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From YouTube: Groton Economic Development Commission 9/2/21
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Groton Connecticut municipal meeting: Economic Development Commission September 2, 2021. Click on the link below to view the agenda.
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A
B
A
E
E
E
G
G
I
moved
here
in
groton,
so
my
business
is
advantage
personal
training
and
I
guess
what
I
was
asked
on
today
was
just
to
sort
of
share
the
latest
mass
mandate
and
and
how
it's
had
an
effect
sort
of
on
our
business.
We're
a
fitness
training
gym
right
over
on
gold
star
highway
prior
to
the
mass
mandate
vaccinated
clients
had
the
option
of
wearing
a
mask
when
they're,
exercising
or
not
wearing
a
mask.
G
Anyone
that
was
unvaccinated
had
to
wear
a
mask
the
entire
time
they
were
in
the
facility.
So
when
the
mandate
happened,
you
know
we
had
put
up
signs,
letting
people
know
and
instantly
customers
were
upset,
because
you
know
the
world
had
sort
of
changed
right
away.
They
were
shopping
on
the
day
before,
with
the
automats
and
all
sudden,
we're
asking
to
put
a
mask
on
so
people
got
upset
pretty
quickly,
but
we
did
our
best
to
explain.
It
was
a
new
mandate.
The
impact
it's
had
is
I've.
G
Had
members
either
suspend
their
membership
to
say,
hey,
I'm
going
to
go
to
the
ymca
and
work
out
there.
It's
a
lot
easier
to
work
out
without
a
mask
or
they
would
downgrade
their
membership
and
basically
not
come
in
as
much
because
they
still
want
to
support
our
business.
But
you
know
they
had
the
restrictions
of
exercising
without
the
mask.
G
We
have
tried
to
be
as
creative
as
possible,
creating
as
much
social
distance
as
possible.
Our
other
facility
is
in
niantic
and
they
don't
have
that
mass
mandate
and
they're
still
going
on
the
rules
from
before.
So
for
me,
I
guess
this.
The
hard
part
is,
I
you
know,
I'm
500
yards
down
the
street
from
the
stonington
line.
If
I
go
to
anything
over
there,
there's
no
mass
mandate
there,
but
then
right
here
there
is
a
mandate,
and
you
know
I'm
for
health
and
safety.
My
business
is
built
on
health.
G
A
G
We
need
to
get
to
to
get
the
mass
off
eventually,
and
I
guess
it
just
doesn't
make
sense
to
me
that
if
ledge
lights,
the
district,
why
some
of
the
towns
in
the
district
have
to
wear
a
mask
and
other
towns
don't
have
to
wear
a
mask
and,
like
I
just
don't
feel
like
it's
going
to
make
any
impact
on
the
health
numbers.
If
it's
not
everybody
you
know
and
and
if
he,
if
it
shows
numbers
wise
that
the
mass
is
going
to
make
a
difference,
I'm
all
for
it.
G
I
guess
just
I
didn't
want
the
impact
of
customers
going
elsewhere
instead
of
my
business.
Because
of
this,
you
know
we
were
closed
for
three
months
in
2020,
so
you
know
we're
just
starting
to
rebuild
and
I
don't
want
to
do
anything
to
lose
customers.
At
this
point,
I
want
to
continue
to
rebuild
my
business
back
to
was
before
the
pandemic.
G
A
No,
no,
no
hey!
You
know
what
I
I
really
appreciate
you
coming
on.
We
encourage
business
owners
to
come
and
bring
forth
this
type
of
information,
because
that's
the
only
way
we
can
relay
it
over.
We
want
to
be
a
proponent
of
the
business
and-
and
we
did
hear
you
loud
and
clear
and
as
the
meeting
goes
on,
we
also
will
address
the
the
mandate
from
our
terms
also,
but
all
that
feedback
is
very
important
to
us.
So
I
do
appreciate
you
coming
on.
A
H
Just
to
reaffirm,
we
don't
usually
respond
to
comments.
However,
I
did
want
to
make
sure
that
the
information
provided
by
the
town
was
was
in
his
hands,
because
I
think
some
of
that
information
was
was
answered
in
terms
of
who
to
contact
and
also
what
sort
of
metrics
is
the
town
using.
So
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
record
that
information
was
in
the
the
frequently
asked
questions
and
we
can
deal
with
that
later
or
offline.
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
point.
Thank.
A
I
Hello
yep:
oh
thanks,
janet
mayor,
radiant
and
avenue
mystic
connecticut
good
evening,
I'm
hoping
everyone
received
my
email
summarizing.
My
speech
regarding
comments
made
at
the
july
1st
edc
meeting
about
those
opposed
to
the
mystic
river
bluffs
development
and
pzcc,
I'm
hoping
to
receive
a
response
from
the
commission.
I
I
I
I
F
A
A
Right
opposed
meetings,
the
minutes
are
approved,
okay,
old
business
and
I'm
gonna
have
craig
speak
to
this.
It
was
on
the
business
forum
update.
I
know
that
we
did
have
it
in
the
package.
I
hope
everyone
had
a
chance
to
take
a
look,
because
I
know
craig
and
for
that
matter.
Bruce
has
also
put
a
lot
of
time
into
this,
so
craig
I'll
give
it
over
to
you.
D
F
D
D
You
are
suggested
to
wear
a
mask,
but
if
you
aren't
vaccinated
you're
required,
so
we
do
not
have
a
consistent
approach
even
on
the
groton
side
and
then
on
the
mystic
side.
It's
even
it's
also
quite
variable,
and
I
did
in
the
context
of
that
one
take
some
time
and
can
share
my
the
feedback
I
stopped
in
on
michelle,
because
I
saw
her
message
to
us
and
chatted
with
her
for
15
20
minutes
about
her
experiences
and
things
that
she
was
seeking.
D
But
I
think
we
do
need
to
help
the
town
to
move
forward
with
whatever
the
guidelines
are
rather
than
have
variability
on
this
side
of
the
river,
and
I
think
we
need
to
address
the
issue
of
the
difference
between
the
stonington
side
and
the
groton
side
of
the
river,
because
it's
creating
some
issues
and
tensions
up
and
down
the
area
and
all
of
those
people
are
constituents
of
the
mystic
chamber.
So
at
some
point
bruce
may
want
to
weigh
in
on
this
as
well.
A
J
D
It
had
two
two
questions:
only
one
was:
what
are
the
major
subjects
that
concern
you,
so
we
can
make
sure
we've
got
the
resources
available
and
make
sure
the
discussion
follows
what
people
are
looking
for
and
the
second
one
was
a
query
about
time,
because
we've
been
assuming
that
5
30
is
the
best
time.
