Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 5/2/2021 9:33:19 AM
Greenfield passed all articles at its 2021 Town Meeting Saturday, as more than 150 residents convened at the Oak Park pavilion, braving gusts of wind and blustery temperatures to motor through the warrant with minimal back-and-forth in just under two hours.
Residents passed a bond to install municipal fiber internet via Consolidated Communications 152 to 1. Broadband advocate Tom Bascom received a round of applause for his role in bringing the article to vote. It’s too soon to tell whether the bond would affect Greenfield's ability to receive funds from the latest federal infrastructure bill, Bascom said. Concord legislators are currently working on a bill for distributing those funds, and a proposed amendment would extend funding eligibility to any town without broadband as of January 2021. That would allow Greenfield to seek additional funding if it passed, he said.