Community Compact Ceremony On Grafton Community Television

Community Compact Signing Ceremony On Grafton Community Television

GRAFTON: Grafton Community Television cameras were at the South Grafton Community House on Thursday, December 17th with Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and the signing of individual Community Compacts for five area communities. Officials from Grafton, Sutton, Charlton, Oxford and Uxbridge participated in the signing.

According to Lieutenant Governor Polito’s web site (http://www.mass.gov/governor/administration/groups/communitycompactcabinet/faq) the Community Compact is a voluntary, mutual agreement entered into between the Baker-Polito Administration and individual cities and towns of the Commonwealth. In a Community Compact, a community agrees to implement at least one best practice that they select from across a variety of areas. The community’s best practices are unique to the municipality and reflect needed areas of improvement.

Grafton Selectmen Chairman Craig Dauphinais signed Grafton’s Community Compact. The Town agreed to the following best practices:

1. Regionalization of Shared Services - examples include shared Veteran’s Agent, Ambulance, Health Department services.
2. Economic Development and Housing - Main Street corridor in South Grafton and Transit Oriented development at Route 30 and Pine Street in North Grafton.
3. Assistance from the State for an independent Assessment of the Town’s Information Technology.

The Community Compact signing ceremony will be broadcast on GCTV’s government channel, Charter Channel 192 / Verizon Channel 33. Check the GCTV web site for the broadcast schedule. It can also be found at the “What’s New” section of the GCTV VOD link: http://graftontv.org/current/VoD.html.Grafton Community Television provides programming on three distinct public access channels in the Town of Grafton over the Charter Communications and the Verizon cable systems. Schedules for Grafton Community Television Channels can be found at www.GraftonTV.org . Charter Channel 191/Verizon Channel 34 provides general interest programming, Charter Channel 192 / Verizon Channel 33 broadcasts town government programming, and Charter Channel 194 / Verizon Channel 32 features school programming and high school sports events. The Grafton Community Television studios and offices are located at 296 Providence Road in South Grafton.

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