Friends of Concord-Carlisle Playing Fields

The Concord Board of Selectmen, forced to schedule a Special Town Meeting by a group of petitioners, has set Wednesday June 13th at 7pm for the meeting to consider a move to rescind funding for the fields project.

Town funding for the comprehensive fields project was approved by a two-thirds vote at the most recent Annual Town Meeting on April 24th.  Having lost the last Town Meeting vote, opponents of the fields have petitioned to reconsider the vote -- a move which several selectmen have branded "a waste of town money and resources."

The Special Town Meeting, and the hearing which precedes it, will represent the 39th and 40th public meeting on the fields topic.  The fields project has won overwhelming approval from all town committees who have an obligation to weigh in, and has the strong backing of the Concord-Carlisle Regional School Committee, on whose land (behind Concord-Carlisle High School) Phase 1 of the project will be built.

All voters who are registered in Concord by June 1st will be eligible to attend and vote at the Special Town Meeting, which will be held at Concord-Carlisle Regional High School.