Planning Board OKs 40-Unit Greenwich Boulevard Development [VIDEO]

Before shoves hit the ground, however, many more approvals are needed.

After hours of testimony over three separate Planning Board meetings, members finally voted Wednesday night, granting master plan approval to Joe Zenga’s 40-unit Greenwich Boulevard development by a vote of 6-0. “I didn’t think you guys would be so thorough,” said Zenga after the vote. The longtime East Greenwich resident had remained largely silent over the course of the meetings, letting his team - led by lawyer David Igliozzi – do the talking. The original plan, unveiled in April 2011, called for 62 housing units. By the time it came before the Planning Board in March, the number had been reduced to 40, with one commercial building where the Sunnybrook Farms now stands. The development would extend from Main Street (Sunnybrook Farms) …

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Greenwich Blvd. Proposal Gets Initial Hearing Before Planning Board

Planning Board continues hearing on the 41-unit development beside the American Legion hall on Main Street after 3 1/2 hours of testimony.

After more than three hours of testimony before the Planning Board Wednesday night, a hearing on an application for 41 units on Greenwich Boulevard was continued to April 4, but not until concerns about roadways, parking and trash pickup were raised by Planning Board members. The development, on property owned by Joseph Zenga, would stretch from the Sunnybrook Farms on Main Street east toward the train tracks and southeast of the parking area for the American Legion hall. The plan, designed by architect Don Powers, calls for one commercial building on the Sunnybrook Farms site and 40 residential units, both freestanding and attached, behind it. Powers designed the Cottages on Greene development, which the Greenwich Boulevard resembles in …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

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Five things you need to know about East Greenwich today, March 7.

Affordable Housing Task Force meeting: The panel will discuss its ongoing publicity campaign, with an upcoming presentation to the EG Rotary Club. They will also get an update on the town’s Comprehensive Plan overhaul. The meeting starts at 3 p.m. in Conference Room B at Town Hall. Planning Board meeting: The major agenda item is a master plan conference on a proposal by property owner Joe Zenga to build a development on Greenwich Boulevard that would include 40 residences as well as a commercial/retail building at 1002 Main St., on the site of Sunnybrook Farms. Architect Don Powers, who designed the smaller Greene Street Cottages, has designed the project. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at Town Hall. Everything You Need…

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