Redbrook

In 2008, the Plymouth Planning Board gave AD Makepeace Co. a special permit under the town’s zoning laws to build about 1,300 housing units along the then pristine Agawam River in south Plymouth. Despite years of clearing pristine land and rapid construction of expensive housing units, roads and infrastructure, Makepeace has built only 15 of the 108 affordable units. Instead of building the affordable housing with its own profits from Redbrook, its sand mining and its solar developments, Makepeace partnered with the Grantham Group to ask Plymouth taxpayers for $4,000,000 from the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) to help underwrite the $25 million project.

Shockingly, in December 2023, by a vote of 5-2 the CPC voted to give Makepeace the $4 million. The donation was approved by the Plymouth Town Meeting held on April 6-8, 2024.

Read the January 2024 letter to the editor opposing the $4 million gift to Makepeace: Makepeace passes the buck to Plymouth taxpayers

Read More about AD Makepeace, Redbrook and the company’s schemes:

It’s past time for Plymouth to say no to Makepeace, Plymouth Independent, July 23, 2023

Makepeace proposal to add higher priced homes at Redbrook divides Planning Board July 17, 2024, Plymouth Independent