EDIC To Hold Stakeholder Meeting For Falmouth Station
The Falmouth EDIC will hold a stakeholder meeting on Wednesday, October 20, to discuss long-term planning goals for the Falmouth Station.
This meeting is the first in a multi-step process aimed at revitalizing not just the station itself, but the entire property. The project was made possible thanks to a $57,000 grant secured by the EDIC from Mass Development.
The meeting, which will include an in-person morning session and a virtual evening session, is intended to gather the input of those invited so that the EDIC and their consultants have some information to work off of before heading to a public meeting. Invitations were sent to about 80 neighbors and stakeholders who may have an interest in or idea for the project.
“We’re going into this with an open mind,” said EDIC executive director Wayne Lingafelter. “We’re doing this master planning brainstorming session with the community to gather the input around what might be able to be developed on that site. We’d like to do something there that supports the community’s interests and needs.”
Mr. Lingafelter says that once their vision is shaped, the EDIC will hold a public meeting to share any ideas they may have with the entirety of Falmouth. He also said the board sees potential for some type of mixed-use for the site, in addition to the already existing bus lines and The Station Grill restaurant.
“We do think that it has the potential to be combined with some of the other existing lands that people would think of as the current bus station,” Mr. Lingafelter said. “I think our vision only goes as far as to say we think there’s a mixed-use opportunity there, given the site’s proximity not only to the transportation hub that the bus station represents, but the walkability of the site as it relates to the rest of the community and the proximity to the bike path. We think it’s very well positioned for some type of a mixed-use building.”
The site, which measures about an acre in its entirety, has been a project of the EDIC for quite some time. The EDIC is currently under a 99-year lease with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the property.