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Boston is planning to remake itself, one neighborhood at a time

The Walsh administration later this year will begin work on a series of neighborhood plans aimed at guiding city development from Mattapan to East Boston.

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Mayor Walsh promises “responsible and inclusive” planning. Keith Bedford/Globe staff/file

The Walsh administration later this year will begin work on a series of neighborhood plans aimed at guiding city development from Mattapan to East Boston, the Globe’s Tim Logan reports.

The Boston Planning & Development Agency said Wednesday that it will embark on planning to improve transportation in Allston-Brighton, to boost job growth and access in Newmarket, and to foster sustainable growth and reduce displacement in East Boston and Mattapan.

That’s on top of a recently announced master plan for downtown, which officials say will help to better integrate the growing number of residents in the city’s commercial core.

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The planning blitz follows Imagine Boston 2030, the city’s new master plan, which calls for large-scale development in “emerging neighborhoods” such as Newmarket and Suffolk Downs in East Boston. It also comes after a series of neighborhood rezoning plans for old industrial sections of South Boston, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury that are intended to create denser hubs of transit-oriented housing and office space.

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