Free Public Event Series
Your're invited! Food & refreshments provided at all events.
Monday, April 28th What Will Granby’s Master Plan do for the Town?
Speaker: Thomas Hylton, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist & author of Save Our Land, Save Our Towns. Hylton has given more than 350 presentations across the United States, including addressing the National Governors' Association.
Location: East Meadow School, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
Pizza, Discussion and Presentation – Community Planning
Monday, May 5th Defining Granby’s Vision for the Future
Visioning: Come hear the results of the town-wide survey and help craft the Vision Statement for the plan.
Location: High School 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Pizza and workshop – visioning
Thursday, May 8th What should happen to the Granby landfill?
Breakfast & Discussion - landfill capping & conversion
Speaker: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Location: Granby Senior Center, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Notes from a conversation with Dan Hall, MA Department of Envoronmental Protection (pdf)
Thursday, May 22nd How can we add to the town’s tax base?
Breakfast & Discussion - economic development opportunities
Speaker: John Mullin, Dean of the Graduate School UMass Amherst & Director of UMass Center for Economic Development
Location: Granby Senior Center, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Notes from a conversation with John Mullins (pdf)
Thursday, June 5th Should Granby residents help pay to protect open space, preserve the Town’s history and expand
housing options?
Breakfast & Discussion-Community Preservation Act- pros & cons
Speaker: Clem Clay, Trust for Public Land
Location: Granby Senior Center, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Community Preservation Act (CPA) – An Overview for Granby (pdf)
Granby Master Plan discussion on Landfills, closure, re-use and expansion process (pdf)
Granby CPA Presentation (ppt)
Monday, June 23rd to Friday, June 27th
MASTER PLANNING CHARETTE
The Big Event! A week of structured activities designed to involve all segments of the Granby community in writing the Town’s new Master Plan. All activities during this week will be at the high school and open to the public but you will be specifically invited to participate in one or two of the activities on topics of interest and concern to you.
It’s YOUR community. It’s YOUR future. Come participate!