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A track record of advocating for thoughtful planning
A track record of advocating for thoughtful planning
as a Town Meeting Member
as a Town Meeting Member
Supported Article 2 to scale back the MBTA Zoning (2025):
Voted Yes on Article 2 with 90 acres MBTA Zoning
Voted No on the amendment to add back the 25-acre historic Lexington Center in the by-right zoning, which would limit the Planning Board's ability to shape potential projects
Provided data analysis to help residents understand the issue
Supported zoning 50 acres for by-right multifamily housing and complying the state's MBTA Communities Act
Voted No on Article 34 in 2023 against the MBTA zoning (an overreach with 253-acre, 13,000-unit capacity, 20 months before deadline)
Voted No on Article 33 Special Residential Development (SRD) that increases square footage limit by ~60% and limits the Planning Board and community of meaningful input (2023)
Anticipated & warned of the impact and consequences of rash zoning changes (2023):
Advocated for town-wide notification of the two articles
Requested disclosure of MBTA housing unit capacity required by the state
Set up website to educate and alert the wider community
(See 3/17/2025 Town Meeting voting record and Lexington Observer report on Article 2 and the amendment.)
Extensive qualifications on effecting positive changes in Lexington
Extensive qualifications on effecting positive changes in Lexington
Co-authored 4 amendments to Zoning bylaws/regulations
Zoning regulations on Site Plan Review and Sustainability (2025, adopted by the Planning Board)
Amendment to increase the required percentage of affordable housing in SRD (2025, adopted by Town Meeting)
Amendments to Articles 33 & 34 that would have reduced impacts on neighbors that would have given the Planning Board and community the ability to shape projects and utilize more effective zoning tools to reach the town’s goals (2023)
A decade of advocacy for the town and all residents on zoning and Planning Board issues
Co-authored Lexington bylaws/policies on Sustainability
Plastic bottle reduction policy in Lexington Public Schools and town properties (2024, adopted)
Home rule for Clean Heat (2021, adopted)
Plastic reduction bylaw (2019, adopted)
LPS policy on waste reduction (2018, adopted)
14 years of advocacy and daily practice on waste reduction
Sustainability, Finance, Inclusivity
Sustainability, Finance, Inclusivity
- A wide lens & comprehensive approach
- A wide lens & comprehensive approach
Two decades of volunteering & civic engagement in Lexington town affairs and grassroots programs
Collaborations with residents, community groups, staff, and subject experts
Independent research, analytical and data-driven communications
Analytical skills honed from Corporate Finance in a global conglomerate
First-hand lived experience of a variety of housing types and planning approaches across three continents
Lin's work & education
Lin's work & education
20 years of volunteering and civic engagement in her adopted hometown:
Town Meeting Member (Precinct 8) since 2018
Sustainable Lexington Committee, member
LPS Green Teams (LPS Core Values Award winner 2024), co-founder
Clean Heat Lexington Alliance volunteer
Former Hastings PTO volunteer (co-president, room parent, yearbook and newsletter editor, METCO Family Friends host)
International education & work experience:
Manager, Financial Reporting, Global Credit & Treasury Service, Europe, Honeywell International
- Worked with senior executives in legal, tax, accounting, and business planning as well as investment banking professionals
- In the US headquarters and later in Germany
MBA, Columbia Business School
B.Sc. in Psychology, Peking University
Award winning LPS Green Teams leader since 2012
Award winning LPS Green Teams leader since 2012
Lin's research and presentation won School Committee's unanimous support and resulted LPS's first dishwasher in decades
Lin helps at Zero Waste station on Discovery Day
Lin speaks at the 2019 Annual Town Meeting as a co-sponsor of the plastic waste reduction bylaw
Lin presents to LPS leadership team
Lin and Green Team hero Susann problem-solving at Diamond Middle School
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