square: Squares + Streets Draft Plan and Zoning Map

Apply for the Planning Academy!

Planning Department Launches First Boston Planning Academy for Residents

Allston-Brighton Community Plan

Small Multi-family Guidebook - Survey here!

Design Review Office Hours

Planning Department Advances First Hotel Project Under Net Zero Carbon Zoning

City of Boston Planning Department Advances Zoning Reforms in Support of New Housing, Small Business | Bostonplans.org

Citywide 3D Model

Neighborhood Housing

Planning Advances Redevelopment of Public Land in the Marine Park and Charlestown Navy Yard

Spaces for You Open House

Planning Department Advances Squares + Streets Amendment, Northeastern Institutional Master Plan

Zoning Commission Approves New Zoning for Downtown Boston

Color Flows on Winter Street

Planning Department Advances Citywide Needs Assessment, Updates to Development Review Process

Color Flows on Winter Street

2025.09.18 Planning Department presents $140,000 in community benefits to nonprofits serving Dorches | Bostonplans.org

Planning Department Advances New Zoning and Urban Design Initiative Downtown

Planning Advisory Council Launches Progress Report: East Boston

Planning Department Advances New Affordable Housing in Brighton and Dorchester | Bostonplans.org

Updating the Groundwater Conservation Overlay District

Allston-Brighton Community Plan

First substantial zoning changes to modernize development review move forward

Allston-Brighton Community Plan Open House

Job Listings - Planning Department

Planning Department advances new cancer hospital in Longwood Medical Area | Bostonplans.org

The Boston Globe: Boston’s downtown has nowhere to go but up

Fields Corner - Squares + Streets

Allston-Brighton Community Plan

Zoning Commission Approves New Squares + Streets Zoning in Roslindale Square

Planning Department Advances Two New Office-to-Residential Conversion Projects

Allston-Brighton Community Plan | Office Hours

Application for Community Benefits - South Boston

Welcome Home, Boston - Phase 3 | Bostonplans.org

Improving Our Development Review Process

Anti-Displacement Action Plan: Feedback Form

Enabling Accessory Dwelling Units | Bostonplans.org

Planning Advisory Council Launches Progress Report: Charlestown

PROGRESS REPORT: Charlestown

Planning Department Advances New Squares + Streets Zoning in Roslindale Square

Fields Corner: Squares + Streets - Visioning Workshop

Roslindale Square: Squares + Streets Zoning Updates Closeout Public Meeting

What Is The Neighborhood Housing Zoning Initiative?

Anti-Displacement Action Plan

City of Boston Releases Anti-Displacement Action Plan

Planning Department advances new affordable housing in Allston, Downtown, and Mission Hill

Progress Report: Mattapan Gets an Update

Improving Our Development Review Process

Roslindale Square - Squares + Streets

2025 Ivory Prize Top 25 | Ivory Innovations

Planning Department Advances First Squares + Streets Plan to Support Housing Growth and Small Businesses in Roslindale Square

Neighborhood Housing Zoning - Public Meeting - Spanish Speaking

‘Granny flats’ hit all the right notes in Boston’s push for ‘gentle density’ housing - The Boston Globe

Fenway Transportation Action Plan

Roslindale Square Squares + Streets Plan Closeout Meeting

Mayor Michelle Wu announces passage of groundbreaking Net Zero Carbon Zoning

Development Projects & Plans

The Planning Department advances new affordable housing in Allston, Brighton, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain

City of Boston Planning Department marks historic year of transition

Boston Design Vision

Roslindale Square: Squares + Streets Draft Plan Release

Planning Department Advances Planning and Design Initiatives, Office Conversions

Improving Our Development Review Process - Action Plan

Accessory Dwelling Unit Guidebook

Neighborhood Housing

Enabling Accessory Dwelling Units

Allston-Brighton Community Plan

ADU Guidebook Launch Public Meeting

Planning Department advances new affordable housing in Allston, Brighton, Fenway, Mattapan, and South Boston

City of Boston releases draft Design Vision report

Cleary Square - Squares + Streets

Beacon Park Yard Regional Framework Plan (BPY Plan)

