Cheaper alternatives for Bow public safety building proposed
By ALLIE MORRIS, Monitor staff
February 17, 2014
Upset by costly plans to build a new public safety building, a group of Bow residents has successfully petitioned to put a far less expensive alternative before voters at town meeting.
For the second year in a row, the selectmen support plans to build a new public safety building that would house the fire, emergency management and police departments. Last year, voters narrowly rejected a $7.7 million proposal; since then, selectmen cut nearly $1 million from the project. If it fails again, voters will take up a fallback plan: a $6 million renovation of the existing building.