To the editor:
As I grew up in Lincoln, I witnessed the town’s innovative and thoughtful decision-making as it navigated change while maintaining its unique rural character. I left Lincoln for school and work in 1975 and returned in 2000, happy to see that the town had continued its tradition of carefully managing growth and change.
I served on the Planning Board from 2003 to 2008 as we shepherded several significant projects towards successful completion: the redevelopment of the Mall at Lincoln Station, the creation of the South Lincoln overlay district, The Commons in Lincoln senior living community, and Minuteman Commons. To advance the town’s work on housing diversity, we required that The Commons senior living community and Minuteman Commons include a substantial number of affordable units. This was not done just to meet the state’s 40B requirements for affordable housing but because it was the right thing to do.
Other volunteer positions that I have held include School Committee (in Garrison, N.Y.) and the board of Codman Farm.
Today, we are again in a period where we must creatively manage change so that the hard work of those who came before us and the values that we all cherish are not lost. We must do so in a way that is responsive to the changes we see around us and strengthens our own community.
I live on our family farm on Lexington Road. With extended family, we grow hay, sweet corn, and pumpkins, and in the spring we make maple syrup. Professionally, I work at Draper Lab. I am a physicist by training and a farmer at heart.
Again, I would like to offer my service to the town at this exciting and challenging time and would appreciate your support.
Sincerely,
Ephraim Flint
Lexington Rd.
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