After residents weigh in on how construction should affect their community, Clara Couric Batchelor's interpretations map out a plan that takes into account both their hopes and their concerns. The Harvard-trained landscape architect and her team approach urban rejuvenation projects by structuring proposals with an appreciation of both the past and the future.
Batchelor believes that public spaces should be updated every few decades. She compares the process to redecorating or redesigning a well-loved, frequently used living room. After a while, she says, "It's time to re-think and re-do tired spaces."
BOSTON — State Lottery revenues are "running a little bit over" projections, and officials at the money-making agency plan to consider readjusting their forecasts in April.
Projected to produce $962 million in annual profits to supplement municipal budgets, the state-run gambling agency has clocked $686.3 million in net profit through the first eight months of fiscal 2016, according to Executive Director Michael Sweeney.
