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Selectmen sort outside-agency grants; Main Street funding and Chamber support draw debate
Summary
Board moved through dozens of outside agency requests. Members largely supported longstanding per-capita grants (watershed, transit) and funding for community media, trimmed or temporarily reduced funding for some arts groups, and debated Main Street Partnership's MOU funding while tentatively agreeing to $5,000 for a Chamber event.
During a long outside-agency block the Board of Selectmen reviewed and provisionally set funding directions for a range of community organizations.
Board members indicated support for consistent, per-capita funding for long-standing regional partners such as the Farmington River Watershed and the Greater Hartford Transit District. They debated support levels for regional social-service providers (for…
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