NORTHFIELD Selectboard members outlined seven areas of concern, including public safety, traffic and noise, in a response letter they penned to organizers of the Christian music festival eyeing the D.L. Moody Center for the site of its 2023.
NORTHFIELD Selectboard members continued their discussion Tuesday regarding the Christian music festival eyeing the D.L. Moody Center for the site of its 25th annual event in 2023, an event that is predicted to attract up to 8,500.
NORTHFIELD Selectboard members continued their discussion Tuesday regarding the Christian music festival eyeing the D.L. Moody Center for the site of its 25th annual event in 2023, an event that is predicted to attract up to 8,500.
NORTHFIELD The likely host of a Christian music festival that is predicted to attract up to 8,500 attendees met with the Selectboard for the first time on Tuesday to discuss initial planning for a special permit application.Organizers of SoulFest,.
Appeal deadline over, Moody Center campground to go forward
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NORTHFIELD Having passed the 30-day appeal period regarding a summary judgment, The Moody Center plans to move forward with developing the Idyllwood campground, with a potential timeline of opening by summer 2022.
The Planning Board held several meetings and a public hearing to discuss the campground between July and October 2019. According to presentations made during the public hearing process, the campground would be built on a 76-acre Moody Center property along Pierson Road. It would consist of roughly 12 cabins and 27 “large furnished tents,” with rates of approximately $125 a night.
Residents who live near and around the planned campground property contended the Planning Board exceeded its authority in granting the special permit for the campground in October 2019 and filed an appeal of the board’s decision in Franklin County Superior Court. In May, the case against The Moody Center’s pro