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Select Board reviews tax-increment finance district, Route 10 infrastructure and development trade-offs
Summary
Board members discussed establishing a tax-increment financing (TIF) "tech district" around Route 10 to support targeted water and sewer extensions for future development; speakers debated who benefits, how baseline valuation works and whether zoning would change.
Select Board members and staff discussed a proposed tax-increment financing (TIF) district — described in the meeting as the town's "tech district" — that would capture increases in assessed value above an April 1 baseline to fund infrastructure such as waterline and sewer extensions along Route 10.
Staff said the district is intended to help fund public improvements needed for private development without a direct appropriation at the time of the vote. The…
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