Hardwick Select Board Unanimously Rejects Horse Racing Track Proposal

HARDWICK — October 27, 2022 — Hardwick Select Board votes 3-0 to deny horse racing track at Great Meadowbrook Farm. The board rejected a location approval under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 128A, Section 13A for Commonwealth Equine and Agricultural Center LLC at the October 27 meeting, with Chair Jeffrey S. Schaaf delivering a floor statement before the roll call disclosing his personal opposition and citing the town's ongoing sewer infrastructure work as a key factor. "My reason for no is not never — just not right now," Schaaf said. The board then unanimously authorized Vice Chair William F. Tinker to sign a $1,774,498 contract with Callahan Brothers for the town's Hardwick Road pumping system upgrades, a contract the board had previously voted to award.