Andover Select Board Weighs Age-Restricted Housing in Industrial Zone

ANDOVER — January 11, 2018 — A fragment of an Andover Select Board meeting from January 11, 2018 captured debate over a proposed age-restricted housing development in an industrial and commercial zone near Gaskin Road, but the recording contains no named officials, no vote tallies, and no formal actions. An unidentified speaker questioned whether inserting a 55-and-older residential complex into an area zoned for commercial and industrial use contradicts the town's planning goals, arguing that nearby business owners with expansion plans could be harmed. A second unidentified voice responded that abutters had received Planning Board notices and that one neighboring property owner was aware of the project and had not objected. No supporting agenda, packet, or approved minutes were available to verify the project name, applicant, unit count, or outcome.