But
if
we're,
if
we
have
a
very
short
survey,
getting
information
from
others
doesn't
mean
it's
a
vote,
but
we
could
use
that
as
guidance
to
decide.
D
What's
the
best
time
to
set
up
a
forum,
justin's
forum,
for
example,
coming
up
is,
I
think,
10
o'clock
in
the
morning,
and
so
we've
got
at
least
two
different
examples
of
times
and
it
may
not
be
quote
unquote
justin's,
but
it's
the
food
distributor
person.
So
those
were
the
only
two
questions
on
the
survey
paige
in
reacting
to
that
said,
we
really
can't
have
a
it
might
be
hard
to
garner
information
about
the
time.
But
if
we're
going
to
do
a
survey,
the
last
public
survey
was
back
in
the
fall
of
2020.
D
There's
a
lot,
that's
happened
since
then.
Maybe
we
should
be
doing
a
more
comprehensive
survey
as
he
put
that
forward.
I
had
checked
with
bruce
because
he
was
going
to
do
the
initial
survey
monkey
because
it
was
a
very
simple
survey
and
they
have
a
very
limited
version
of
surveymonkey,
and
so,
if
we're
going
to
do
this,
we
may
want
to
turn
to
town
resources
to
do
a
survey
if
we
do
a
more
comprehensive
survey
so
that
that's,
I
guess
enough
of
discussion
of
survey
for
the
moment.
K
Well,
you
know
when
we
do
surveys,
you
know
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind:
is
that
it's
never
just
a
one
and
done
thing
we,
you
know
we
see,
data
collection
is
just
ongoing.
You
can
get
some
information
and
sometimes
that
gives
you
more
information
to
do
a
better
survey
the
next
time.
So
you
know
it
may
be
that
I
believe
groton
parks
and
recreation
has
a
surveymonkey
account.
K
A
D
I
I
was
really
responsive
to
paige,
so
we
might
want
paige's
insight
into
this,
because
I
was
comfortable
just
moving
ahead.
He'd
raise
some
questions
about
instead
do
a
much
more
comprehensive
survey
based
upon
not
having
done
this
for
a
year,
and
so
my
putting
this
forward
as
an
option
was
trying
to
be
responsive
to
paige.
Okay,.
A
H
Thoughts
just
a
recap
on
where,
where
we
came
from
in
2020,
we
had
used
nava
retail
to
really
gauge
what
is
going
on
in
the
business
community
in
light
of
kovic,
we
had
people,
you
know,
speaking
to
friends,
family
and
I
was
hearing.
We
were
all
hearing
a
variety
of
different
opinions
and
we
needed
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
it.
So
the
survey
mechanism
we
thought
was
the
best
way
to
get
basically
some
answers
and
I'm
glad
we
did
it,
but
we
did
end
in
the
fall.
So
I
I
envisioned.
H
H
H
A
So
so
because
I
don't,
I
don't
really
want
to
hold
it
up
from
the
standpoint
of
I.
I
don't
want
to
rush
it
either,
but
it
sounds
like
if
we
could
come
up,
maybe
taking
the
nava
retail
survey
and
and
pick
up
on
that,
but
just
do
our
own
type
of
expanded
questionnaire
to
try
to
get
a
little
bit.
You
know
mine
down
and
what
the
needs
are
at
this
point
or
what
the
issues
are
at
this
point
is,
am
I
hearing
that
right.
L
B
So,
actually,
after
craig,
I
wanted
to
throw
it
back
to
bruce
bruce.
Thank
you
for
being
here
today
to
get
your
more
introspective
thoughts,
because
you
you
have
the
database
and
you
almost
you
say
to
many
ways
already
have
the
foot
in
the
ground
over
there
in
the
grassroot
level,
and
the
mystic
chamber
also
covers
the
downtown
mystic
merchants,
as
well
as
the
ground
town
businesses
as
well.
J
J
You
know
on
one
hand
you
have
a
business
who's
concerned
that
the
masked
mandate
is
back
and
is
losing
business
and
then
on
another,
like
with
justin
you're
hearing
that
it's
we
thought
we
saw
the
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel
and
now
we're
getting
further
away
from
that
light,
and
we
see
the
same
thing
downtown.
I
think
that
you
know
there's.
There
are
clearly
business
owners
in
groton
who
are
who
are
following
the
mask
mandate.
J
J
I
I
don't
think
it's
because
they
don't
know,
but
I
think
you
know
paige
and
craig.
You
might
have
a
better
feeling
on
that.
But
I
think
it's
very
confusing
and
I
think
it's
very
confusing
for
the
people
who
are
downtown
because
there
isn't
there
is
a
split
you
know.
Stonington
doesn't
have
the
mass
mandate,
although
they're
strongly
recommending
it
and
groton
does.
J
You
know.
Do
we
plan
an
indoor
event
in
december?
Is
there
a
concern?
Do
we
plan
two
different
indoor
events,
one
that
has
substantial
social,
distancing
and
one
that
that
is
less
concerned
with
that?
So
and
I
think
until
there
are,
if,
if
we
go
into
a
longer
period
of
unanswered
questions-
and
we
want
to
have
some
kind
of
form,
we
questionnaire
with
the
businesses
of
what
their,
what
their
challenges
are
and
maybe
how
we
can
provide
some
answers.
J
I
think
that's
worthwhile,
but
if
we
see
you
know
it
seems
to
be
changing
every
you
know
we're
getting
updates
and
it
seems
to
be
changing
every
couple
of
weeks
and
you
know,
without
the
governor
making
a
you
know
a
blanket
covering
for
the
state.
I
think
we're
going
to
have
this.
This
confusion
and
big
question
marks
over
everybody's
head.
So
so
that's
who
we
are
we're
very
confused.
J
B
I
think
a
lot
of
people
need
to
know
that
the
state
of
connecticut
all
169
municipalities
are
semi-autonomous
and
the
fact
that
stonington
does
what
it
does
is
what
the
history
of
this
state
is.
Groton
is
different.
The
city
of
ground
is
different
and
we
cannot
be
saying
what's
happening
in
canada.
Why
aren't
we
doing
that
here
in
the
united
states?
It's
almost
akin
to
that.
It's
not
logical
that
people
are
saying
or
are
not
familiar
with
the
history
of
the
state.
