THE DICKSONS ARE PART OF THE RARELY...

THE DICKSONS ARE PART OF THE RARELY heard--from YIMBY (ye in my backyard) motion

To help elucidate the affordable housing shortage in Weston, Mass., Polly and Edward Dickson donated 11 acres now known as Dickson Meadows in 1997 and 1998 The bond formed the Dickson Meadow Advisory Committee to advance up with a development plan for the acreage that would provide affordable housing.

The committee came up with a unique solution: It conceived a community where the profits from the market-rate housing, combined with the land donation, would essentially set-off the construction costs of