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NHCOG OKs $25,000 contract with Connecticut Main Street for workshops and approves downtown inventories using housing funds
Summary
After debate about consultant value and pace, NHCOG voted to enter a $25,000 contract with Connecticut Main Street for workshops and to fund downtown inventories (~$33,900) and a Ginkgo platform subscription using recently awarded housing funds; one town recorded opposition during votes.
NHCOG members voted to contract with Connecticut Main Street for a regional workshop series and to commission downtown inventories for all member towns using new housing program funds.
Rista, NHCOG housing/downtown specialist, presented the Promise program and said NHCOG staff recommended using an already-budgeted $25,000 match to pay for Connecticut Main Street workshops focused on downtown visioning and capacity building. "We developed this workshop series so that we could meet communities where they were at," Rista said, noting workshops were intended to be iterative and…
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