<div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon Patti:<div><br></div><div>Greenfield is interested in getting a copy of your postcard in Word format. Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Eric</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM Patricia Kelleher via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6748241812168083934">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Salem also switched to postcards several years ago and I would highly recommend this option. Let me know if you would like me to send an example of a postcard in Word format.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Patti<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Patti Kelleher</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">98 Washington St., 2nd Floor | Salem, MA 01970<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">978-619-5685 |
<a href="mailto:pkelleher@salem.com" target="_blank">pkelleher@salem.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.salem.com/" target="_blank">www.salem.com</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Postcards for Public Hearing Notices<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_6748241812168083934xmsonormal">Hi Chris,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_6748241812168083934xmsonormal">When I worked in Wellesley they were using postcards. I believe Newton does as well. And Brookline recently switched to postcards too. Probably a lot of other communities but those are off the top of my head. I can’t recommend it enough
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<p class="m_6748241812168083934xmsonormal">Hi Planners – do any municipalities out there use postcards, rather than mailed letters, to notify abutters of Public Hearings?
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