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Town Eyes Industrial Area for Mixed-Use Project

MILTON, MA-This town is looking to increase its tax base by encouraging mixed-use development in its lower mills area. To that end, this largely residential community, 20 miles outside of Boston, recently passed its first-ever mixed-use zoning.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on July 10, 2001

MILTON, MA-When the H.P. Hood Warehouse burned down here nearly a year and a half ago, no one in this largely residential town about 20 miles outside of Boston was happy. Since then, town planners have come to realize that the event is one of the few chances they would get to revitalize this old industrial area that sits on the Neponset river.

“When the ice cream warehouse burned down, it provided us with an opportunity to put something golden there,” Paul Kanter, Milton’s town engineer and planning director, tells GlobeSt.com. This area abuts Dorchester where many of the old mills have been converted into upscale condominiums. Planners in this town want more for their lower mills area.

The town is looking to develop a mixed-use project on this site with restaurants, shops, housing and perhaps a riverfront park. In addition to putting new life into the area, town planners also want to increase the tax revenue in the community. “The plan could triple the amount of taxes we get from this area,” Kanter notes.

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