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The Lennox Select Board convened on April 8, 2026, to address community concerns, review the Fiscal Year 2027 Annual Town Meeting Warrant, and conduct routine licensing business. The meeting featured extensive public testimony.
Lennox Children’s Center (LCC): A community member representing concerned parents and staff requested responses to inquiries from the prior month. She asked whether the board remained committed to helping relocate the LCC, demanded transparency regarding the building’s future (specifically whether it could be sold to a private developer), and disputed a prior claim that the town paid for LCC snow removal, stating the center paid for it. She highlighted conflicting repair cost estimates ranging from $2 million to $10 million.
Pittsfield-Lennox Road Safety and Development: A resident of Links Ford Road presented a petition signed by ~200 residents regarding hazardous conditions on Route 7/20. She cited excessive speeding (45 mph limit frequently exceeded), dangerous heavy truck traffic, multiple accidents and fatalities, and a lack of enforcement. She also complained about light pollution from Berkshire’s Untold and a lack of notification regarding the Penrose affordable housing project access points.
17th, put that on your calendar if you forget Saturday to come. Um I'd like to change hats. I forgot to put that on the sheet, Deanna. I apologize. Um it's spring, and spring always is a season of hope for people who are thinking about buying a house in Lennox. And one thing I wanted to remind, I have my affordable housing hat on Affordable Housing Trust, and we want to remind people that we have a first-time home buyer assistance program, which allows a potential homeowner who income qualifies, so you have to meet the income qualifications, but you are um perfectly welcome to take out what is essentially a grant from us by applying to with your lender and with the town for up to 20,000 dollars in assistance for that first-time home buyer. So I'm not describing this very well, but we do have a brochure that's around in town, so pick these up and take a look. It may help you get into a house here. So thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Uh yeah, Karen. I'm gonna end this on tomorrow. Yep. 12 holding your room. Hi, I'm here for a follow-up to last month's meeting that I attended on behalf of concerned parents and staff of community members regarding the future of Lennox Children's Center. I am also looking forward to the replies to my six questions I brought to the select board at last month's meeting. Um first I'd like to the clarity on the town's position. Is the select board willing, um still willing to assist the directors and parents in relocating the LCC, or has the board decided it's tired of this topic and no longer interested in being part of the solution for our community. Since the eviction announcement, parents and staff have organized and stepped up, but we have not seen any outreach or support from the board. Um second, the community deserves transparency regarding the future of this building. I know it was one of my questions from last month. This is a community building, it will continue to be used for the benefit of the community. There are growing concerns that this may be sold to a private developer or otherwise used for personal gain. We are asking plainly what is the plan. Third, I want to address a statement after made that was made at during last month's meeting about the LCC snow removal paid for by the town of Lennox. This is an erroneous claim. I am asking the board to provide documentation to support the claim that they made. Statements like this damage trust and they require proof. Additionally, we're hearing a wide range of numbers regarding the cost of the repairs for this building from two million to nine or ten million. Please provide us with that with actual estimates. Right now the discrepancies raise serious questions about what information is accurate. Again, adding to the concern and mistrust. Please provide answers to these concerns and questions during the select board meeting, not when the meeting is adjourned and the cameras turned off. We're asking for transparency, accountability, and a genuine effort to work with the community. I look forward to your responses. Thank you. Wherever you like it, it doesn't I think it would be easier for us to answer some of these questions. So this is the first I've heard of any of these concerns. Yeah, you weren't at the last meeting. I wasn't that that's okay. And I think, but I in order for me to help facilitate this to get those ahead of time would certainly help.