NIMBY’s at the Hearing - The Demographics & Power of Public Comment

When:
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018 6:30p -
8:00p

Where:
Cambridge Citywide Senior Center
806 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences

Event website:
https://www.abettercambridge.org/nimbys_at_the_hearing

Anyone who has been to a planning or zoning meeting isn’t surprised to hear that a new study shows that the people who participate in public comment tend to be older, whiter, and wealthier than the community they live in. They also tend to be home-owning and overwhelmingly more likely to be against new housing.


Why is this and what is the impact on the community at large? What strategies can pro-housing activists do to counteract this imbalance and how can municipalities attract more diverse participation?


Join A Better Cambridge for a presentation and conversation with Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, and David Glick, authors of the study and political scientists associated with Boston University’s Initiative on Cities, followed by a community conversation and questions and answer session.


All are welcome and this is a FREE event!


To read the study, Who Participates in Local Government? Evidence from Meeting Minutes, go to: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k4kzph3ynal3xai/ZoningParticipation_Perspectives_Final.pdf?dl=0

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