[Massplanners] Childcare at Public Meetings

[Jeffrey Bagg]

We've recently held two community meetings for our Main Street re-design
project in the past 6 months and I coordinated with the High School.  They
provided in both cases several Honor Society students who came to provide
the childcare service.  We also offered rides to and from the event via our
Senior Center shuttle bus.  We included this information on all our
outreach efforts.

The first meeting had about 100 people who attended in person (about 25
online) and the second meeting was about 30 people in person.
Unfortunately, we had no kids utilize the service and no one requested a
ride.

Jeff Bagg
Planning Director
Easthampton, MA
50 Payson Ave
413-529-1406
jbagg at easthamptonma.gov



On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 11:47 AM Anne Capra via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Dear Planners,
> Wondering if any of you municipal planners have been able to offer
> childcare at a community meeting that was hosted by the municipality?
> Typically we have only been able to do this if partnered with a group that
> offers something like that already such as a neighborhood organization.
> Wondering about liability issues etc. if the municipality is the meeting
> host and how we could provide someone to watch the children of attendees
> for two hours. Childcare is often cited as a strategy for broadening
> participation in community events but I haven't seen any municipalities
> offer this due to these complicating factors.
> Thanks,
> Anne
>
> --
> Anne Capra, AICP
> Director, Planning & Conservation
> Town of South Hadley
> 116 Main Street | South Hadley, MA 01075
> (413) 538-5017 x6128
> acapra at southhadleyma.gov
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