One of the articles on the warrant for Southwick’s Special Town Meeting scheduled for Jan. 14 is to ask voters to approve a Community Preservation Committee recommendation to allocate $164,000 to purchase a conservation restriction on a 10.52-acre property that abuts the Southwick Historical Society’s Charles J. Gillett Cigar Factory on College Highway.
SOUTHWICK — With the Special Town Meeting called for Tuesday, Jan. 14, the warrant has come into focus and will include two articles from the Community Preservation Committee for funding projects, one about a citizens’ petition and another for a vote on a funds transfer to pay Fire Department salaries.
One of the two articles originating out of the CPC is a request asking residents to allocate $164,000 from its conservation fund to purchase a conservation restriction of a 10.52-acre property at 74 College Hwy. the Southwick Historical Society wants to purchase to protect it from commercial or residential development…