Dilboy VFW Development Clarification
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davis_squareRemember this entry? Well, I promised a commenter that I would speak to the commander of the post to clarify the development and, since this garnered enough interest, thought it would be nice for the community to hear it from the Dilboy (which I am now officially representing here):
1. The Dilboy VFW owns the facility it currently occupies, along with the parking lot behind the Winter Hill Bank. ETA: The current building is not being torn down!!
2. 1/3 of that parking lot has been given over to a 99 year lease to Dakota Development. On that 1/3 of the lot, a 31-unit condominium complex will be constructed.
a. Parking for the condos will be underground (a new structure to be built underneath the existing lot).
b. The VFW will retain 67 of the already existing above-ground spaces, in the current parking lot, for it's membership and function hall.
3. The VFW is constructing a new, 2 story structure on the vacant lot next to the parking lot (where the MBTA shaft currently stands).
a. Deliveries and cabs will still be routed down Summer Street, into the parking lot. There will be NO increased traffic on any side streets as parking has not moved from it's current location. Delivery trucks could not navigate the side roads even if we wanted them to, so the delivery entrance will simply be across the current parking lot from where it is now.
b. This new facility will be handicap accessible which the current facility is not.
If you have any questions or wish to see the layouts/plans in person, please contact the commander, Mr. Bob Hardy between the hours of 9 - 11 am, Mon - Fri at 617-666-8794. He is setting this time aside to field concerns, questions, or set up one to one meetings if necessary to show and discuss the plans which are moving forward.
As for the Craigslist posting that started all of this, the property has not been turned over to Dakota yet. We are not selling what we own, simply doing a swap with the developer. So likely, it wasn't legitimate.
Hope this helps. If I've forgotten anything, feel free to ask in the comments or give Bobby a call.
1. The Dilboy VFW owns the facility it currently occupies, along with the parking lot behind the Winter Hill Bank. ETA: The current building is not being torn down!!
2. 1/3 of that parking lot has been given over to a 99 year lease to Dakota Development. On that 1/3 of the lot, a 31-unit condominium complex will be constructed.
a. Parking for the condos will be underground (a new structure to be built underneath the existing lot).
b. The VFW will retain 67 of the already existing above-ground spaces, in the current parking lot, for it's membership and function hall.
3. The VFW is constructing a new, 2 story structure on the vacant lot next to the parking lot (where the MBTA shaft currently stands).
a. Deliveries and cabs will still be routed down Summer Street, into the parking lot. There will be NO increased traffic on any side streets as parking has not moved from it's current location. Delivery trucks could not navigate the side roads even if we wanted them to, so the delivery entrance will simply be across the current parking lot from where it is now.
b. This new facility will be handicap accessible which the current facility is not.
If you have any questions or wish to see the layouts/plans in person, please contact the commander, Mr. Bob Hardy between the hours of 9 - 11 am, Mon - Fri at 617-666-8794. He is setting this time aside to field concerns, questions, or set up one to one meetings if necessary to show and discuss the plans which are moving forward.
As for the Craigslist posting that started all of this, the property has not been turned over to Dakota yet. We are not selling what we own, simply doing a swap with the developer. So likely, it wasn't legitimate.
Hope this helps. If I've forgotten anything, feel free to ask in the comments or give Bobby a call.
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