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Article: Charting the future; Master plans called towns' best tool for controlling growth.(LOCAL NEWS)

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Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
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June 11, 2007
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Byline: Bradford L. Miner

Some people wouldn't set foot beyond the front door without a cell phone with GPS capability or a built-in navigation system in their car.

Communities are increasingly finding the same to be true, drawing upon Chapter 41, Section 81D of the Massachusetts General Laws to chart their future.

For many, a master plan is about preserving the rural quality of life still abundant in Central Massachusetts communities. For others, it's a blueprint for multiuse economic development and controlled growth.

Often, when a town like Auburn or Spencer is ready to commit its vision of the future to several hundred pages of ...

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