Redevelopment means upgrading existing developed areas. An example of this is what is happening at the
Northtown Plaza with Whole Foods. New development would be building a new plaza on land that's currently empty.
There are so many areas of Amherst showing age, while at the same time, Amherst is running out of large parcels to develop. When you look at that fact and the reality that Amherst is a great town, not putting hundreds of acres of land out to development is one way to help redevelop and reinvest in the existing parcels.