Save MassBay Forest

05/31/2026

Attend Tuesday's Select Board Meeting at 6:30pm, details here: https://mailchi.mp/96e1e8e776c5/massbaylandsale-10350054?e=5b7b412b34

05/20/2026

Thanks to all who attended and spoke

Town Meeting Results on MassBay Forest

https://mailchi.mp/73231620f8b7/massbaylandsale-10349684?e=0a1cabd079

05/11/2026

Wellesley Conservation Land Trust Friends of Brookside

05/10/2026

Lots of position statements for Special Town Meeting:
https://www.friendsofbrookside.org/massbay/ Attend STM Monday, May 11, 7:00pm, Wellelsey High School. Open to all. Plan to speak. Message with any questions.

MassBay has added 45 acres of land - outlined in white below - to the Surplus Land Inventory, to be sold to a developer and used through the new Affordable Homes Act (AHA)

05/03/2026

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING re MassBay Forest: Monday, May 11, 7:00pm, WHS. ATTEND! You don't need to be a Town Meeting Member to speak, and you don't need to be a Wellesley resident to attend! Come early, it will begin promptly. Learn more here: https://mailchi.mp/838b905c8fea/call-to-action-special-town-meeting?e=eb30c20a31

04/27/2026

ACTION: Attend (and speak): Wednesday Advisory Committee Meeting! Read below for details.

The Select Board reported on their December 2025 meeting with the State that development would focus on roughly the 5-acre parking lot area with 39 to 40 acres of the forest remaining undisturbed. At its April 21st meeting, the Select Board stated development would be on approximately 7-8 acres of l...

04/14/2026

Important action step: The 30-day comment period for residents to respond to the State regarding the building project closes on May 13, 2026. Email your comments: [email protected] Please do so even if you have written previously, this is a new agency and a different phase of the process. Details here: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=[UNIQID]&u=6b306854d1872f73b5ee79821&id=2b114be5c9 You can’t build 180 units on and around the parking lot without harming the forest. Thank you!

03/28/2026

Weigh In!
The Commonwealth invites public comments on the draft SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY regulations under which the MassBay land is proposed to be developed.

Comments are due by 11:59pm on Monday, April 13.
Email: [email protected]
Subject Line: Comments on 760 CMR 77

Here are the draft regs: https://www.mass.gov/doc/3132026-proposed-regulation-760-cmr-7700-surplus-real-property/download
It might be helpful to view the Select Board’s recent discussion on the subject: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14CRgGxTQ0ccpE8t7SWKLauhSIywyBnNe/view?usp=share_link
Thank you.

03/12/2026

If you've been wondering what more you can do to help, visit the new group www.FriendsofCentennial.org !

03/02/2026

Read Friends of Brookside Letter to the Editor in The Swellesley Report (Wellesley, Mass.) https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=6b306854d1872f73b5ee79821&id=1238a756ef And Wellesley Conservation Land Trust’s response to the Boston Globe.

This letter from Friends of Brookside was recently published in The Swellesley Report Friday, February 2026. We hope you’ll find it informative.