Town Forest Committee votes 4-1 on bench location
Town Forest Committee votes to keep benches at rain garden. Co-Chairs Cara Hulme and Mike Jones oversaw the meeting, during which the committee voted 4-1 to retain the current bench location beside the rain garden, rejecting a proposal to place one on the green trail. The committee approved prior
Town Forest Committee · Meeting of June 10, 2026
ASHLAND — Town Forest Committee votes to keep benches at rain garden. Co-Chairs Cara Hulme and Mike Jones oversaw the meeting, during which the committee voted 4-1 to retain the current bench location beside the rain garden, rejecting a proposal to place one on the green trail. The committee approved prior meeting minutes and heard updates on fiscal year 2025-2026 spending of $2,642.17.
Associate Member Colin Large is preparing a fall tree-planting plan to diversify species and prepare for potential Beech decline. Treasurer Rob St. Germain announced his retirement, with co-chairs to assume finance duties.
The committee also noted a successful forest bathing event that drew nine participants, with interest in repeating it.
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Source: the Town Forest Committee meeting of June 10, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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