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Board discusses boardwalk funding and interest in local food-sovereignty ordinance after Clinton enforcement action
Summary
Members said some boardwalk phases are on hold due to funding changes; they also discussed a recent Clinton case in which state agriculture officials shut down an unlicensed farm stand and considered pursuing a municipal food-sovereignty ordinance as an alternative.
Board members discussed the White Water Park and the downtown boardwalk project, noting that some phases have not fully funded and that federal and grant funding allocations have shifted. A member cited a recent $20 million state announcement for related research at the University of Maine and said engineered timber is being used for boardwalk phases.
Separately, members raised a Clinton case in which the state Department of Agriculture took enforcement action against an unlicensed producer selling at a farm stand. "Because of the food sovereignty laws of the state, if a municipality passes an ordinance that allows for certain [sales], then that type of thing... the state will leave it alone and allow it," the chair said, and the board discussed consulting Clinton's town attorney and other local stakeholders about drafting municipal language if the select board supports it.
