Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join.
Thursday, July 17:
- Housing Authority, 5 p.m., Community Center
- Town manager candidate interview, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Monday, July 21
- Zoning Task Force, 11 a.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 5:30 p.m., online
Tuesday, July 22
- Select Board, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 23
- Planning Board, 5 p.m., online
Thursday, July 24
- Ad Hoc Walsh Property Advisory Committee, 12:30 p.m., Town Hall
- Ad Hoc Building Committee, 4 p.m.
- Beach Advisory Committee, 4 p.m., Public Library
Conversation Starter
A More Authentic Seal
Truro is creating a new town seal and seeking input from residents about how it should look.
A survey, which opened earlier this month and is available on the town website, asks residents what they think the seal should highlight and includes some suggestions, such as nature and geography, Truro’s maritime traditions, and art and architecture.
“Our goal is to identify what aspects of Truro are most important to the community,” said Holly Ballard-Gardner, chair of Truro’s ad hoc town seal committee, in a July 15 email to the Independent.
The current town seal, which was designed in 1900, depicts a Native American in a way that’s historically inaccurate, educator Paula Peters, who is a member of the Wampanoag tribe, told the Independent in 2020. The figure is shown with symbols associated with Plains Indians, not the Wampanoag and Nauset peoples.
The town has gotten several applications from artists seeking to create the new seal and plans to pick one by the end of the summer, Ballard-Gardner wrote.
The results of the survey will provide the artist with creative direction.
“So far, we’ve received a strong response with many productive and helpful comments,” Ballard-Gardner said. —Lauren Hakimi
