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Selectboard reviews Eco One Stop grant plan for Northbrook Field: tree planting, pollinator garden and pavement removal proposed
Summary
CMRPC presented an Eco One Stop (EEA) grant proposal for Northbrook Field — planting 21 canopy trees, creating a pollinator garden, and removing a deteriorated basketball court — with application due March 20; the town may be exempt from a match due to small-community designation and the program is reimbursement-based.
Representatives from the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) briefed the Board of Selectmen on a proposed Eco One Stop grant application to improve Northbrook Field and the Town Common.
Will Talbot, associate planner at CMRPC, said the FY2027 application (due March 20 at 11:59 p.m.) would include removing three declining canopy trees on the common’s west side, planting 21 new canopy trees around the common, installing a pollinator garden at the northeast corner (near the senior center pergola), and removing the south-end court — an old basketball court in poor condition. Two adjacent courts would…
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