Carver Select Board Creates Economic Development Committee, Approves Habitat Veteran Housing Restriction

CARVER -- August 5, 2025, Carver Select Board unanimously creates ad hoc economic development committee and advances veteran affordable housing project. The board voted 5-0 Tuesday to establish the committee, which will work with regional planning agency CERPED to produce a town-wide commercial development plan that will dissolve upon completion; the board amended the committee's charge to specify "commercial build-out" and voted to retain all appointment authority itself rather than ceding it to the town administrator. Jim Hoffman was appointed Select Board representative on a 3-1 vote with one recusal, citing his decade on the Planning Board. On the Green Street project, the board unanimously accepted an affordable housing deed restriction under MGL Chapter 184, held in perpetuity by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth with a veterans preference, and amended a November 2022 purchase and sale agreement reflecting a completed $110,000 environmental cleanup; the town's all-in cost is approximately $204,500 against a $35,000 sale price. The board also set a Special Town Meeting for October 7 at 6:30 p.m., with a warrant deadline of August 18 at 4:00 p.m., anticipating articles on the Cranberry Point PILOT and MBTA Communities Act zoning compliance.