Mansfield Planning Board advances B4 zoning review, approves Arnold's Gymnastics permit change

MANSFIELD — June 11, 2026 — Mansfield Planning Board weighs B4 rezoning, previews 120-unit affordable senior housing project. The board heard a presentation from SRPEDD planners John Gray and Maya on the town's first bicycle and pedestrian network plan, which recorded more than 100,000 trips on the Veterans Memorial Trail between April 2025 and April 2026 and is set to wrap up in September 2027. In a zoning workshop, members debated competing requests from property owner Bill Clemmie to remove the ground-floor commercial mandate in the B4 district, as well as a separate proposal to allow 100-percent residential development by special permit on B4 parcels — both items headed toward the October 19 Fall Town Meeting. Town Planner Sarah briefed the board on a proposal by national developer Penrose to build 120 100-percent-affordable senior rental units on Mansfield Housing Authority land at Bicentennial Court, which would count toward the town's Subsidized Housing Inventory currently sitting at roughly 10.4 percent. The board voted 5-0 to approve a modification to the 2006 special permit for Arnold's Gymnastics Academy covering drainage and circulation changes at 249 and 253 Oakland Street.