01/27/2026
Gilmanton voters who care about land conservation, please attend the Deliberative Session that will be held at the Gilmanton School this Saturday, January 31 at 10 AM.
There is a proposed warrant article that would, in essence, defund the Gilmanton Conservation Commission (the GCC) by taking away the 50% of the Land Use Change Tax (LUCT) which is now allocated to the GCC. * The LUCT is paid by land owners when they take their property out of Current Use, usually for the purposes of developing it.
In 2024, when the Gilmanton Land Trust had the opportunity to conserve the Kelley farm land on Rollins Pond (in the photos below), one key factor enabling us to accomplish this was the contribution of the Town, via the GCC , to pay for the “soft costs”- including the survey and title search. The GCC was only able to do that due to funds collected from the LUCT. This change would greatly hamper future conservation work in our town. Please help us vote to amend this article at the meeting on Saturday.
*Towns surrounding us all contribute either 50% or 100% of that change tax to their conservation work.
