Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an agenda and details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, March 7
- Council on Aging, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- Board of Assessors, noon
- Open Space Committee, 4 p.m.
Monday, March 11
- Select Board and Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee joint meeting, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12
- Visitor Services Board, 1 p.m.
- Licensing Board, 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday, March 13
- Harbor Committee, 2 p.m.
- Cemetery Commission, 3 p.m.
- Human Services Committee, 5:30 p.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
Thursday, March 14
- Personnel Board, 10 a.m., online only
- Finance Committee, 2 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Pursuing Coastal Resiliency
At their joint meeting on March 11, the select board and coastal resiliency advisory committee will discuss the development of the new coastal resiliency plan, for which the town has budgeted up to $300,000.
A request for proposals went out on Feb. 14, and responses are due on March 7. Contractors for the plan are expected to analyze 10 areas of town and produce detailed recommendations on the coastal resilience strategies that both the town government and private landowners should pursue.
The request also seeks a series of public engagement events, a “toolkit” for private property owners, and recommended changes to the town’s bylaws.
Milestones
On Monday, March 18 at 9 a.m., the town will officially break ground on the Cannery Wharf Park project, a $1.8-million effort to turn a former parking lot at 387 Commercial St. into one of the town’s only harborside parks.
The town bought the property in 2018, hired Weston & Sampson to help with community design planning in 2021, and funded the project at spring town meeting in 2022.
Construction is expected to take 8 to 12 months.
Two days later, the town will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at the new police station at 2 Jerome Smith Road. That project was funded by town meeting voters in 2017, but a supplemental funding measure was defeated in 2019. The project was then revived when town meeting voters endorsed supplemental funding in 2022.
The ribbon cutting will take place at noon on March 20, with guided tours of the station afterwards. —Paul Benson
