Planning Board, Select Board hold joint economic development discussion
Planning and Select boards jointly review Plymouth economic development strategy. Planning Board Chair Steven Bolotin, Select Board Chair David Golden, and Stephen Cole, Executive Director of the Plymouth Economic Development Foundation, presented on tax revenue challenges, workforce imbalances,
Planning Board · Meeting of January 20, 2026
PLYMOUTH — Planning and Select boards jointly review Plymouth economic development strategy. Planning Board Chair Steven Bolotin, Select Board Chair David Golden, and Stephen Cole, Executive Director of the Plymouth Economic Development Foundation, presented on tax revenue challenges, workforce imbalances, and Comprehensive Plan implementation. Selectman Kevin Canty expressed alarm at Plymouth's unsustainable jobs-commuting imbalance and called for zoning changes, economic incentives, and partnerships with Beth Israel and vocational schools.
Foundation board member Mathew Muratore identified Plymouth's town meeting form of government, now serving nearly 70,000 residents, as structurally inefficient for decision-making.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of January 20, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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