A
M
I
do
I
have
something
for
the
mandate,
but
that
comes
from
mandate
time,
but
I,
but
on
the
the
forum
idea,
kind
of
from
the
school
of
when
all
you
have
is
a
hammer
all
the
world's
nail.
In
my
coaching
world.
One
of
the
tools
we
often
use
is
masterminds,
which
is
bringing
people
together.
Who
are
business
people
and
they
basically
work
on
problems
together,
because
many
businesses
tend
to
be
pretty
similar
and
the
forum
concept
seems
to
be
like
they
come
to
the
town
for
answers
and
say
page.
M
What
do
we
do?
Give
us
the
answers
which
maybe
we
have?
Maybe
we
don't,
but
one
thing
we
might
consider
and
whether
it's
through
the
chamber
or
through
the
edc
or
the
town
or
whoever,
but
to
create,
maybe
a
restaurant
mastermind.
If
you
don't
want
to
call
a
mastermind
called
something
else,
but
something
where
you
bring
them
in
together
and
and
they
can
bring
up
like
here's,
the
challenge,
we're
having
you
know
getting
employees
and
someone
says:
oh,
oh,
we're
actually
doing
really
well.
M
What
we
found
works
well
is-
and
actually
I
didn't
realize
that
justin
was
now
on
the
edc.
So
I
remember
back.
We
had
the
forum
about
the
plastics
mandate
and
I
think
it
was
justin
who
brought
you
know
all
the
stuff
from
manana
and
said:
here's
our
user
packaging,
here's
we're
using
for
this.
Here's
where
we
get
it
from
here's,
our
supplier,
here's
you
know
so
a
lot
of
people
are
saying
we
this
intractable
problem.
We
have
no
idea
what
to
do
and
justin
said.
Oh,
the
answer
is:
is
this
call
this
guy?
M
So
maybe,
instead
of
trying
to
make
it,
you
know
one
time
come
here
with
all
your
problems,
make
it
more
of
a
recurring.
You
know
a
monthly
event
where
and
and
maybe
just
restaurants,
maybe
for
all
businesses.
I
don't
know
exactly
what
what
form
it
would
take,
but
you
know
come
in
and
not
saying
we
have
the
answers,
but
collectively
we're
a
lot
of
really
smart
people
who
know
a
lot
of
different
things,
bring
your
challenges,
we'll
work
on
them
together.
M
A
So
I
guess
craig
for
direction
standpoint,
because
I
know
that's
what
you're
really
looking
for
you
didn't
get
a
lot
of
here.
I
I
kind
of
agree
with
your
standpoint
of
of
let's
try
to
get
the
questionnaire
out
there
as
simple
as
possible,
because
I
think
the
biggest
problem
you're
going
to
have
is
get
a
response,
but
maybe
have
it
more.
A
You
gotta
list
five
topics,
employment,
mass,
all
that
and
have
them
prioritize.
What's
you
know
rate
them
and
that'll,
give
you
a
better
indication
but
try
to
keep
it
simple
and
then
maybe
have
a
more
expanded
questionnaire
that
we
can
give
out
at
the
forum
or
share
it
to
them.
Maybe
get
more
feedback
that
way.
That's
my
two
cents.
D
Okay,
so
if
I
can
respond
to
all
this
sure
one,
the
survey
that
I
put
in
last
month's
material
is
exactly
that
sorry.
But
it's
looking
for
a
survey
that
does
what
you
just
said,
which
is
what
I
thought
was
reasonable.
Just
go
back
to
last
month's
materials.
It's
already
there
right,
second
for
michael
you're,
newer
to
the
edc,
but
the
way
we
talked
about
this
was
not
the
edc
having
the
answers.
D
It
was
to
do
what
you're
describing
we
didn't
have
a
name
for
it
as
you
do,
but
it
was
basically
to
have
various
restaurants
helping
because
nobody
has
all
the
answers
and
there
may
be
different
answers
for
different
people.
So
I
think
we
were
on
track
with
that.
I
do
want
to
make
sure
we
get
back
to
the
mandate
as
a
separate
subject,
but
for
this
I'm
not
sure
what
we're,
if
bill's
guidance,
is
what
we
want
to
do
than
bruce
and
ike,
and
actually
also
the
downtown
mystic
merchants.
D
A
I
think
it's
better
to
get
the
forum.
I
understand
that
we've
had
a
lot
of
roadblocks
between
mass
coming
up
and
the
re
resurgence
of
the
covet
all
these,
but
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
until
we
do
something
where
it's
all
in
theory,
so
I
would
rather
let
you
go
about
it
that
way,
but
going
back
to
paige's
comments,
maybe
at
that
point
try
to
collect
a
little
bit
more
because
we
are
kind
of
we
want
to
know
what
they
they
want,
these
forums
to
be
like.
So
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
me.
A
I
agree
completely:
that's
been
our
goal
for
the
past
two
years
and
every
time
we
seem
to
be
getting
on
track.
We
get
hit
with
something
else,
but
that's
just
what
we're
all
faced
with.
So
I
I
would
just
say
greg
keep
doing
you
know,
go
about
it
that
way.
Justin
spend
a
little
time
and
if
you
want
to
see
the
questions
and
give
feedback,
because
it's
fine
to
do
it
here
but
offline
to
give
greg
of
a
little
direction.
K
A
Yeah,
I
I
have
enough
faith
in
what
you've
already
put
forth
and
such
with
justin's
thing,
so
I'd
rather
get
it
moving
forward
than
waiting
for
all
the
different
feedbacks
and
such
because,
as
you,
we
just
don't
know
what
next
week's
gonna
bring.
So,
okay
we're
all
set,
let's
get
some
feedback
and
then
also
something
else
comes
our
way.
So
I
just
would
rather
just
proceed
so
and
and
just
send
it
to
us,
but
really
just
know
that
you
have
the
go
ahead
to
go.
You
know
go
forward
with
it
so
helpful.
D
A
N
How
are
you
no
problem?
I
was
on
on
the
phone
earlier
and
I
couldn't
get
the
thing
to
unmute.
I
don't
know
how
usually
it's
like
star
sex,
but
it
wouldn't
work
so
couldn't
jump
in,
but
I
finally
got
home
and
we
got
on
the
real
machine
here.
I
was
just
gonna
chime
in
with
with
well.
I
guess
really,
it's
really
one
point
on
base.
Our
biggest
challenge
is
labor.
I
mean
we
have.
