Cascading Waters can be found at 135 Olean Street on the eastern edge of Worcester's northwest parklands, the Cascades. The Cascades are 350 acres of park and conservation lands along the borders of Worcester, Paxton, and Holden, Massachusetts. Home to countless species of plants and animals, the Cascades are open to passive recreation year-round.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

About that development next door

For those of you wondering just what the heck is going on next door, we do have the proposed plan here at the Lodge; if you're interested, let us know.
To give you the quick rundown: they're putting in a cul-de-sec ("Olean Circle") on the south (Tatnuck Square) side of the current house. There will be three houses behind the current house (on the Cascading Waters side), two on the end of the circle (backing up to the backyards of the houses on Cataract Street), and one on the south side (they don't own as much land on that side). Yes, that's six houses there, and won't we all be interested in how they squeeze them all in!

2 comments:

Joe said...

Has this all been approved by the board? How big is the parcel being developed?

Yikes, what a headache. let me know if I can help in any way.

Joe

Caretaker at the GWLT Lodge said...

The project was originally presented to the Planning Board in 1999, proposed and accepted in 2003, amended and accepted in 2004, and extended and approved in 2007.

Most recently the ConCom approvals were extended and approved in 2008.

The parcel is 2.12 acres and will in the end have 7 houses on it.

It will make sense to post the bound line with metal property tags so as to make things easy and clear for the construction workers as they move forward. Assistance is most welcome!