Cleary Square: Scares + Treats - Ideas Reception

Planning Department presents $205,000 in community benefits funding to 17 South End nonprofits

Planning Department advances new Franciscan Children’s inpatient hospital, plans for new cancer hospital

City of Boston releases recommendations to improve development review

Improving Our Development Review Process

Planning Department advances two office-to-residential conversion projects, and new affordable housing in Dorchester, Downtown, Mattapan, South Boston

Citywide 3D Model

Roslindale Square: Squares + Streets Storymap

Planning Department advances new affordable homeownership projects in Dorchester and West Roxbury

Improving Our Development Review Process

Visioning the Future of Beacon Park Yard: Photo Walks

Codman Square + Four Corners - Squares + Streets: Youth Workshop | Bostonplans.org

Planning Advisory Council

Cleary Square: Squares + Streets - Zoning Districts Deep Dive

Roslindale Square: Squares + Streets

BPDA Board approves White Stadium project

Fields Corner: Squares + Streets

Beacon in a Box

City of Boston Officially Launches New Planning Department

BPDA approves Net Zero Carbon Zoning | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Cleary Square - Squares + Streets | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Improving Our Development Review Process | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA delivers $390k in community benefits to local nonprofits from various South Boston development

BPDA delivers funding to West End Museum to support rehabilitation efforts following flood

Boston ADU Zoning Interest Survey

BPDA approves teams to redevelop public land in Roxbury and on the South Boston Waterfront

Improving Our Development Review Process

Fields Corner - Squares + Streets

Improving Our Development Review Process

Apply to join the Allston-Brighton Community Plan Community Advisory Board!

BPDA releases Mass Timber Accelerator Final Report

Squares + Streets

BPDA awards tentative designation to Related Beal and DREAM Development to redevelop parking lots in | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA implements zoning recommendations from PLAN: Mattapan, advances largest office-to-residential conversion project to create 95 units Downtown

Roslindale Square - Squares + Streets Surveys

Roslindale Square Storymap

Mayor Wu marks creation of new City Planning Department with signing ceremony

Improving Boston’s Development Review Process

Application for South End Community Benefits

Office to Residential Conversion Program

BPDA approves new Squares + Streets zoning districts

Office to Residential Conversion Program

Citywide ADU Zoning: Kick Off Meeting

Citywide ADU Zoning

Beacon Park Yard Regional Framework Plan (BPY Plan) | Boston Planning & Development Agency

WBZ-TV: Could turning office buildings into apartments solve Boston's housing crisis?

Cleary Square - Squares + Streets

Roslindale Square - Squares + Streets

Improving Our Development Review Process

Roslindale Square - Squares + Streets

BPDA delivers more than $350k in community benefits to local nonprofits from Dot Block project

BPDA approves new affordable housing in Brighton, Dorchester

Boston's Framework for Greening While Growing

Boston Stories and Numbers

Dorchester Reporter: BPDA survey shows strong support for broader development review procedures

Squares + Streets

BPDA approves new housing in Dorchester and South Boston | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board adopts East Boston Tomorrow: PLAN: East Boston planning initiative | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Squares + Streets Zoning Districts

BPDA announces first locations for Squares + Streets planning initiative | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA 2023 Year in Review

Citywide 3D Model

BPDA adopts PLAN: Downtown planning initiative

BPDA approves new affordable housing in Allston, Back Bay, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, South Boston

BPDA Board approves new housing, museum in Brighton and Downtown | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Squares + Streets

BPDA Board approves new affordable housing in East Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, and West Roxbury

Inclusionary Zoning

MyCensus Viewer | BPDA

Office to Residential Conversion Program Application

BPDA approves new affordable housing in East Boston, Mattapan, Mission Hill, and South Boston

Boston Design Vision

Squares + Streets

BPDA approves new affordable housing in Charlestown, adopts PLAN: Charlestown | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board adopts PLAN: Charlestown planning initiative | Boston Planning & Development Agency

PLAN: Charlestown

BPDA selects Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center to operate tenant space on Lovejoy Wharf | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Squares + Streets | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Allston-Brighton Needs Assessment