N
N
A
month
ago
we
took
a
a
week
week
and
a
half
long
trip
down
to
all
the
way
down
to
florida
and
and
in
the
vehicle,
and
we
stopped
at
many
restaurants
along
the
way
and
every
one
of
them
was
short
of
of
of
help
to
the
point
where
a
lot
of
restaurants,
they
don't
have
the
dining
room
open
anymore,
like
fast
food
type,
places
and
they're
all
they're.
All
just
having
a
terrible
labor
started,
so
that's
just
a
huge
issue
and
I
know
that's
happening
here.
N
A
Also,
I
wasn't
aware
of
it
so
and-
and
I
know
what
we've
we
pursued
with
it,
so
it
has
created
a
lot
of
confusion
and,
as
as
the
our
craig
brought
up
the
thing,
you
know
some
businesses
that
thought
they
were
making
that
made
that
turn
of
normalcy
have
kind
of
had
it.
You
know
halted
a
little
bit
from
perceptions
and
there's
not
much.
We
as
an
edc
can
do
about
that.
They
actually
implemented
this,
but
like
we
did
way
back
last
year,
it
was
probably
our
best
effort
of
outreach.
A
I
think
it
behooves
us
as
the
edc
to
go
out
again
to
those
lists
of
primarily
with
the
restaurants
that
we
focused
on,
but
I
had
some
non-restaurants
but
to
do
an
outreach
again
to
to
you
know
these
are
what
the
town
printed
up
that
were
in
our
package
and
and
just
to
go
out
and
make
them
aware,
and,
as
I
said,
edc
has
nothing
to
do
with
that.
This
mandate
was
put
into
place,
but
I
think
we
could
at
least
to
answer
some
questions
of
that.
A
You
know
we
have
the
q
and
a
in
the
package
and
such
because
the
other
correspondence
I
got,
which
was
from
michelle
from
and
as
craig
said,
he
she
he
had
spoken
to
her.
You
know
she's
on
main
street
and
mystic
and
and
she's
trying
to
abide
by
this
and
and
she's
getting
feedback
that
oh,
no
one
else
is
doing
this
like
well,
you
know,
I,
I
just
think
it
just
behooves
us
to
do
that.
A
Outreach
again
and
to
to
do
the
same
thing
we
did
before
we're
not
going
to
be
giving
mass
out
this
time,
because
I
think
everyone's
pretty
well
situated
with
them,
but
just
to
reach
out
and
say:
hey,
we
hear
ya,
and
then
we
can
take
the
feedback
at
that
point
in
time,
because
I'm
sure
we're
going
to
get
the
same
type
of
feedback
that
we
just
heard
from
these
two
is:
I
want
to
do
this.
I
think
I'm
all
for
it
how's
it
enforce
those
types
of
questions
too.
This
is
hurting
my
business.
A
A
That's
a
great
thing
put
it
in
there
as
a
comment,
because
once
they
go
into
our
explore
groton
and
put
that
comment
in,
we
can
capture
their
information
and
then
keep
them
in
the
loop
on
anything
that
comes
out.
So
it's
really
what
we've
been
trying
to
do
for
as
long
as
I've
been
on
the
commission,
I
think
we
did
a
really
good
job
last
year
with
it,
but
then
all
of
a
sudden,
we
didn't
have
that.
A
A
Thanks
justin,
you
know
the
only
thing
I
would
say
about
the
one
that
that
the
town
did
put
out.
It
is
not
reflective
of
that.
This
is
the
town
mandate,
it's
kind
of
a
please
wear
a
mask
and
they
got
the
ledge
light,
and
I
thought
there
was
a
good
point
that
that
greg
brought
up
is
like
ledge
light
is
a
region
and
you
know
what
how
come
other,
but
so
maybe
we
need
something
a
little
bit
more,
but
but
that
would
come
from
the
town,
I
think
not
from
us.
J
I
H
Kind
of
that
soft
sign
and
the
other
one
is
definitely
harder,
and
you
know
when
we
first
learned
about
this.
Our
first
reaction
was
okay.
Well,
we
did
the
poster
last
year.
Maybe
we
need
to
do
something
and
then
we
learned
that
one
had
already
been
developed,
so
I
I
think
the
second
sign
is
the
one
that
I
believe
groton
expected
businesses
to
put
up
saying.
H
This
is
a
local
order
and
masks
are
required
indoors.
So
we
we
would
actually
state
at
this
point
in
time.
That's
the
one
that
should
be
used
really
is
a
question
of
what
the
edc
wants
to
do
in
terms
of
distribution
or
not
door-to-door,
and
I
think
we've
had
recent
communication
from
some
businesses
saying
they
really
want
that
hard
copy,
sending
it
out.
Digitally.
That's
one
thing,
but
you
know,
maybe
maybe
these
businesses
don't
really
have
the
ability
to
generate
something.
That's
nice!
H
A
Well-
and
you
can't
do
a
face
to
face
if
you're
doing
it
online,
so
that's
why
I
would
like
everyone
to
go
out
and,
as
I
said,
lauren
can
send
out
the
list,
but
I
think
it's
important
if
the
the
10
or
20
people
that
we
have
on
the
list
it
didn't
take
us
didn't.
Take
me
that
long
just
to
go
out
and
do
another
face.
You
know
face
to
face
again,
saying
hey,
you
know
we,
we
know
you're.
A
This
came
out
everyone's
a
little
confused,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
you
have
a
sign
because
I
know
in
my
office
the
big
thing
is:
do
I
have
to
enforce
this?
You
know
I
have
a
sign
up
but
who's
enforcing
this
and
and
in
the
q
and
a
it
says.
Oh,
the
police
can
enforce
it.
Well,
the
police
aren't
coming
around
and
who's
complaining
to
the
police,
so
the
business
owners
have
questions
about
that
stuff.
Also,
it's
not
like
it's
a
governor
mandate,
but
whatever
craig,
you
had
your
hand
up.
D
Yeah,
I
I
think,
or
I
see
three
different
issues
here.
One
is,
if
there's
a
town
mandate
as
there
was
this
time
for
the
future.
What
can
we
do
to
make
sure
that
if
there's
a
mandate
we
help
the
town
to
know
all
the
businesses
know,
because
they
don't
know-
and
they
still
don't
know
today,
as
I
as
I
walk
through
and
it
sounds
like
bruce
walk
through,
there's
all
kinds
of
variation,
and
so
we
need
to
have
a
mechanism,
so
this
doesn't
happen
again
because
they're
real
frustrated
out
there.
D
So
that's
one
issue
for
retrospective.
Looking
at
how
do
we
not
let
this
happen
again?
