Concord Green Thumbs group to recruit volunteers, troubleshoot town website ahead of Pollinator Week

Committee members spent substantial time on outreach and administration, agreeing to prepare recruiting materials and to circulate invitations for upcoming events.

Members said the town website is difficult to manage for quick event announcements and discussed creating a separate, easily editable pollinator site or other outreach channels. One member described the town site as "a mess" for finding meeting agendas and suggested a simple, shareable page for volunteers and event postings.

The committee reviewed several upcoming community activities: a library speaker supported by the Green Thumbs (Trevor Smith on May 21, noted as a big speaker), Pollinator Week (noted in discussion as June 22–28, with possible library activities around June 24–25), and the townwide garlic-mustard pull connected with high-school service day (dates discussed as May 22 and May 26). Members agreed to ask volunteers to sign up for small pots and to coordinate drop-offs with the Fowler library for plant-pot events.

The group also noted a town reception and Open Meeting Law training (invitation circulated by Lori Austin) and encouraged attendance because the training focuses on shared documents and may reflect recent issues with select-board materials.

Administrative outcomes included an agreement to draft a brief volunteer-invite statement outlining typical committee tasks and event roles, and to confirm and resend a previously drafted land-use letter related to Peter Spring to ensure it reached the land-use committee.

The meeting ended after a motion to adjourn was moved and seconded.