The Buzzards Bay Village Association is planning

The Buzzards Bay Village Association is planning an international design contest, with a prize of up to $20,000 for the architect who can create a new design scheme for the village. “We don’t want any more strip malls,” said Tom Moccia, executive director of the Village Association. Advocates of change cite the example of Mashpee Commons, a new urbanist center that Arnold “Buff” Chace and Douglas Storrs have been developing since 1986. Melo noted, “With 13 leased and occupied second-floor apartments, 27 under construction, and permits for 60 more, the village-style shopping center has become the town’s bustling commercial centerpiece.”