Second
issue
is:
how
do
we
provide
help
now
that
it
is
out
there
and
in
keeping
with
our
business
outreach,
I
think
the
model
of
going
out
and
reaching
out
to
the
respective
businesses
with
a
common
sign,
making
it
easy
by
giving
them
a
piece
of
paper.
D
So
I'd
suggest
that
we
create
a
business
outreach
effort
by
all
of
us,
and
I
know
from
even
talking
to
michelle.
They
don't
they
are
getting
so
inundated
with
emails
and
messages
and
so
on.
They
may
or
may
not
get
it,
and
so
a
blast
of
an
email
is
not
sufficient.
It
takes
something
more,
and
so
how
do
we
help?
The
third
issue
is
not
necessarily
accepting
george's
view
that
everybody
should
know
that
every
little
municipality
in
town
has
their
own
thing
going,
particularly
as
closely
aligned
as
groton
are
in
mystic.
D
I
recognize
they
have
different
authority,
but
is
there
something
we
could
do?
Maybe
the
mystic
chamber
gets
involved
as
well?
Maybe
our
towns
get
involved,
but
is
there
anything
we
could
do
to
bring
some
commonality
to
approach
so
that
businesses
don't
wind
up
competing
with
each
other,
just
based
on
which
side
of
the
bridge
they're
on
today
it
might
be
the
bridge
or
the
nest
mandate
next
month.
It
might
be
something
else.
D
A
M
So
a
couple
things
recently:
I
did
an
informal
survey
in
the
grind
community
forum
asking
about
because
one
thing
is
people
who
object
to
masks.
You
know
about
them
because
they're
gonna
stand
in
your
store
and
they're
gonna
say
I
hate
masks,
but
the
people
who
want
masks
stay
home
because
they're
worried
about
the
numbers.
They're
worried
people
aren't
gonna,
wear
masks,
so
they
just
don't
go
out,
they
don't
call
business,
say:
hey
justin.
M
I
would
have
come
to
your
restaurant,
but
I'm
not
sure
people
wearing
masks,
I'm
gonna
stay
home,
they
just
stay
home
and
it
was
a
small
sample
size.
So
not
scientific,
but
20
percent
said
they
were
reducing
how
much
they
went
out
because
they
were
worried
there.
Weren't
people
weren't
wearing
masks.
So
something
to
be
aware
of
is
it's
not
just
mass
drive
people
out
of
business,
lack
of
maths,
drive
people
out
of
business
and
ambiguity
keeps
people
out
of
business.
M
I
also
have
a
sort
of
unique
perspective
because
I
drive
uber
on
weekends
and
we're
talking
about
you
know
rest
stores
with
three
or
four
people
in
them.
But
if
you
go
out
to
some
of
our
finer
recreational
establishments
in
the
evening,
there
will
be
150
people
with
no
masks
like
if
you
go
to
some
of
the
the
bars
and
nightclubs
down
in
mystic
at
10
o'clock,
11
o'clock
at
night
on
a
friday,
you've
got
people
traveling
in
from
500
mile
radius
to
gather
in
large
quantities
without
masks.
M
So
it
doesn't
really
matter
if
we
get
people
to
wear
masks
in
the
army
navy
store,
if
we're
not
going
to
be
enforcing
it,
where
they're
gathering
by
the
hundreds
after
traveling
from
all
over
new
england,
new
york,
pennsylvania,
wherever
and
and
for
individuals,
they
don't
you
know.
Most
people
visiting
have
no
idea
that
mystic's,
not
a
town,
let
alone
that
the
river
is
a
border
and
so
they're
going
to
be
really
confused
with
the
rules
changing
across
the
river.
M
So
that's
definitely
an
issue,
but
but
I
think
it's
something
to
you
know
two
things
keep
in
mind.
One
is
that
is
for
businesses
to
realize
that
letting
people
know
that
mass
mandates
will
be
enforced
in
this
business
may
draw
some
people
out
of
their
houses
to
come
to
the
business
and
also
that,
if
we
don't
do
anything
about
bars
and
and
night
spots
with
masks,
then
nothing
else
really
matters,
because
it's
all
going
to
spread
there
anyway,
bruce.
J
Thank
you.
So
it
was
suggested
a
little
bit
earlier
about
the
chamber
being
a
you
know,
a
they
could
post
the
rules
and-
and
you
know
people
could
go
there
to
see.
What's
going
on
and
our
executive
board
they're
somewhat
split,
I
mean,
I
think
that
we,
a
few
weeks
ago
we
sent
out
at
the
request
of
the
first
men
and
stonington
a
note
about
strongly
recommending
masks.
J
But
there
wasn't
a
mandate
and
there
was
some
wording
in
there
and
some
debate
within
the
chamber
of
whether
or
not
we
should
send
that
out
and
we
did
send
it
out
on
behalf
of
the
of
the
first
selectmen.
But
we
had
several
chamber
members
complain
to
the
executive
team
that
they
didn't
they
didn't.
They
couldn't
see
that
it
was
not
from
us.
We
were
just
sending
it
out
as
a
as
a
request
from
the
town
and
they
didn't.
J
They
didn't
want
to
be
told
by
the
chamber
what
to
do
and
what
not
to
do,
and
so
from
our
standpoint,
we're
happy
to
get
information
out
there.
But
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
kind
of
toe
the
line
of
the
fence
of
you
know
not
having
really
an
opinion,
but
but
just
being
a
purveyor
of
information
for
people
in
a
way
that
does
not
that
people
understand
that
we're.
Not
it's
not
our
mandate.
J
H
Thank
you.
I
just
a
couple
points.
I
thought
that
was
an
important
nuance.
What
what
bruce
just
said-
and
I
think
edc
members
it
would
not
be
your
role
in
going
door
to
door
to
be
certainly
an
enforcer
and
where
there
is
ambiguity,
I
don't
know
that
it's
necessarily
our
role
to
attempt
to
try
to
interpret
or
give
our
own
personal
perspective.
H
This
is
a
town
mandate
that
was
imposed
and
it's
really
about
distribution
about
the
information
and,
I
think,
there's
you
know
the
q,
a
there's,
the
information
we
already
have
in
hand.
We
have
the
signs,
but
the
last
thing
I
wanted
to
add
is
we
do
have
a
stockpile
of
ppe,
and
I
had
mentioned
that
over
the
past
few
months
that
we
were
able
to
secure
a
grant
that
that
groton
has
this.
We
have
about
60
to
70
percent
of
what
we're
anticipating
at
this
point
in
time,
things
like
masks,
hand
sanitizer.
