...intended as a guide for community citizen participation discussion during the planning process leading to the drafting and approval of a zoning IPOD (Interim Planning Overlay District) amendment; includes a brief history of Jamaica Plain and a socioeconomic and housing profile; issues addressed include housing (affordable, condominium development, vacancy/abandonment, accessory apartments, congregate living/lodging houses/college dormitories), commercial and light industrial areas, transportation/traffic/parking, open space/urban wilds, human social services and historic preservation; also includes information on community and economic development trends, linkage and transportationa access plans; an appendix lists the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council members and JPNC zoning subcommittee members and BRA staff who prepared this document copies of which were in the BRA collection; also available in Spanish...