bravo, Rhonda. Beautifully stated. Laura Crosby
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2025, at 1:03 PM, Rhonda Swain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At the 2024 Town Meeting, as the culmination of decades of discussion and > planning, the citizens of Lincoln resoundingly approved a project to build a > new Community Center designed specifically to meet the needs of the Council > on Aging and Human Services (COA&HS), Lincoln Extended-Day Activities Program > (LEAP), and the Parks and Recreation Department. > > Since then, architects, site planners, designers, along with the Community > Center Building Committee (CCBC), the Conservation Commission, and other Town > boards and committees have worked diligently to turn the vision of a > Community Center into reality. Throughout the process, they made a number of > cuts to the original design to reduce costs. Even so, when bids for > construction came in, the lowest bid exceeded the original budget by $2.3M, > due to tariffs, supply chain issues, and overall economic conditions. > > The CCBC has requested the additional $2.3M from the Town in order to proceed > with the construction of the Community Center on the current schedule. > > The Friends of the Lincoln Council on Aging has been a strong proponent of > the Community Center project from the beginning. We contributed $1M to the > Community Center project in order to reduce the amount the Town needed to > borrow to fund it. In addition, we helped raise $345,000 through private > contributions to reduce the cost of the project to the taxpayers. > > We strongly support the CCBC’s request that the Town contribute $2.3M from > the Stabilization Fund to the Community Center project. The Town has managed > its affairs prudently so that the requested funds are available without > requiring additional borrowing. This project, at this time, still represents > a generationally unique opportunity for the residents of Lincoln to build an > asset that will continue to serve the Town’s residents, of all ages, for > years to come. > > Please join us at the Special Town Meeting on June 25 at 6:30pm. We hope > you’ll vote in favor of Article 1 to provide the Community Center project > with the funding it needs. > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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