Open Space Committee

Open Space Committee approves minutes and shapes awareness campaign. Chair Lynn Dorman O'Connell and members discussed outreach targeting new residents, schools, and downtown affordable housing areas to build support for open space preservation and address tax-roll concerns. Vice Chair David

Open Space Committee approves prior minutes, explores friends group for 72 Tonset Road. Chair Lynn Dorman O'Connell reported on ongoing storm cleanup at the recently acquired town property and the committee's discussion of forming an independent "Friends of Open Space" group modeled after the

Open Space Committee reviews comprehensive plan priorities and Bakers Pond acquisitions. Chair Lynn Dorman O'Connell, Vice Chair David Herrick, members Patty Platten and Judith Bruce, and Stephen O'Grady of the Orleans Conservation Trust convened February 18 to discuss George Meservey's

Open Space Committee approves November minutes and receives CPC funding allocation report. Hardie Truesdale reported that most Community Preservation Committee projects approved for the May town meeting warrant, including $300,000 to the Affordable Housing Trust and $1 million allocated to pay down