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Long Table Dinner Review and 2026 Great Barrington Meeting Summary – September 22, 2026

Selectboard & Town Boards — Tuesday, September 22, 2026
BodyGreat Barrington, Massachusetts
SessionSelectboard & Town Boards
DateTuesday, September 22, 2026
StatusFILED
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Unassigned speaker

0:00

Time is

Speaker 1

0:00

that 6 37 p.m.

0:02

calling the meeting to order.

0:03

We're just gonna go through some procedural stuff first and then we'll talk about all the um okay on to number things number one uh call to order.

0:20

Um we have quorum.

0:23

Do we need to do a roll call?

0:25

No, we just have to do the thing where it's like at 6:30.

0:31

Do I have a motion to open the meeting?

0:32

Motion.

0:33

We have a second.

0:34

Seconds.

0:34

All those in favor.

0:36

Great.

0:37

We've opened the meeting.

0:38

Do we have any questions, comments, concerns about the August minutes?

Speaker 2

0:44

No.

Speaker 1

0:45

Great.

Unassigned speaker

0:46

We

Speaker 1

0:47

have a motion to approve

Speaker 2

0:48

the August minutes.

Speaker 1

0:49

The motion.

Unassigned speaker

0:53

All

Speaker 1

0:53

is in favor.

0:55

All right.

0:56

Um anybody want to give a long table dinner update.

Speaker 3

1:03

Um we had more than 200 people come.

1:06

We did indeed.

1:07

It was amazing.

1:09

Yeah.

Unassigned speaker

1:11

Um

Speaker 1

1:13

you're allowed to talk.

1:14

Yeah, there's no rules here.

1:17

Yes, so

Speaker 3

1:18

we had two more than 200 people come.

1:20

We had live music.

1:21

We had uh was it three food vendors?

1:25

Four.

1:26

One,

Speaker 1

1:27

we had Oslo.

1:28

We had the nope, that's the same thing.

1:31

Yep.

1:32

We had the common, we had the lobster truck,

Unassigned speaker

1:35

and we

Speaker 1

1:35

had pleasant and main, and we had

Speaker 3

1:39

um

Speaker 4

1:40

great events.

Speaker 3

1:43

Um so many people that were sitting down together for the first time.

1:47

I saw people dancing.

1:49

It was really fun, and it was really good.

Speaker 1

1:52

All the above.

1:54

Anybody from the peanut gallery want to add on their experience about the long table dinner?

Speaker 4

2:01

It's probably not something people don't already know, but I would encourage everybody to support common and all those food truck things, every thing because they're they're kind of they're always there for us.

2:14

Oh my god, these the last events they

Speaker 5

2:16

show up every

Speaker 4

2:16

time.

2:18

So next time you wanna think of a place of beer

Unassigned speaker

2:22

or

Speaker 4

2:23

dinner about these guys totally, yes.

Speaker 1

2:26

Um, anything else on the long table dinner?

2:28

Rickard, do you want to share anything about the long table dinner?

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Community Engagement██████████████████████████████████34%
Arts And Culture████████████████████20%
Parks and Recreation███████████████████19%
Environmental Protection██████6%
Procedural█████5%
Public Safety█████5%
Budget Equity Analysis████4%
Public Engagement███3%
Transportation Safety██2%
Summary of Proceedings

Great Barrington Community Meeting Summary (September 22, 2026)

The meeting was called to order at 6:37 p.m. and opened with a motion, second, and unanimous approval. The board reviewed the August minutes, which were approved by acclamation. The main focus of the meeting was a debrief on the Long Table Dinner event, followed by discussion of possible improvements for next year's event.

Consent Calendar

  • The August meeting minutes were approved unanimously.
  • The meeting was opened via a motion and second; no roll call was needed since a quorum was present.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • [No public comments or testimony were provided during this segment of the meeting.]

Discussion Items

  • Long Table Dinner Recap: Members reported that more than 200 people attended the event, with live music and multiple food vendors. The vendors included Oslo (mentioned as

Meeting Transcript

Time is that 6 37 p.m. calling the meeting to order. We're just gonna go through some procedural stuff first and then we'll talk about all the um okay on to number things number one uh call to order. Um we have quorum. Do we need to do a roll call? No, we just have to do the thing where it's like at 6:30. Do I have a motion to open the meeting? Motion. We have a second. Seconds. All those in favor. Great. We've opened the meeting. Do we have any questions, comments, concerns about the August minutes? No. Great. We have a motion to approve the August minutes. The motion. All is in favor. All right. Um anybody want to give a long table dinner update. Um we had more than 200 people come. We did indeed. It was amazing. Yeah. Um you're allowed to talk. Yeah, there's no rules here. Yes, so we had two more than 200 people come. We had live music. We had uh was it three food vendors? Four. One, we had Oslo. We had the nope, that's the same thing. Yep. We had the common, we had the lobster truck, and we had pleasant and main, and we had um great events. Um so many people that were sitting down together for the first time. I saw people dancing. It was really fun, and it was really good. All the above.

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