BRHA sent out the following e-mail to their members regarding the proposed zoning change and development plans at 3115 Fairfield Avenue. 

Dear Members,

BRHA just called at 3:30 PM today that tonight's ZBA Hearing on 3115 Fairfield Avenue has been POSTPONED until next month. 

After a discussion with our lawyer, the attorney for the Brennan development site agreed to postpone the P&Z hearing this evening. The hearing will be rescheduled next month. The attorney has agreed to meet with us and discuss the plan further. We will keep you updated on our progress.

Sorry for letting you know so late in the day but we just found out. PLEASE DO NOT GO TO CITY HALL TONIGHT.

Thanks again for all your support. Stay tuned!

BRHA Board

Tonight, (Wednesday, February 20th, at 6pm (1st on the AGENDA) at City Hall, Tom Brennan along with his attorney Raymond Rizzio will present revised plans for a new development project on Fairfield Avenue between Clarkson and Courtland Ave., (former Rich DeParle property). It is important to recognize that the developers were very willing to share their initial plans with us and that the community had an opportunity to participate in this process.

Plans for an apartment complex on the former Mary Journey's Inn property appear to be moving forward.  The developer, Arthur Hersh, had to renew the approvals he obtained five years ago as they have expired.  The project's original site plan is considered to be still valid.  At P&Z's initial approval five years ago, the P&Z Commission requested that the developer improve the look of the facade facing Fairfield Avenue, but no mention of that was made at the January 28, 2008 hearing.  Discussion was limited to the public access walkway and landscape plans leading to Ash Creek. 

Arthur Hersh, of Carrie Construction, the developer of a proposed 56 unit apartment complex in Black Rock is looking to get zoning approval for a second time. The project calls for a four-story apartment complex with a parking lot to be built on a vacant lot at 3336 Fairfield Ave., the former site of Mary Journey's Inn (next to Hemingway Custom Cabinetry).

Thanks to a hefty turnout and a long procession of excellent presentations, all five Historic District Commissioners denied Brewster Street Partners' request for a certificate of appropriateness! Everybody won!  Black Rock won!  So many made it happen -- whether it was sending e-mails