BPDA approves new affordable housing in East Boston and Mattapan | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA approves Dorchester Bay City Planned Development Area Master Plan | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board approves new housing in Allston, Brighton, East Boston, Fenway, Hyde Park, and Roxbury | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board adopts PLAN: Newmarket planning initiative | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Guest Op-Ed: Charlestown’s Future Is Bright

Fenway Transportation Action Plan | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Boston Planning & Development Agency and Boston Transportation Department launch the Fenway Transpor | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Dorchester Resilient Waterfront Project at Tenean Beach / Conley Street | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA approves new affordable housing in Allston, Fenway, Hyde Park, and Roxbury | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Boston Design Vision | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Mayor Wu announces Residential Conversion Program for downtown offices | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Accepts Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Pacesetters Award for Minority Business Enterprise P | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board takes actions to modernize development review process, new projects that will create thou | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Mayor Wu’s Vision for the BPDA | Boston Planning & Development Agency

PLAN: Charlestown | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board adopts PLAN: Mattapan planning initiative | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA approves new affordable housing in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Boston signs onto Commonwealth Development Compact | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Mayor Wu announces Katharine Lusk as Executive Director of Planning Advisory Council | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA releases progress report on PLAN: South Boston Dorchester Avenue | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Boston Planning & Development Agency announces opportunity for community benefits from Dot Block dev | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA approves RFPs to redevelop public land for public good in Charlestown, Chinatown, and Dorcheste | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA releases guide to South Boston’s transportation planning and development review process | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Community Engagement Managers | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Chief Jemison welcomes new Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Luis R. Frias II | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA begins process to develop Resilience, Affordability, and Equity metrics for development project | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board approves new affordable housing in Allston, Dorchester, Roslindale, and South Boston | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Unlocking Business Opportunities with the BPDA | Boston Planning & Development Agency

PLAN: Downtown - Chinatown Walkthrough | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA approves new affordable housing in Mattapan, Allston, Dorchester, and Roxbury | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Chief Jemison welcomes new Director of Planning Aimee Chambers | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board approves new housing in South Boston, Dorchester, and Allston | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA and BTD announce findings of Copley Connect pilot program | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA approves 2,647 net units of housing in 2022, with 44 percent designated income-restricted

BPDA Board approves new affordable housing in Chinatown, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, South B | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA approves new life science developments that will create thousands of jobs | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA delivers funding to West End Museum to support rehabilitation efforts following flood

Lovejoy Wharf RFI

Share feedback on PLAN: Mattapan

BPDA Board adopts Western Avenue Corridor Study and Rezoning plan that will address development pressure and transportation challenges

Mayor Wu announces executive order to streamline approval of affordable housing | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board approves affordable housing in Brighton and Mission Hill | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Mayor Wu introduces plan to file Home Rule Petition to establish Fossil fuel-free standards for new | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board approves new housing in Roxbury, Allston, Mission Hill, and Dorchester

Mayor Wu and BPDA introduce policy to promote diversity within private development projects in Bosto | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Boston honored at 2022 world cities summit | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Western Avenue Corridor Study and Rezoning - Draft Plan Out Now!

Mayor Wu issues executive order to strengthen child care zoning regulations | Boston Planning & Development Agency

North Meadow on The Greenway Ribbon Cutting

PLAN: Charlestown Scenarios

BPDA approves new housing in Allston, Roslindale, and Dorchester | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Real Estate Decarbonization Strategy | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Charlestown Walking Tour

BPDA Board approves 210 affordable housing units, including 100 percent affordable housing developme | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Copley Connect to open Dartmouth Street for ten days

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BPDA Board approves Chief Planner James Arthur Jemison as Director of the BPDA

Mayor Wu announces new cohort of Boston Artists-In-Residence and funding for continued projects

BPDA and Fort Point Channel Operations Board open applications for funding of water-based programming in Fort Point

BPDA designates diverse partnership to create South Boston Waterfront life sciences hub aimed at diversifying Boston’s life sciences economy

BPDA designates Asian Community Development Corporation to develop Chinatown parcel into over 100 units of affordable housing, Boston Public Library branch

BPDA approves affordable housing in East Boston and Allston

BPDA Director Brian Golden announces departure after leading agency through transformational 8 years

