Town of Somers

Somersville Planning Committee

Minutes – Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007

Lower Level Town Hall Conference Room

           

       1.  Call to Order:

 

Chairman David Reed called meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.  

 

  1. Members Present:

 

David Reed, Ron Elliott, Karl Walton, Jill Conklin, Ann Levesque

 

  1. Members Absent:

 

Barry Moynihan, Bob Lapadula, and Pat Kennedy

 

  1. Minutes of last meeting on January 4, 2007 were approved.

 

  1. Correspondence – none

 

  1. Members of Somers Historical Society were in attendance to give committee an historical perspective in the Somersville area.  Elaine Bemont spoke on the history of the neighborhood as she remembers it for the last 66 years; Barbara Pellissier Anderson, Carol Pine and Paul Keeney also spoke of the area.  Trolley, Somersville fabric mill and that the mill encompassed and the blacksmith shop,  as well as close knit sense of community were a large part of these discussions.

 

  1. A member of the Somersville Congregational Church, Sharon Miller, attended to speak about the church and the Congregational Green on the corner of Main and Maple Streets.  The purchase of the Green is an important part of this church.

 

  1. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. by mutual consent.

 

Respectfully submitted, Ann Levesque, Secretary, TOWN OF SOMERS

 

 

 

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