Burlington To Create Walkable Mixed-Use Plan For Mall Road

Burlington MA

10 March, 2021

11:53 AM

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BURLINGTON, MA — The town of Burlington will develop a plan for a walkable mixed-use redevelopment of the Burlington Mall Road corridor, the state said Tuesday in announcing a round of grant funding. The town was awarded $85,000 in MassDevelopment "Site Readiness Program" funds for the project. The money will be used to "prepare a master plan that will provide a development vision and implementation strategy for redeveloping the Town's Burlington Mall Road corridor into a walkable mixed-use district," according to the state release. "We are very excited to get the grant to help us plan the Town's vision for the future of this corridor," Town Administrator Paul Sagarino said. The state announced 10 site readiness grants totaling $3.148 million Tuesday for redevelopment work like master planning and feasibility studies. The largest grant, for $880,000, went to Pittsfield. "Our administration is committed to helping communities achieve their economic development goals, and we will continue to work with the public and private sectors to ensure Massachusetts remains a great place to do business," Gov. Charlie Baker said in a statement. "The Site Readiness Program addresses both goals by helping local partners advance key sites to shovel-ready status, and we look forward to these awards supporting projects that create jobs and revenue in their communities." Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or [email protected].