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  • DPW Head Wants Nobscot Chapel Land to Improve Road

    DPW Head Wants Nobscot Chapel Land to Improve Road

    Nobscot Chapel viewed from Edgell Rd. heading north into intersection.
    Nobscot Chapel viewed from Edgell Rd. approaching intersection at Water St. and Edmands Rd. (photo taken Sept. 2011)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – At a Board of Selectmen Meeting on Tuesday November 8, 2011, Framingham Department of Public Works Director Peter Sellers asked Selectmen to postpone any plan to auction off the Nobscot Union Chapel which was recently taken by the town due to unpaid water bills.

    Sellers presented a plan to round off the corner of Edgell Road and Water Street where the Nobscot Chapel is located.

    Sellers reported that rounding out the final corner of the busy intersection would improve visibility, safety and traffic flow, and noted that the three other corners that make up Nobscot’s main intersection have been rounded in the same manner he’s proposing.

    Sellers claimed that the chapel is not a historic

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  • Nobscot Shopping Center Progress Continues

    Nobscot Shopping Center Progress Continues

    Nobscot Shopping Center now actively leasing out vacant stores.
    New sign advertising that Nobscot Shopping Center is now actively attempting to lease out vacant stores. (photo courtesy of Rick McKenna)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – I have been lucky enough to be involved with the various parties interested in seeing the Nobscot Shopping Center revitalized, and today had a chance to discuss the center’s future with the point-man from the newly hired property management company.

    Jeff Bruk of Boylston Realty Advisors has been tasked with leasing out the vacant stores in the shopping center.

    Jeff has just planted his “FOR LEASE” sign in the shopping center’s parking lot, and has designed a Nobscot Shopping Center leasing information brochure to  market the property, (it’s in PDF format, Adobe Acrobat reader is needed to view file)

    I specifically asked Jeff about the former Texaco Gas Station which is part of the property, (located at the Edgell Rd. entrance to the plaza), and although they, (more…)

  • What’s Next for Nobscot Shopping Center?

    What’s Next for Nobscot Shopping Center?

    Framingham, MA - Nobscot Shopping Center / Countryfare Star Market, vacant property, September 2011
    Nobscot Shopping Center's Countryfare Star Market has been vacant for most of the past decade. Mall owner Centercorp Retail Properties, Inc. recently announced plans to refurbish the property and hire a new leasing agent to attempt to revitalize the strip mall. (Photo taken September 3, 2011)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – After we ran an article on September 13, 2011, “Centercorp to make Nobscot anouncement October 1st”, Framingham resident Beth Escobar, (who had been in contact with Centercorp Retail Properties, Inc. Property Manager Terri Desjardins), leaked the news that the company now intends to fix up the Nobscot Shopping Center property and hire a new leasing agent in hopes of getting new tenants to lease the now mostly vacant strip mall.

    The news was then leaked to the Nobscot Neighbors group, and to the Metrowest Daily News, and since then ideas and suggestions have been swirling around on a Nobscot email list about what types of stores local residents would like to see in the plaza.

    After reading several of the ideas — which consisted mostly of thoughts about what chain or specialty  grocery store may lease the vacant former Countryfare / Star market, (which is the largest retail space on the property), and hopes that CVS would (more…)

  • Special Town Meeting Called for January

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The town of Framingham will hold a Special Town Meeting, Wednesday January 12, 2011 for the purpose of voting on the following (4) Articles:

    Article #1 asks Town Meeting to vote to allow the transfer of handicap parking receipts to the Disability Commission. The article is sponsored by Town’s Chief Financial Officer, (CFO).

    Article #2 asks Town Meeting to vote to appropriate $1,020,000 for window and door replacement at the Mary E. Stapelton School.  According the the materials provided, the Town would pay $431,562 and  would obtain the $588,438 balance needed in a grant from MSBA for the balance. This article was sponsored by School Committee.

    Article #3 asks Town Meeting to approve a preliminary design for a new McAuliffe Library. This article is related to the next, Article #4,  which asks Town Meeting to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire 5 parcels of land next to and behind Nobscot Shopping Center on Water Street for a new library at a cost of $739,800. These two articles, (#3 and #4), are sponsored by the Framingham Library Trustees.

    The Special Town Meeting will commence at 7:30PM, Wednesday, January 12, 2010 in Nevins Hall.

    Prior to the Special Town Meeting, at  7:15PM the Town Clerk will hold precinct meetings to fill vacancies.

    The January 12, 2011 Special Town Meeting Warrant and accompanying background information can be downloaded from the Town website at:

    http://www.framinghamma.gov/Weblink8/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=17155&dbid=0

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