Know Your Vote – Monday, April 29 at 7:00 PM

eHop will hold its 12th Annual Know Your Vote forum on Monday, April 29 at 7:00-8:30 pm.  This will be an in-person forum at HCAM TV Studios (77 Main St, Lower Level). It will be broadcast live on HCAM-TV and YouTube. This is a unique opportunity to get the answers you need from town officials before Town Meeting.  This year, Town Meeting will vote on an FY2025 operating budget with a projected net tax impact of 2.35% as well as many other issues and projects including:

• Zoning Change: MBTA Communities Zoning Bylaw & MBTA Communities Multi-Family Overlay District
• Hopkins School Addition & Renovation
• Adopt the Specialized Energy Code
• Municipal Parking
• Home Rule Petition – Senior Tax Exemptions, School Building Projects
• Community Preservation: Restoration of the Historical Society Building
• Zoning Change: 1 Colonial Ave., 81 Hayden Rowe, 83 Hayden Rowe (Citizens Petition)
• General Bylaw Amendment – Membership Requirements for Certain Committees
• General Bylaw Amendment – Non-Voter Participation at Town Meeting
• Establish Government Study Committee (Citizens Petition)

Residents are encouraged to watch live on HCAM-TV (Comcast 8/ Verizon 30) and on HCAM’s YouTube channel. Residents are encouraged to submit questions during the forum via email (knowyourvote@ehop.org) and via Facebook (@ehop01748). Residents may also submit their questions via email prior to the event. The show will be recorded and available for viewing after the event.

Stay tuned… Over the next weeks eHop will be sharing information about many of the articles that are up for a vote.  For more information please visit our website, ehop.org/town-meeting.  

eHop (www.ehop.org) is a Hopkinton based nonprofit whose mission is to provide timely and factual information about key town matters with the goal of increasing government transparency and fostering civic engagement.  Know Your Vote is being held in collaboration with the Town of Hopkinton.