Orleans Fire Station Committee Directs Architects to Soften Cape Cod Design Before Final Review

Other Committee · Meeting of July 16, 2026

Orleans fire station building committee directs architects to develop a softer exterior design before a July 27 public meeting. At a July 16 public information session on Eldridge Parkway, Chair David Little told a crowded room that the building's footprint and roughly $55 million budget are fixed but the facade is not, and committee member Mark Reel summarized the sentiment from both residents and fellow members: "people would like to have a softening of the building." Multiple residents and an architect on the Orleans Architecture Review Board argued the proposed red-brick, flat-roofed apparatus bay is out of scale for the scenic residential road; DPW Director Rich Waldo asked architect Ted Galante's team to produce a traditional corner-board clapboard alternative rendering before the 27th. Neighbors Megan Kelly and Perry, who live directly across from the proposed site, pressed the committee on privacy, tree removal, and nighttime light pollution.

The Select Board retains final say on the design.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of July 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.