Waltham, MA
Fernald Issue:
Gov. Romney moved to close the Fernald School and auction off the 200-acre state land without community input. To respond to this, Rep. Stanley authored and passed legislation to establish the Fernald Reuse Committee and gathered support of over 100 legislators to reject Gov. Romney and Speaker DiMasi’s attempted to permanently change the state land disposition process. Rep. Stanley’s leadership resulted in the preservation of local control over state land disposition and the diversion of overdevelopment of the Fernald land. Now the state is offering the Fernald land for a nominal cost.