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Park Commission files three backup CPA plans

Groton's Park Commission voted 3-1-1 to file three separate Community Preservation Act applications as backup funding for a baseball and soccer parking project ahead of a town meeting vote on the full $3.9 million plan.

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Government · Park Commission

Park Commission tables backup CPA funding plan

The Groton Park Commission voted 2-1 to table a backup Community Preservation Act funding application until September 28, after a public hearing on a $3.9 million plan to rebuild parking and access at the town's ball fields.

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Government · Park Commission

Park Commission Rejects Draft Operations Policy, 3-2

Groton's Park Commission voted to have Jack Petropoulos draft a backup Community Preservation Act application for the 2027 Spring Town Meeting, a contingency if the Cow Pond parking and access project fails at the Oct. 3 Fall Town Meeting.

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Government · Park Commission

Park Commission votes to comply with turtle gate order

Groton's Park Commission voted unanimously to comply with a Conservation Commission order restricting access to the town's baseball-field road, amending it so the gate can open any day a turtle monitor is present rather than only on weekends.

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Government · Park Commission

Park Commission backs $2.85M Cow Pond Field plan

Groton's Park Commission voted to advance a scaled-back $2.85 million renovation plan for Cow Pond Field ahead of this fall's Town Meeting. Chair Mary A. Jennings, Vice Chair Mark Presti and CPC Representative Jack Petropoulos were reelected at the commission's annual reorganization meeting.

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