Park Commission OKs Field Contract, Permits

Park Commission · Meeting of April 13, 2026

Groton's Park Commission approved a $36,545 fertilization contract and three summer field permits while gearing up for a public forum on a $4.2 million Community Preservation Act fields project. Commissioners picked Gatsby Grounds over a higher bid from DB Lawn Solutions after last year's missed weed-killer and pre-emergent treatments left fields crabgrass-damaged. The CPC-funded project, which goes before voters as Article 8 at the May 2 Town Meeting, would add parking, improve field access and permanently protect more than 20 acres as turtle habitat, funded partly by a $1 million federal grant with "no increase in taxes." Members also learned a contractor remediated the Alvin Sawyer Little League Field at no cost to the town, though it won't be playable this summer.

The board spent its final half-hour debating whether new field-use fees would unfairly "double dip" youth sports leagues that already pay for their own equipment and maintenance.

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Source: the Park Commission meeting of April 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.