Jim Martinez, president of Tri State Area Federal Credi Union, hands a check for a $1,000 donation to Simon Wells, of the Bennington Skatepark Committee.
The Bennington Select Board has approved a funding and engineering plan that could lead to construction on a town skate park off Depot Street beginning later this year.
A mostly routine hearing on a grant that helped finance the $32 million redevelopment of three historic downtown buildings provided an update on the successes and shortfalls of the ongoing Putnam Block project.