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Select Board approves two Girl Scout Silver Award projects with conditions
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The Bow Select Board unanimously approved two Girl Scout Silver Award projects — a pollinator garden at the Old Town Hall site and a community tackle box for Towne Pond — contingent on coordination with town departments and the Heritage Commission and confirmation of placement and volunteer protections.
The Bow Board of Selectmen on May 13 approved two Girl Scout Silver Award projects — a pollinator garden to be sited around the Old Town Hall on Bobo Road and a community “tackle box” to be placed near Towne Pond — with conditions that the scouts coordinate with town departments and the Heritage Commission before work begins.
The Scouts presented the proposals to the board. “Silver awards are given to Girl Scouts when they make something sustainable that helps the community,” Kaylee, a Girl Scout, told the board, saying the projects require roughly 50 hours of work including research, planning and building. For the pollinator garden the scouts proposed planting black-eyed Susan, milkweed, cardinal flower, Joe-Pye weed, New England aster and bee balm near the Old Town Hall; they estimated material costs would be “probably” up to $500 but said it would likely be less and could be in the $100–$200 range.
The board’s motion approving and endorsing the Silver Award proposals was made contingent on the scouts consulting both the Department of Public Works and the Heritage Commission “so we’re away from the road” and so the historic Old Town Hall is treated consistently with the town’s plans. The motion passed with all members voting in favor.
A second scout, Bella Archer, outlined a separate Silver Award plan to build a community tackle box — a weather‑resistant box stocked with donated fishing supplies that community members can borrow at Towne Pond. Archer said she had already secured Girl Scout Council approval for the idea and estimated the project materials at about $176.10 from troop funds raised through cookie sales. The board approved that project pending confirmation from the Fire Department and DPW on placement (the board expressed a preference for a location near the community/coffin building to avoid pond maintenance and snow‑storage areas).
Town staff agreed to send the Girl Scouts the town volunteer policy and emergency‑contact requirements so that volunteers working on town property are covered and emergency procedures are clear. Select Board members and staff offered to connect the scouts with DPW and Heritage Commission contacts by email so the scouts could incorporate that feedback before beginning their summer work.
The board characterized both approvals as endorsements that require follow‑up: the scouts must secure the town department sign‑offs and follow guidance from the Heritage Commission on work near the historic meeting house before planting or installing the tackle box.
