Commission discusses updating historic property inventory and pursuing grant

Commission leadership raised the historic property inventory as an item for follow-up. The chair reported that after the town website update the link to the historic property inventory (previously hosted on the historic museum’s website) is missing and that the last full inventory was completed in 1988.

Commissioners discussed the possibility of applying for a grant to update the inventory and the logistics of assembling a request. "It will be for us to possibly put together a request for the grant," the chair said. Commissioners asked procedural questions about the scope (townwide, not only the historic district) and next steps. The chair said he would move forward with preparing materials and share login information for the state's CLG membership access once available.

Updating the inventory was discussed as a multi-step effort requiring staff time or grant funding; the commission suggested forming a subcommittee or a grant-application team to pursue external funding.