Background

Acton's April 2018 Town Meeting has been petitioned to see if the voters want the Board of Selectmen to figure out how much it would cost to buy the KMart Parcels, if the Town decides it wants to control what happens on the parcels, instead of a developer controlling (see a graphic of the current developer proposal at the link below.)
 
See the warrant article here for more information: http://terraforacton.com/KMart_Land_Petition.html
 
That warrant article is ONLY to get information on the potential cost. This survey, on the other hand, is to determine what people would do with the parcel IF we owned it. We've left room for people to indicate that they do not want to buy the parcel. But the point of the survey is to build a list of ideas, in case we DO want to buy it. 

Please only fill out the survey once (per person), but vote for as many options as you think would make sense for the site.

PLEASE COME BACK! we are tweaking the answers, based on responses [don't worry, no BIG changes, just slightly, like we're correcting errors...and adding clarifications, based on comments]

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* 1. Do you live in Acton?

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* 2. Public Market (food, food court, crafts, etc.). Public Markets are a new trend, where the community runs an indoor space where sellers of food and other items have semi-permanent booths, like a farmer's market. Internet, shuttle stop, access to walking paths, outside seating/gathering.

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* 3. Community Center Performance/Event Space (dance, music, flea market, community gatherings) w/some open space/park/nature-reclaim.  Internet, shuttle stop, access to walking paths, outside seating/gathering.

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* 4. Incubator Space for new businesses/shared office space and/or test kitchen/café. This is to allow tiny businesses to have a group place to work, and share business facility/equipment (copiers, etc) overhead. MAYBE, if biz community wants:  Internet, shuttle stop, access to walking paths, outside seating/gathering.

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* 5. Some % Very/Extremely Low Income Housing and/or Senior/Disabled Housing

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* 6. All of the above, shared flexible space allowing work, events, and some very/extremely low income housing, over the shops w/some open space/park/nature-reclaim.Borrow bicycle pickup & return hub. Electric vehicle charging stations at far end. Shuttle stop, public internet, outside seating/gathering space, etc. Downtown look/feel.

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* 7. Leave KMart there for as long as possible (current lease runs out in 1.5 years, we hear they want to stay, but Stop & Shop won't renew the lease. If the Town of Acton owns it, we can renew the lease)

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* 8. If KMart leaves, would you want to replace it with Ocean State Job Lot or a Target? (Ocean State Job Lot caters to similar market for low expensive goods)

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* 9. I want the town to buy the parcel, if it's affordable/possible. To make sure we get what we want, if the developer doesn't commit to it. [[this option is to allow people to express their willingness to buy the parcels.]]

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* 10. Other ideas/comments, if you leave your contact info, we'll let you know when we add your idea, so you can help get people to vote for it! Please keep this link and check back to see if new ideas are worth voting for!

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