EconoLodge in Hadley eyed for affordable housing complex

Housing Development

EconoLodge hotel at 329 Russell St.

 

By SCOTT MERZBACH
Staff Writer

HADLEY — A Route 9 hotel could be converted into a 51-room affordable housing complex according to concepts presented to municipal boards this week.

At the Housing and Economic Development Committee Monday, and at a joint meeting of the Planning Board and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Tuesday, Laura Baker, real estate development director for Valley Community Development, unveiled plans that would convert the EconoLodge hotel at 329 Russell St. into permanent rental housing.

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