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Select Board approves public-feedback sessions for Village Green and endorses bicentennial planning
Summary
The board authorized the Village Conservancy to work with municipal staff to hold public-feedback sessions about potential rehabilitation of the Village Green and endorsed Conservancy planning for a bicentennial celebration; board members stressed the process must be framed as a public question, not a commitment to change.
Representatives from the Village Conservancy, including Wendy Spector, asked the Select Board to authorize staff-supported public-feedback sessions on whether the Village Green should be rehabilitated and to endorse Conservancy-led planning for a bicentennial celebration. Spector said the Conservancy had completed preliminary outreach and "would like to distribute a broader survey to the general public." The board approved moving forward with public-feedback events and endorsed the Conservancy’s bicentennial outreach, while several members emphasized that early outreach should clearly present the exercise as exploratory rather than an endorsement of specific changes.
Board members discussed logistical concerns, including who owns the Green and how to message any town involvement so that public sessions are seen as solicitations of input rather than preordained plans. The board agreed to start with community feedback sessions and then consider subsequent steps depending on public input.
