Now that voters have approved the financing, the Senior Center Site Selection/Building Committee is moving ahead in its work. The committee met on Jan. 29th and received the Design Development Plans from the architect.
Three Phases
Phase 1 was Schematic Design of the proposed senior center. This happened before the Special Town Meeting approval last October. Phase 2 is Design Development. In Phase 3, the Construction Documents will be developed.
Once they review the Design Development Plans, the committee members will share comments with the architects and other consultants.
One of the consultants said the goal is to meet with the Select Board in mid-February.
As the committee received the Design Development Plans, they also received a Design Development budget and a list of potential alternates. These included an emergency generator and two room partitions, along with a stone veneer water table and two pickleball courts.
We haven’t seen the Design Development Plans and we are ending our coverage here today. We will share another story after the committee reviews the plans.
This was a short update from a longer meeting with many updates. To learn more, watch the APAC meeting video.
Background
The new senior center is proposed on about 3 acres of town-owned land on Bishop Road, on the northeast corner of a larger lot used by the DPW, according to the Bishop Road Due Diligence document on the town’s website.
In October 2025, Special Town Meeting approved a debt exclusion up to $11.55 million to help finance the new senior center. Voters also approved the debt exclusion at a special town election a few days later, securing both borrowing approvals required to move ahead.