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WITHOUT A PLANNER: Some towns, such as Tiverton, have gone years without a full-time town planner as they reckon with a housing crisis, other evolving infrastructure issues and new developments. For instance, in 2022, this undeveloped 12-acre Tiverton property was sold for $1.2 million. The new owner has said he has no plans for development.  COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

Shortage of planners impeding municipalities

Focus 10/24/2025

Tiverton’s town planner resigned in June 2022, and it’s a job that still remains vacant more than three years later. It’s a glaring gap as...

ONE OF THE PLANS for the Winnapaug Country Club is to build 2,300 residential unit in 90 buildings on the Westerly golf course. / SCREENSHOT OF WINN PROPERTIES LLC FILING

In Westerly, a choice: golf resort or housing development

Government 03/15/2024

Two vastly different redevelopment proposals for the Winnapaug Country Club in Westerly – one creating a golf resort, the other a 2,300-unit housing development...

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