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At the March 16, 2021 Board of Selectmen meeting, a consultant presenting plans for a community center walked the board through square footage, design costs and a site survey, and argued for the money to draw the project. He recounted its history on the record: sought since 1969, present in five consecutive plans of development, and the top item on the town's own long- range survey. He then said: "our first attempt two years ago was to use the unutilized 50% school capacity floor space. That was shot down by the Board of Education and the PTA," adding, "we keep spinning our wheels. We're doing what the town tells us to do, but no one's allowing us to do anything" (~1:03:26). Before the town built on the school's grounds, it had asked to use empty space inside the school, and the school had refused. The meeting approved staged architectural work from a reserve the town had been building for several budget cycles. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8MAn- kVe3k