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FOLQ Articles Update

11/6/2020

Thursday’s Planning Board hearing to discuss the FOLQ zoning change articles was continued by Board vote effectively removing them from Town Meeting discussion and vote on Saturday. The Board thought that there was not enough time to adequately discuss and make a proper recommendation to Town Meeting and has scheduled an additional hearing on the articles on November 17. So...

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Planning Board Meeting Thursday at 7 p.m.

11/4/2020

To FOLQ Members and Supporters Please do your best to attend using Zoom the Planning Board meeting Thursday night at 7 p.m. focusing on FOLQ’s town meeting zoning articles. The Zoom Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85673828657?pwd=dlZpaHBJejB6RkovRkFyV0FtSytPZz09 The articles will not be acted on at Town Meeting this Saturday if the Planning Board does not “report on the articles to Town Meeting” after...

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FOLQ Needs Your Vote at Town Meeting

11/2/2020

As reported recently by the Daily Item, the Attorney for Cabot, Cabot & Forbes has taken legal steps to block the effect of our zoning change articles on the Warrant for Town Meeting this coming Saturday, November 7. While this action could make the proposed changes ineffective, FOLQ believes it does not change the importance of participating in Town Meeting...

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Planning Board Sets Date

10/22/2020

Wakefield Planning Board to Hear FOLQ Zoning Articles on Nov 5, 2020 Thank you to all who sent emails to the Wakefield Planning Board requesting prompt action on our Articles for Town Meeting. Your voices were heard and they have set a date for the Hearing of Nov 5, 2020 We hope you will be able to attend the Public...

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Help Limit Lake Development

10/18/2020

Hello Friends, Great News! The Special Meeting that is necessary to set a hearing date in time to pass the articles to Town Meeting is scheduled tonight Wednesday at 7pm. It would be great to have folks on Zoom at that meeting. The link is below. I am not sure if there is public participation but we will be ready....

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FOLQ Opposes Planned Lake Development

10/14/2020

Friends of Lake Quannapowitt (FOLQ) remain opposed to a 485-unit housing development being planned for construction on the site of 200 Quannapowitt Parkway (formerly American Mutual/Comverse). Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, a large Boston development corporation is expected to file for a zoning Special Permit to build “Multi-Residence Housing” on the shores of Lake Quannapowitt. Based on the developer led focus-group...

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Help Protect the Lake

9/28/2020

Help Protect the Lake We are expecting that a residential development plan asking for approval to build hundreds of apartment and condo units at 200 Quannapowitt Parkway (formerly American Mutual Insurance / Comverse) will be filed with the Town of Wakefield soon. As we stated publicly in the Spring, we were opposed to the plan then and remain opposed to...

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2019 Annual Breakfast

12/31/2019

The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt welcomed over 160 members and friends to our Annual Breakfast held on November 10, 2019 at the Bear Hill Golf Club in Stoneham, Ma. A delicious buffet breakfast was served from 8 to 11am. Musical entertainment was provided by Wakefield Memorial High School’s Voices of Steel. The Gertrude Spaulding award winner was long time FOLQ...

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Park Plan

FOLQ Offers donation

8/5/2019

FOLQ offers donation for Improvements to Col. Connelly Park and Gertrude Spaulding Park.   The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt, celebrating 28 years of lake advocacy (1991-2019), are honored to share their plans for their gift to the town of Wakefield for the purpose of lakeside park improvements.  The organization recently asked the town to accept a gift of $152,000 (plus a contingency...

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FOLQ offers donation for Improvements to Col. Connelly Park and Gertrude Spaulding Park.

7/18/2019

The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt, celebrating 28 years of lake advocacy (1991-2019), are honored to share their plans for their gift to the town of Wakefield for the purpose of lakeside park improvements. The organization recently asked the town to accept a gift of $152,000 (plus a contingency if needed) for improvements to Col. Connelly Park and Gertrude Spaulding Park....

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