Planning Team

This study is a joint partnership between the Town of Brookline's Select Board-appointed Centre Street Lots Committee, the Town of Brookline's Department of Planning and Community Development, and a consultant team led by Brookline-based Speck Dempsey.

Centre Street Lots Committee

Committee Charge:

The Centre Street Lots Committee is charged with guiding the visioning process and developing design alternatives for the Town-owned Centre Street East and West Parking Lots located in Coolidge Corner. Drawing on past studies, as well as new analysis and extensive stakeholder engagement to be led by staff and consultants throughout 2025, the Committee will work with staff to evaluate how the Lots currently serve the community, and explore ways the Lots could better serve and benefit the community if redesigned. The Committee will work collaboratively with Town staff, as well as project consultants, to engage diverse stakeholders regarding the future of the Centre Street Lots. The Committee will identify and adopt a vision for the site, including desired uses, and articulate further actions necessary to realize the vision which has been adopted.

Committee Roster:

Mike Sandman, Chair

Shanna Giora-Gorfajn, Vice Chair

Julia Albert

Maiyim Baron

Moshe Ben-Akiva

Brooke Duskin

Marion Freedman-Gurspan

James Lee

Anne Meyers

Gary Shiffman

Elaine Tsao