One new candidate has emerged this week for an open Wellesley town-wide office seat: Ed Chazen has pulled papers for the open Planning Board seat, according to the Town Clerk’s office.
Planning Board member Kathleen Woodward’s term expires in March.
The Planning Board’s mission is to guide “the Town of Wellesley in preserving and enhancing Wellesley’s quality of life by fostering a diverse housing stock, multi-modal transportation options, valuable natural resources, resilient infrastructure, and a thriving local economy.”
Chazen is no stranger to serving in Wellesley town government. A real estate development, finance, and investment expert who teaches at Boston College, Chazen served on the Planning Board in the early 2000s.
In 2021, we wrote about a study that Chazen conducted to explore alternative uses for the Wellesley Community Center property at 219 Washington St.
More recently, Chazen has been serving on Wellesley’s Residential Incentive Overlay (RIO) Task Force.
He is one of 15 people to pull papers for town-wide office to date. Nomination papers are available at the Town Clerk’s Office. Papers for town-wide offices must be pulled by Jan. 9 and Town Meeting member papers must be pulled by Jan. 23. More information on requirements can be found on the town website.
Correction: This article initially referred to the Natural Resources Commission, not the Planning Board. We regret the error.
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