H
H
You
can
walk
into
ocean
state
job
lot
right
now
up
close
and
personal
you're
going
to
see
a
an
end
cap
right
in
the
store
they
have
tons
of
masks
the
same
with
a
lot
of
retailers,
so
we're
not
in
short
supply.
However,
we
do
need
to
distribute
we're
moving
into
colder
weather
around
the
corner,
and
I
I
have
we
have
lots
of
masks
and
I
just
float
this.
H
We
would
be
able
to
allow
some
of
the
masks
from
the
stockpile
for
business
use
if
we
were
going
door-to-door
and
I
the
last
thing
the
businesses
want.
Is
the
government
saying
you
know
I'm
here
from
the
government,
I'm
here
to
help
you?
But
if
you
go
in
and
say,
I'm
I'm
giving
you
something
information
paperwork
masks,
even
though
they
may
not
need
them.
I
I
just
float
that
out
there.
In
the
event,
people
are
inclined
to
try
to
walk
in
with
an
olive
branch.
A
Yeah
I
I
appreciate
that
I
I
don't
know
if
it'll
make
it
easier,
but
I
think
it's
nice
to
have
them
in
hand
and
say
hey.
If
you
have
someone
that
doesn't
have
a
mask
when
they
get
here,
you're
gonna
hand
them
a
mask,
so
they
can
come
in
and
use.
You
use
your
establishment
so
just
because
I
think
that's
the
concerns
I've
heard
as
you're
you're
just
but
inadvertently.
A
L
L
L
H
J
Yeah
thanks
pete
doesn't
say
that
we
did
offer
it
up.
We
had
probably
10
businesses
come
in
and
pick
up,
masks
and
hand
sanitizer,
and
we
still
have
a
case
and
a
half
of
masks
left,
so
we're
certainly
happy
to
distribute
to
anyone
who
may
need
them
or
right
downtown.
So
anybody
who
needs
maps
feel
free
and
spread
the
word
that
we
have
them
in
our
office
and
they're
free.
A
A
You
know,
let's
save
a
little
bit
of
cost
on
that,
but
if
we
can
have
lauren
print
up
the
same
way,
we
did
last
time
and
she
can
print
up
the
number
you
need
to
hand
out
with
maybe
some
mass
to
go
along
with
it.
I
think
we
were
doing
five
masks
per
business
last
time
was
that
we
might
maybe
it
was
five
or
six
whatever.
It
was
five.
H
A
You
know
when
they
say
I
don't
like
the
master,
I'm
not
here,
to
determine
whether
you
like
the
mass
mandate
or
not
I'm
here
to,
but
any
of
those
comments
we
can
capture.
So
that's
something
that
you
can
go
to
the
council
or
someone
say
hey.
This
is
the
feedback
we're
getting,
and
I
don't
care
what
it
is.
It
may
be
on
something
completely
different,
but
make
sure
we
use
that
and
and
paige
if
we
can,
I
don't
know,
is
when
we
do
the
sign
if
we
can
put
that
explore
groton.
A
You
know
we're
not
getting
responses
and
it's
very
frustrating
that
we
keep
on
doing
these
things,
but
we're
not
getting
what
we're
looking
for
is
really
to
have
that
list
to
be
able
to
go
out
and
contact
them.
What
we
want
to
have
a
questionnaire
go
out
saying:
what's
on
your
mindset,
we
just
don't
have
a
real
good
comprehensive
list
still,
so
I
would
implore
everyone
to
do
that.
So
if
that
will
make
sense,
everyone.
D
I
appreciate
the
support
of
getting
our
outreach
effort
behind
helping
the
businesses
through
this
we've
still
left
open.
The
one
issue
that
justin
and
I
both
commented
on-
and
it
was
also
in
the
two
letters
that
we
got,
which
is
the
difference
between
the
two
towns
and
whether
there's
anything
that
we
could
or
should
be
doing,
to
try
to
help
the
two
towns
to
work
together
on
approaches.
Rather
than
not
it's
to
have
people
walk
across
the
bridge
or
to
have
businesses
on
either
side
of
the
bridge
competing
with
each
other
using
well.
D
You
should
come
to
me.
No,
you
should
come
to
me
because
you
don't
have
to
wear
a
mask.
I
don't
think
we're
doing
our
businesses
any
favor.
Of
course
I
have
a
health
care
bias,
and
so
you
might
guess
where
my
direction
would
be.
But
that
said,
I
don't
think
the
businesses
are
appreciating
having
different
approaches
by
just
walking
over
a
bridge.
A
A
Unfortunately,
ours
stops
at
the
bridge
it
and
it.
This
is
the
easiest
cure
of
this.
Is
the
governor
comes
out
and
does
a
mandate
across
the
board
and
that's
what
I
hear
the
most
feedback?
Why
do
I
have
to
listen
to
the
town
when
the
governor's
not
doing
it?
I'm
not
here
to
debate
those
things.
This
is
what
it
is.
K
K
B
B
A
Yeah
many
many
towns
have
have
varying
opinions
and,
as
I
said,
I
I
concur,
but
I
just
don't
know
where
we
can
do
what
we
can
do
on
this.
So,
let's
I
would
like
to
go
forward.
Let's
get
the
you
know
the
the
bearish
of
it
is
get
the
signs
out,
get
the
feedback
from
them
collect
the
emails.
So
we
can,
if
there's
a
lot
of
comments
on
it,
they
will
listen,
that's
a
given,
but
that's
what
our
charge
is
so
lauren
will
get
that
out.
A
As
I
said,
I
gave
her
a
little
bit
of
time,
I'm
trying
to
be
nice
to
her,
but
she's
nice
to
us.
So,
but
that's
basically
part
of
my
chair
report
because
that's
been
the
majority
of
stuff
that
I've
been
hearing
across
the
board
when
I
speak
with
businesses
and
all
those
issues
that
come
up
about
how
come
ledgered,
how
come
here,
how
you
know
it's
definitely
out
there,
but
they
they.
We
need
a
place
to
be
able
to
funnel
that
into
the
one.
A
That
really
concerns
me
more
as
a
business
side
is
when
I
have
a
business
owner,
a
gym
owner
and
it's
actually
hurting
his
business
real
time
whether
they're,
you
know
members
saying
I
don't
want
to
to
exercise
or
do
that
with
mass
on
and
he
can
go,
they
can
go
to
the
y
across
the
river.
Now
that's
real!
That's
that's
real
feedback
that
that
I
think
people
need
to
hear
that
that
put
this
forth
so.
