Committee recommends housing proposal for White Cliffs

By Laura Hayes Managing Editor

NORTHBOROUGH - The White Cliffs property may soon become intergenerational housing.

During their Jan. 26 meeting, the White Cliffs Committee recommended to the Board of Selectmen that a contract be awarded to Metro West Collaborative Development. The vote was

4-1 with Selectman Julianne Hirsh dissenting. Hirsh said she didn’t have enough information on the affordable housing need in Northborough, how it is financed and any benefit it is to the town. She questioned how many Northborough residents would qualify. She said that to her, a major criteria was potential use of the property by town resi-