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Select board approves common-use permits for Grace Cottage Fair Day, WRED celebration and BDCC meeting

Townshend Select Board · April 15, 2026
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Summary

The board approved a Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day common-use request (setup 07/27, event 08/01; authorized Nick to sign and later amended to include a $100 fee), a WRED end-of-year celebration on May 28, and Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation's municipal leaders network use of Town Hall on June 11 (no fee waiver).

The Select Board approved multiple common-use requests. The board authorized Grace Cottage Hospital to use the common for Fair Day (setup July 27, breakdown Aug. 2, event Aug. 1) and later amended the motion to include a $100 fee. Members discussed crowding, parking and compaction of the common; one member said the event has outgrown the common while another defended its community value.

The board also approved WRED's end-of-year celebration for May 28 (1–6 p.m.) and granted Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation use of Town Hall on June 11 for a municipal leaders meeting; the board noted it would not waive fees for the BDCC event.