SHELBURNE FALLS The Ashfield, Buckland and Shelburne selectboards worked out the details of a proposed legislative act for a shared West County Senior Services District Tuesday night, which will be sent back to the Senior Center Expansion Committee.
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Senior Center expansion project on hold after Ashfield withdraws
The Senior Center is located in the Masonic building at 7 Main St. in Shelburne Falls. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/3/2021 5:05:00 PM
ASHFIELD Plans for the shared Senior Center for Buckland, Shelburne and Ashfield have been put on pause until March, after the Ashfield Selectboard and Finance Committee decided the town is no longer interested in being a part of the Senior Center expansion efforts.
A joint letter from the Selectboard and Finance Committee, signed by Selectboard members last month, states that while they support the Senior Center’s continuing focus on planning for the future of the town’s aging population, Ashfield “cannot commit to funding a building in another town, nor are (they) prepared to commit to a new West County Senior Services District, especially as (they) think through the financial models being proposed.”