Business View Civil & Municipal l November 2022

191 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 expect that in the next 10 years we’ll be at least revisiting whatever we do in the coming months.” Managing the town’s growth trickles down to Lunenburg’s housing market as well. The town has not seen many large volume housing developments, and instead has had more focus on using infill properties. They currently have a 122-unit subdivision that has been approved, but other than that, housing is limited to the area’s current stock. “We have an aging population that’s been in town for a long time and as they divest of their family homes for either smaller retirement communities in the area or moving to the warm south to retire, we’re seeing turnover of existing housing stock,” Burney says. The state has been encouraging Lunenburg to expand its housing market, but the town is cautious in its approach to growth. “We struggle with how to balance the load that housing brings for our school system and for our public safety system, specifically,” Burney states. “The town is looking at it. The town wants to be welcoming, 55 + TOWN OF LUNENBURG, MASSACHUSETTS