Tyngsborough Commission on Disability Receives $17,500 Sidewalk Mapping Grant, Eyes Door Funding

Commission on Disability · Meeting of January 12, 2026

Tyngsborough's Commission on Disability received a $17,500 state planning grant and weighed a $3,370 quote for automatic door openers at the Center for Active Living. Select Board's Office staff member Sean Walsh told the commission at its January 12 meeting that the Massachusetts Office on Disability had approved the planning grant, which will fund digital mapping of the town's sidewalks and rights-of-way into its GIS system, with work required to be complete by mid-June 2026. Walsh said automatic door openers for the Center for Active Living vestibule would cost between $3,100 and $3,600, but noted the town faces a projected $2 million fiscal year 2027 deficit with no current budget line for the project; he identified an AARP Community Challenge Grant with a March 4, 2026, deadline as a potential funding vehicle.

The commission also reviewed a draft public outreach brochure modeled on similar materials from other Massachusetts communities, distributed approximately 200 brochures received from the Mass Office on Disability to town hall and other locations, and set an annual report contribution deadline of February 19.

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Source: the Commission on Disability meeting of January 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.