The Nathaniel Witherell’s Project Renew is back on track after the Board of Selectmen granted new municipal improvement (MI) status for the renovation project.
In order for any construction project on a town building to proceed to the Planning and Zoning Commission, the selectmen must first grant the MI. According to David Ormsby, chairman of The Nathaniel Witherell Board of Directors, the current plan is to bring Project Renew before the commission on Oct. 11.
The selectmen initially granted the MI for Project Renew back in May, but were forced to withdraw it a month later because the project’s building committee wasn’t ready to go to the commission. By state law, once an MI is granted, the Planning and Zoning Commission must review it within 90 days. In this case, the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) had not approved financing so the final site plans could not be ready within that 90-day window.
In order for the commission not to be put in the position of having to vote down the project because of a lack of information, the selectmen instead withdrew the MI and effectively hit the pause button on the renovation.....
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