Select Board endorses Friends of the Concert Hall feasibility effort; board clarifies endorsement is not town funding

The Select Board approved a letter of support for the Friends of the Concert Hall, which has secured a 99‑year lease for Clark’s Block and commissioned a feasibility study and conceptual designs. Mr. Evans read the group’s memo describing a privately led project and noting the estimated project cost listed in the materials; the board emphasized the endorsement is intended to support fundraising and is not an appropriation of town funds.

Mr. Evans noted the group’s materials describe a multi‑million‑dollar redevelopment effort aimed at restoring a performance venue in the Clark’s Block/15 Main Street building; the motion to support the Friends’ fundraising efforts passed on the consent agenda. The board also approved standard consent items including minutes, an appointment and a livery‑license application.