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Mayor updates committee on Waterford Community Center: tenant growth, trade week, safety tests and capital projects
Summary
The mayor reported that tenant Growing Places passed an AIB audit, the city plans a March 16'20 trade week to finish punch-list work and pursue a certificate of occupancy, a $122,000 fire-alarm project is funded pending bids, and several capital projects (electrical upgrade, roof/solar pilot, front-ramp) are in planning or funding stages.
Mayor (speaker 3) delivered a comprehensive monthly update on the Waterford Community Center, covering tenant operations, building-completion timing, funded safety projects and proposed capital work.
Growing Places and CAC: The mayor said Growing Places is fully operational in the center's kitchen and passed an AIB International audit with a score of 810 (700 needed to pass). "They passed the audit. They received a passing score of an 810," the mayor said, adding Growing Places hosted a congressional delegation and is considering moving 100% of Leominster operations to Gardner pending a council-approved lease amendment.
CAC build-out and public access: The Gardner CAC is fitting out a food pantry (tripling prior space) with CDBG-funded equipment and completed a…
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