Board Hires Terrascaping for Park Improvements

At its March 27 meeting, the Westborough Board of Selectmen awarded a contract to the Terrascaping landscaping company to build a landscaped seating area at Bay State Green. 

According to the project will cost $8,500 with an option for additional work at $5,400. Currently, there is $10,000 in a gift account which was set up when Bay State Green was given to the town, leaving $3,900 to be raised privately by the Bay State Green Committee to fund the entire proposal.

The design calls for a 20-foot diameter fieldstone seating wall that incorporates four grinding wheels recovered from the former Bay State Abrasives. The wheels were incorporated as a reminder of the park’s history. Landscaping will be included in the center of the seating area.

If the entire proposal is funded, it will also include a flagpole and a plaque to describe the park’s history as the site of a former football field and Bay State Abrasives.

Any organization, business or individual interested in donating is asked to send a check to:

• Leah Talbot, Town Accountant
• 34 West Main St.
• Westborough, MA 01581

Checks should be made payable to the Town of Westborough with Bay State Commons Gift Fund on the memo line of the check as the intended recipient.

For information, contact Kim Levesque, chairman of the Bay State Green Committee, at kimlevesque@gmail.com.

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