BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — After voters turned down a $3.5 million bond to pay for improvements to the athletic complex at the Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, the committee working on the project wants to come up with a proposal that voters support.
“As a committee we were disappointed, obviously, in the vote. But we are not going to give up or stop working towards the project,” committee chair Mike Malloy said this week. “We’ll listen to the voters.”
The committee is planning a public meeting on Nov. 29 to discuss how the plan might change and whether a revised proposal will be ready for voters on Town Meeting Day, the Bennington Banner reported. The meeting will be held in-person and virtually. Malloy said.
The project that voters rejected earlier this month called for a synthetic turf field to replace the uneven, poorly drained grass field; a rebuilt running track to replace the current uneven surface; a storage and ticket building with accessible bathrooms, replacing a condemned building; and energy-efficient lighting. Some who voted against the project say they want improvements to the facility but at a lower cost and without synthetic turf.
“We’re looking to move forward with the project in a different way,” Malloy said. “It won’t be the same, but we’re looking to hear what everyone has to say and put another proposal out in the near future, hopefully.”
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