Town of Sutton

Pillsbury Memorial Hall

93 Main Street Sutton Mills, NH 03221

To: Sutton Residents

From: The Select Board

Subject: Status of Camp Wabasso

Date: September 3^rd, 2024

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Dear Sutton residents,

The Select Board is excited to report that an anonymous donor has submitted a proposal to the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts offering to purchase all the Camp Wabasso properties and then donate them to the Town of Sutton with the understanding that the Town will pursue uses focused on protecting the Wabasso properties from future development. This generous offer includes a commitment to provide a substantial endowment to enable the Town to work with community partners to develop a range of uses for these properties, while also ensuring that most of the Wabasso properties will be conserved and protected as open space forever. It is our goal to provide educational and recreational activities and programs designed to engage residents of all ages, including camp-like experiences for school-age children.

Between now and the time that you will be asked to vote at our March 2025 Town Meeting to accept this gift of real property, we will be working with the donor’s representative and PlanNH to engage residents of Sutton, and a broad range of interested non-profits, including local youth groups and land preservation organizations, to develop a plan for the use of these properties.

We appreciate the community’s keen interest in the Wabasso properties, as well as the broad range of hopes and ideas that you and members of our broader community have regarding their future use. That is why we are committed to engaging the public in a thorough and transparent public process to inform the public on this incredible opportunity and establish a plan that provides the best the possible outcomes for our Town, our residents, and the region.

We look forward to working with you in our efforts to make the Camp Wabasso properties a place that we can all enjoy. We hope that you will participate in those efforts by attending and providing your input when we meet to discuss our path forward.

SUTTON SELECT BOARD