Housing Partnership delays production plan vendor pick, welcomes Planning Board liaison

Housing Partnership · Meeting of August 11, 2026

Wayland Housing Partnership's production plan vendor pick slips a month as review panel deadlocks. Chair Mary M. Antes led the August 11 meeting, at which member Jean Milburn reported that the four-person selection committee could not choose between Goldsmith, a larger firm with a "cookie cutter approach," and a smaller, outreach-focused bidder, and will now send follow-up questions to both.

The Partnership also welcomed Planning Board member Robin Borgstedt as its new liaison, approved amended July minutes 4-0 with one abstention, and heard that Wayland ADUs are running roughly $300,000 per unit, with applications slowing. Member James Grumbach called the Cascade 40B, now on its third owner, a project that "stinks" and agreed to draft a letter supporting the Conservation Commission against reported state pressure to relax a trout-stream buffer.

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Source: the Housing Partnership meeting of August 11, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.