The Milford Daily News
UPTON - By just 80 votes, Upton residents elected to move forward with the new $12.4 million community center being proposed downtown following the Town Election on Tuesday.
Of 1,550 voters, 806 voted yes on a question exempting the town from Proposition 2 1/2 to pay for the Upton Community Center s construction at 0 Milford St. There were 726 no votes and 18 blanks.
Proposition 2 1/2 prevents local governments from raising propoerty taxes by over 2.5%, plus the rate of new growth, from one year to the next.
Now that the project has been approved at both the Town Meeting and Election, it must have its site plan approved by the Planning Board. If that happens, construction for the center could begin in July.
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Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by Janet Claypoole, director of the Dover Council on Aging:
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Hello COA Friends,
There is a lot happening in our community. Please mark your calendars for Town Meeting on Saturday, May 1, at 10 a.m., and Special Town Meeting (to choose a future Community Center option) for Saturday, June 12, at 10 a.m. Both Town Meetings will be held outside at Dover-Sherborn Regional School, Nora Searle Field.
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• 86% of partial renovation/partial new construction option respondents supported the “Save the 1910” plan • 82% of entirely new construction option respondents supported the “Two Story” plan.
Schematic Designs of these two plans will be presented at a tentative June Special Town Meeting, where voters will be asked to say YES to one of these two options (funding capped at $13m) to go to final construction, with a projected completion date in 2023.
For further information please visit the Town of Doverma Building Committee website: https://www.doverma.org/./Community-Center-Building.
Or email your comments and feedback to: carylfeedback@doverma.org
Thank
Dover Community Center - Survey closes at 9pm tonight (Wednesday Feb 14)