B
A
H
All
right,
we've
already
talked
about
the
mandate.
That's
obviously
something
we've
been
trying
to
come
up
to
speed
on
for
the
past
couple
weeks.
There
is
a
long-term
recovery
committee
that
groton
has
and
we
have.
We
have
significant
representation
on
that.
We
meet
I'd,
say
bi-weekly
now
had
a
meeting
last
night
it
what
people
were
pretty
excited
to
have.
H
Basically,
8.6
million
dollars
come
to
groton
in
two
different
halves,
but
finding
out
how
we're
going
to
distribute
to
address
our
needs.
That's
really
been
the
challenge.
We
actually
have
a
process
that
was
put
forward.
Last
night
committee
seems
pretty
favorable
and
conducting
a
needs
assessment
first
and
then
moving
into
what
we
call
buckets
and
priorities
and
allocate
certain
funding
to
each
bucket
and
then
actually
have
projects,
initiatives
submit
applications,
and
the
committee
will
review
those
and
also
the
council
will
do
the
allocation
later
on.
H
You
know
what
the
majority
of
the
people
think
and
hopefully
that'll
help
us
with
future
projects
and
also
in
setting
policy
moving
forward
shoreline
menus.
We
were
advised.
I
know,
lauren
post
has
been
in
touch
with
them.
Apparently
there'll
be
a
meeting
on
september
13th.
Hopefully
they
can
launch
this
delivery
service
in
groton.
Shortly
previously
mentioned
about
gr,
groton
housing
studies,
we
envision
sometime
in
october,
having
a
public
meeting
at
which
many
boards
and
commissions
would
be
invited.
H
People
can
learn
about
the
incredible
demand
for
housing,
we're
down
to
these
days,
three
percent
vacancy
rates
with
our
apartments,
which
is
extremely
low,
which
is
driving
a
price
escalations
for
basically
inferior
product
and,
at
the
same
time,
that
we're
having
ramp
ups
with
eb
and
pfizer.
We've
definitely
heard
from
pfizer
directly
that
they're
having
a
real
problem
that
their
workforce
is
really
challenged
in
getting
here
in
a
timely
way
in
finding
housing
that
is
needed
by
them.
H
So
we're
somewhat
in
a
holding
pattern:
groton
heights
there
was
a
presentation
to
the
cow
on
august,
24th
from
rich,
high
and
and
and
also
me
and
other
staff,
looks
like
we're
getting
that
project
closer
to
the
finish
line
with
land
agreements
seeley's
school.
We
have
a
site
plan
in
hand,
that's
being
reviewed.
I
believe
the
time
frame
on
that
for
construction
is
later
this
year,
probably
winter
time,
colonel
led
your
school
redevelopment,
inspections
are
being
done
by
the
developer,
he's
definitely
eager
to
advance
that.
C
I
C
Sorry
about
that
with
a
tropical
storm
on
sunday
we
did
pretty
good
throughout
the
storm,
but
we
did
lose
about
30
percent
of
our
customer
base,
but
we
had
them
all
back
up
and
running
by
midnight
or
so
and
last
night
we
lost
some
customers
as
well
with
the
right
with
the
heavy
rain
and
some
wind,
but
we
reached
full
restoration
by
around
9
30
in
the
morning
today.
So
that's
that's
all.
I
have
thank.
O
They
also
approved
the
sale
of
the
purchase
and
sale
agreement
for
wolf,
brook
properties,
which
is
on
ledger
or
no
enclosure
road,
and
then
there
was
a
lot
of
concern.
The
last
time
that
town
property
sales
came
to
the
rtm,
and
so
there
was
an
approval
of
a
new
rule
that
stated
that
the
rtm
shall
not
decide
on
the
sale
of
town
owned
property
without
the
knowledge
of
the
appraised,
value
preferred
and
allowed
use
and
probable
sale
price.
P
The
the
city
economic
development
commission
has
a
couple
of
community
engagement
events
coming
up
the
first
on
the
21st
of
september
at
thames
view
park.
If
you're
not
familiar
with
that,
it's
formerly
known
as
the
lower
costa
property
or
the
upper
cost
of
property.
I
think
the
event
is
going
to
be
on
the
upper
half
above
the
road.
P
P
You
know
formally
for
the
future,
but
they're
going
to
dress
it
up
in
a
certain
way.
That'll
make
you
think
differently
about
that
park,
but
differently
about
how
it
could
be
used.
So
if
you
happen
to
drive
by
on
the
22nd
of
october
you're
going
to
go
what
is
going
on
at
this
park
and
are,
is
the
city
going
to
leave
it
that
way?
That's
that's
wild.
P
O
Good
stuff,
yes,
thank
you
on
to
that.
I'm
going
to
tag
on
to
that.
The
city
just
recently
accepted
a
grant
from
the
state
that
will
do
an
ada
compliance
of
that
park.
If
anybody's
been
down
there,
it's
very
steep
to
get
down
and
it
they
also
accepted
a
grant
for
an
eight
slip
dock
as
well
as
a
ada
compliant
kayak
launch.
So
there
is
some
some
work
being
done
on
that
park.
A
That's
that's
great
news.
I'll
tell
you.
I've
always
said
theme
street's,
a
diamond
in
the
rough
when
we
just
get
the
right
people
behind
it
to
move
it,
you
start
with
one
little
one
little
acorn
and
let
it
spread
off
from
there.
I
I've
actually
sent
a
lot
of
people
looking
for
homes
to
the
groton
city
area.
Because
of
that
saying,
hey
don't
be
surprised
so
good
for
you
guys
anything
we'd
ever
do
to
help.
Also
jason,
please
you
know
bring
it
forward
to
us.
A
N
Stay
right,
hi,
everybody
I
did
send
in
a
written
report.
I
didn't
see
it
in
the
in
the
in
the
email-
I
don't
know
if
it
got
sent
out
or
or
what,
but
one
did
get
sent
in
there
on
monday.
So
maybe
it
needs
to
get
sent
out
again
or
something
on
the
floor
and
got
it,
but
just
a
couple
of
quick
updates.
We
had
our
pre-construction
meeting
on
when
was
it
monday,
tuesday,
on
the
the
water
taxi
dock?
So
that's
that's
moving
forward
and
construction
should
start.
N
I
think
they
said
november
time
frame
give
or
take,
and
it
should
be
done.
You
know
by
springtime,
so
that's
exciting
that
all
the
ducks
have
gotten
in
a
row
on
that
that
project.
