The Hanscom Area Towns Committee (HATS) will host several officials who will speak about plans and activities to maintain and enhance the Hanscom Air Force Base on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall.
Chris Willenborg, the recently appointed executive director of the Massachusetts governor’s Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force, will discuss the task force’s plans and activities. He will be joined by MassDevelopment’s expert on military installations, Senior Vice President Anne Marie Dowd. Adam Freudberg, senior advisor to the chief technology officer at the base (and former executive director of the task force) will discuss efforts to enhance the base’s collaboration and innovation activities.
The public is welcome to attend all HATS meetings, which may also be viewed live or several days after the fact on Lincoln public access media via lincolntv.pegstream.com, Verizon channel 33, or Comcast channel 8, or viewed several days later by going to lincolntv.pegcentral.com.
HATS is an alliance between the Selectmen and other officials of Lincoln, Concord, Lexington, and Bedford, focusing on Hanscom Air Force Base, Hanscom Air Field, regional transportation, and other regional matters.
Affordable housing forum
Come learn about what the Lincoln Housing Coalition has been working on in the recent past and the current state of the town’s affordable housing stock at a forum on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 1-3 p.m. in the Town Hall’s Donaldson Room.
Attendees can hear and discuss plans for the future, learn what the state requires in order to allow accessory apartments to be counted in the town’s affordable housing inventory, discuss the benefits and the costs of pursuing this option, and weigh in on what can or should be done about the growing number of elderly who can no longer afford to live here (see this letter to the editor from Lincoln Housing Commission member Sharon Antia).
The Lincoln Housing Coalition is a collaboration of the town’s Housing Commission, Affordable Housing Trust, and the Lincoln Foundation. Housing applications are available by calling Elaine Carroll at 781-259-2613 or clicking here.