Boston recognized by Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2020 | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board approves new housing in Allston, Dorchester, and the South End

Neighborhood Connector Stop Needs Assessment Survey

South Boston Seaport Strategic Transit Plan Site| Boston Planning & Development Agency

Mayor Wu celebrates MassWorks funding for community-focused economic development and affordable housing in Nubian Square, Jamaica Plain, and Charlestown

BPDA Board approves new downtown life sciences hub estimated to generate hundreds of new jobs

Mayor Wu announces free tax services available to maximize refunds for Boston residents | Boston Planning & Development Agency

BPDA Board approves new affordable housing for seniors in Hyde Park and Dorchester

Mayor Wu announces call to artists for year five of Boston Artists-In-Residence

BPDA approves more than 6,000 units of new housing in 2021, with over 35 percent designated income-r | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Mayor Wu eliminates parking minimums for affordable housing developments

BPDA approves new affordable housing in Roxbury, Hyde Park, Dorchester, and South Boston at December meeting

BPDA designates diverse development team to transform Nubian Square's Crescent Parcel into family-centered affordable housing and open space

BPDA advances zoning amendment to eliminate off-street parking minimums for affordable housing

The BPDA Zoning Viewer now includes a Coastal Flood Resilience Overlay layer

Amend Minimum Parking Requirements for Affordable Housing Virtual Public Meeting

Mayor Janey announces $2.7m in Neighborhood Jobs Trust funding to support training and educations programs for Boston residents

BPDA releases RFP to develop Parcel P3 into site that creates jobs, wealth-building opportunities for Roxbury community

Mayor Janey announces challenge to Boston’s census count

My Census Viewer

City’s new rules on parking spots are spot-on

BPDA approves 940 new residential units, including 172 income-restricted, at October meeting

Boston Planning & Development Agency and Boston Society for Architecture launch Mass Timber Accelerator to support Boston’s climate action and carbon neutral goals

Mayor Janey announces Upham’s Corner Arts & Innovation District moves forward with release of first RFP

Invitation for Bids: Downtown Waterfront Landscaping and Maintenance

BPDA Board advances updated zoning measure to prepare new and retrofitted development for future climate risks

Inside Boston's Smart Utilities Program, which plans to update the city's infrastructure and be more sustainable

Boston Planning & Development Agency announces community engagement team to further agency’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals

BPDA releases PLAN: Mattapan transportation and development planning guide for residents and community members

News & Updates Mayor Janey celebrates grand opening of O'Connor Way senior affordable housing development in South Boston

BPDA Approves 255 residential units, including 121 affordable, at August meeting

Boston Planning & Development Agency Research Division releases preliminary findings from U.S. Census data

Sign up for emails from the BPDA!

City square dedicated in memory of Dr. Clarence "Jeep" Jones

PLAN: Nubian Square Parcel P3

BPDA Honors National Disability Independence Day

Mayor Janey announces recipients of $250,000 in funding to support local childcare services

BPDA awards $100,000 in community benefits to local nonprofits for beautification efforts in the Fenway neighborhood

BPDA Board approves new development in Dorchester, Roxbury, Fenway, and Hyde Park

North Meadow Ground Breaking

PLAN: East Boston

Get Your Covid-19 Vaccine at the Anchor

Housing Lottery - 90 Antwerp Street

Boston Planning & Development Agency, local residents, officially open garden and park at once polluted site in Jamaica Plain

Historic Ropewalk Building Reopens

PLAN: Nubian Square Parcel P3 Workshop 4

Mayor Kim Janey and South Boston residents celebrate the grand opening of the new West 2nd Park and Community Garden in South Boston

BPDA Celebrates Juneteenth

How Cities Are Paving the Way to Fair Housing: An Expert Discussion

BIDFA welcomes Alisa R. Drayton to Board of Directors

BPDA Board approves new development in South Boston, Charlestown, Roslindale, and Bay Village

Boston must expand opportunity for real estate developers of color

BPDA Celebrates Pride Month

BPDA Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month

BIDFA Announces Mayra Negrón-Roche as new Board Member

BPDA unveils mural at Mattapan Teen Center, announces plan for public art project at Carter Post

BPDA Board approves residential projects in Allston and East Boston

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