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Falmouth approves $2 million feasibility step as first move in MSBA process for Lawrence School
Summary
Town meeting authorized $2,000,000 to fund the feasibility phase required by the Massachusetts School Building Authority, including hiring an owner's project manager and design team, enabling the town to pursue a grant covering roughly 38.5% of eligible costs.
Moderator David and the town’s leaders said town meeting voted to authorize $2,000,000 to fund the feasibility phase for the Lawrence School project, a required early step in the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) process. The money will be used to hire an owner's project manager (OPM), an architect/engineer and complete cost and feasibility work to evaluate renovation versus demolition-and-rebuild options.
Town Manager (speaker identified in the discussion as the town’s budget presenter) said, “We had a little over a $2,000,000 gap that we had to close,” explaining the funding decision in the context of competing…
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