So
that's
great,
the
nautilus
is
going
to
be
going
into
the
dry
dock
about
the
same
time.
So
it's
actually
perfect
timings.
They
won't
be
in
each
other's
way.
So
that's
great
there's
going
to
be
an
event
to
kind
of
shove
off
the
nautilus
to
to
its
it's.
N
N
Let's
see
we
have
currently,
you
may
have
seen
it
in
the
news
but
kind
of
a
neat
thing.
We
have
the
french
submarine
amethyst
at
the
base
right
now
at
docked
at
the
pier
and
their
crew,
and
a
lot
of
the
crews
from
from
our
our
boats
are
having
a
lot
of
interesting
interactions.
They
had
a
soccer
game
and
they're
going
do
some
trips
and
some
other
things.
N
So
that's
kind
of
neat
to
see
the
french
submarine
on
our
on
our
shore
front
and,
I
guess
other
than
the
stuff
I've
written.
The
other
thing
I'll
just
mention
quickly
is:
is
these
igsas
they're
working
on
these
intergovernmental
service
agreements,
something
I've
been
working?
A
lot
on
recently
adam
had
started
this
before
I
came,
but
we're
we're
moving
forward
on
a
few
and
just
to
report
we're
actually
gonna
be
working
with
groton.
Hopefully,
I've
been
working
with
great
greg
hanover.
N
Your
town
is
kind
of
unique
in
that
you
do
a
lot
of
your
own,
paving,
which
is
not
common
most
of
the
time
it's
always
subbed
out.
So
we
might,
we
might
be
able
to
utilize
you
to
do
some
paving
on
on
the
base
and
also
you
have
a
sign
shop.
Make
you
know
signs,
stop
signs,
yield
signs
all
kinds
of
signs,
so
you
might
use.
You
will
use
your
services
for
that.
N
It's
an
interesting
program
where
this,
the
navy
can
can
contract
with
local
communities
to
help
provide
services
or
materials
to
the
base,
and
they
can
go
the
other
way
too.
We
can
also
provide
services
and
materials
back
out
to
help
the
town,
so
it's
great
for
both
it's
easier
for
us
to
purchase
things
that
way,
we
don't
have
to
go
through
the
whole
normal
purchasing
agreement
purchasing,
you
know
doing
bids
and
all
that
it's
it's
it's
good
for
you,
because
you
can.
N
You
can
get
some
revenue
and
keep
the
guys
busy,
maybe
when
they're
not
so
busy
or
something
like
that,
so
there's
a
lot
of
good
good.
You
know
advantages
both
ways:
we're
also
working
with
with
or
looking
to
work
with
ground
utilities
as
well.
To
do
some.
You
know
hydrant
testing,
some
water
testing,
maybe
some
repair
work
and
something
else
there
which
escaped
my
mind
but
but
some
different
different
projects
there
so
and
we're
looking
at
some
other
partnerships
as
well.
N
B
B
B
I
want
to
pick
him
back
on
what
aaron
got
interrupted
about
ground
utilities,
so
on
september,
12th
groton
utilities
is
sponsoring
a
brew.
A
city
grant
city
brew
run,
and
maybe
you
could
convey
that
to
the
base
as
well,
if
any
of
them
are
interested
to
participate.
On
this
event,
I
know
bill
is
waiting
to
have
a
session
with
the
brew,
and
maybe
jason
would
like
to
do
the
run
as
well.
N
N
To
round
people
up
for
that
for
this,
but
in
the
future
I
mean
I
can
try,
but
in
the
future,
if
you
need
help
for
an
event
like
that,
you
know,
let
me
know,
and
I
can
get
that
forwarded
over
to
the
proper
channels
because
the
you
know,
sometimes
the
sailors
want
something
to
do
on
the
weekend
and
they
often
do
get
involved
in
different
community
events.
So
thank
you,
yeah.
Thank
you.
D
Yeah,
I
have
a
sufficiently
strong
belief
that
the
two
towns
should
be
working
together
that
since
we
left
it,
I
think
that
there
was
nothing
we
could
do.
I
will
probably
take
it
on
personally
to
see
if
I
can
do
something
to
prompt
people
in
discussion.
George,
if
there's
a
way
to
tell
me
what
the
c-cod
connection
is
that
I
could
use
to
do
that.
I'd
appreciate
it.
I
will
not
do
it.
A
Yeah-
and
I
I
concur
with
that
craig
and
I
would
encourage
you
as
a
non-edc,
but
I
guess
it's
not-
that
we're
powerless
is
that
my
job
is
to
give
all
that
feedback
to
our
town
leaders
to
say
you
should
be
doing
this
because
you're
right
it,
it
doesn't
make
sense
when
it
comes
to
other
issues,
not
other
than
mandates,
I'm
all
for
reaching
out
across
the
river
and
working
as
one,
because
mystic
is
a
village
that
we're
all
kind
of
part
of.
So
I
agree
completely.
N
N
But
one
thing
they've
done
here
in
the
past:
they've
had
a
break
a
business
breakfast
and
they
have
it
early
in
the
morning
and
and
they
have
it
at
one
of
the
local
restaurants
and
they
open
it
up.
You
know,
obviously,
for
all
the
business
owners
to
come
and
they
get
they
used
to
get
a
fairly
good
turnout
and
what
they
would
have
is
is
each
of
these
breakfasts.
N
You
know
the
town
would
say
a
few
few
words,
but
they
would
have
a
guest
come
in,
like
maybe
an
accountant
or
a
lawyer,
and
talk
about
some
new.
You
know
new
laws
or
new
mandates
or
new
tax
issues
or
whatever,
and
it
was
it
was
pretty
popular,
so
I'm
just
throwing
it
out
there.
I
know
you
were
talking
about
ways
to
try
and
get
some
more
interaction
with
your
business
community.
That
might
be
an
idea
and
the
morning
seemed
to
work
best
because
most
of
the
business
owners
could
escape.
L
N
H
Couple
comments,
I
guess
I'll
add
to
what
steven
just
said:
gba
used
to
do
that
often-
and
I
I
have
had
some
side
conversations
with
bruce
and
I
I
hope
that
someday
we
can
get
back
to
having
some
morning
breakfasts
with
groton
businesses,
because
it
actually
did
go
a
long
way.
My
second
comment
back
to
the
nautilus
dock
I've
mentioned
in
the
past,
but
it's
taken
a
while
sam
was
the
one
that
actually
wrote
that
grant
proposal
on
behalf
of
the
town
did
the
heavy
lift
for
about
735
dollars.