Call to residents of Easton to attend Special Town Meeting on April 5th.

As you are probably aware, the Shovel Shop Redevelopment proposal will go to Special Town Meeting on April 5th. No matter what your current opinion of the proposal is, I would like to encourage everyone in town to attend the meeting, listen to both sides of the argument and make your own voice heard! In the buildup to the STM, there will be many opportunities to read about and learn more about the details of this very complex project. There are many articles and discussions available on enterprisenews.com, wickedlocal.com/easton/, eastonmass.com, and the Town’s own website at http://bit.ly/91bP8r and http://bit.ly/br5jZL. You really owe it to yourself to learn about the issues, because no matter what the outcome of the votes on April 5th, there will be long-term impacts for the Town. The actual warrant articles have not yet been drafted, but once they are available, I will post them here.

Special Town Meeting Set for April 5th

A Special Town Meeting has been set for Monday, April 5th to vote on the Shovel Shop/Beacon proposal, assuming it makes it through the CPC; who are apparently likely to hold a vote this Thursday, according to what we heard at the BOS meeting last night.

Finance Committee Memo to the CPC is available online

FinCom's letter of concerns to the CPC regarding the Shovel
Shop Proposal is available online at http://bit.ly/91bP8r.

Busy week for Town Committees

The Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and the Community Preservation Committee are all meeting this week, and each have the Shovel Shop project on their agendas. Please come along to the meetings, learn about the details of the proposal, ask your questions and make your voice heard on this critical issue.
BOS Meeting – Monday, 2/8, 7:00pm in the Selectmen’s Office
FinCom – Wednesday, 2/10, 7:00pm in the Selectmen’s Office
CPC – Thursday, 2/11, 7:00pm, Simmons Lecture Hall (follow the signs!), OA High School