EDC locks in 2026 workplan, assigns leads for Route 20 and tax base goals

WAYLAND — January 16, 2026 — Wayland EDC sets 2026 priorities and previews a 58-foot Route 20 zoning article. With Chair Rebecca Stanizzi remote and Karen Kelly serving as acting chair, the four-member quorum approved three sets of prior minutes 4-0 and divided up leads on more than a dozen initiatives. Town Planner Robert Hummel said a developer is seeking to raise allowable heights in the Route 20 West MBTA Communities district to 58 feet, and that DCR easement negotiations for a rail-trail connection to Town Center will appear on this year's warrant. Stanizzi reported that Finance Director Brian Keveny pegs peer-town new growth at 2 to 2.5 percent annually — "$1-2M+" — versus Wayland's discussed target of roughly $500,000. New member S. Alihan Polat volunteered to inventory town-owned parcels using the WRAP report. The next meeting was moved to Feb. 27.