Hi everyone -
After reading some of the notes and the skimming through the Lincoln
Squirrel articles, I am left with two open questions. I would appreciate
some clarification from those that are closer to this effort.
1 What is the vision for the community center? I understand that the
Community
I moved to Lincoln the year the school construction was added to my taxes. I
am not looking forward to the same increase for another huge project.
I would love to see less expensive options discussed and proposed-or is the $25
million already approved and waiting to be spent?
Carol Bickford
Many of us have been waiting and/or working on the development of a
community center for over 10 years. We supported the new school
construction even though we have no children in our schools! And we
willingly paid higher taxes for the betterment of the whole community.
Many of the surrounding tow
I agree with you, Sara. I don’t think we should make that investment, and
instead I feel we should revisit all of our needs, prioritize them based on
urgency and impact, and then debate various alternatives that comport with
current economic realities and resource constraints.
> On Oct 25, 202
For those interested in the history of the proposed community center, the
Lincoln Squirrel has been covering the discussion over almost exactly 10
years. You can choose "community center" from the Categories dropdown menu
in the left sidebar of the Squirrel website, or cut to the chase here:
linco
You make a lot of good points Sara !
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 5:10 PM Sara Mattes wrote:
> Simple question-why would we approve the $325,000 to *finalize designs* if
> we questioned the financial wisdom of the final investment of $25 million?
> Regards,
> Sara Mattes
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> Sara Mattes
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Simple question-why would we approve the $325,000 to finalize designs if we
questioned the financial wisdom of the final investment of $25 million?
Regards,
Sara Mattes
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Sara Mattes
> On Oct 25, 2022, at 2:17 PM, Seth Rosen wrote:
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> Friends and Neighbors -
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> I've recently become
Just to clarify the statement "On November 14th the Committee will provide
more details on the two designs presented in May and ask residents to
approve $325,000 to hire an architect to finalize both designs and put them
to a vote at the Special Town Meeting on November 30th."
The Nov 14th meeting
Hi Seth,
I would need to hear the other side before choosing a position.
That being said, it is clear that you did some serious homework, put a lot of
thought into it, and presented it in a thoughtful, respectful way.
Kudos.
Joanna
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On Tuesday, October 25, 202
