The Housing Roundtable, a community-wide discussion of housing and Falmouth's future, will be held on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 starting at 7 p.m. in the Hermann Foundation Meeting Room on the ground floor of the Falmouth Public Library on Main Street. This discussion will be unique for Falmouth-Public discussions of housing in our town generally revolve around a particular proposed project. The Roundtable will be a broad-based discussion of our Town's housing needs across all age and income groups in all areas of our town. The discussion will also consider the relationship between housing, employment, the town's tax base and the demographics of the community. Further, the discussion will be grounded on facts and findings in the "Housing Demand Study" commissioned by the Town of Falmouth. The report was prepared by Ms. Judi Barrett of RKG Associates. The report is available on the town website along with an executive summary.

Ms. Barrett will open the Roundtable with a summary of her report. Mindy Todd, host of WCAI's "The Point," will moderate a panel discussion of the report among eight community leaders. The audience will then be invited to join the discussion.

The Roundtable is co-sponsored by the Falmouth Housing Trust, the Town of Falmouth's Affordable Housing Committee, and the Falmouth Economic Development Corporation, (EDIC).

 This meeting will be your chance to express your views on how the Town of Falmouth should prepare itself for the challenges of the next several years. The program will be broadcast on FCTV Channel 15 but you won't be able to participate in the discussion from home.

     So please come on down on October 1^st to take your seat at the table!  

The Falmouth Housing Trust has finished all preliminary permitting and funding requests associated with the project.  The property has been sold to FHT.  We expect to clear the lot over the next few weeks and start construction shortly thereafter.

The project calls for the creation of three individual homes, two of which will be 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom Cape Cod style homes, and the third will be a ranch style home, also with 3-bedrooms and 2-bathrooms.  The ranch will be visitable.