News Flash

A quick look at the latest news and updates from the Town of Provincetown.

Week of September 25, 2023:

• Special Town Meeting Warrant now available ahead of Special Town Meeting on Monday, October 23, 2023.
• Check your voter registration and/or register to vote by October 13, 2023 to be eligible to vote at Special Town Meeting.
• UMass Donahue Short-Term Rental Study & Report now available.
• Provincetown Health Department and Board of Health support residents through contracted services with specialized providers.
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) Virus found in mosquito sample in Provincetown on September 21. Follow-up sampling on September 26 found no viruses.
• FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) & Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4.

More details on the above - and more - can be found in the most recent Select Board Agenda Packet and Town Manager Report to the Select Board.

Have questions? Contact info@provincetown-ma.gov and staff will get back to you.

Week of August 28, 2023:

• Select Board votes to raise Residential Tax Exemption to 35% (from 25%).
• Town swears in six new, full-time members of the Provincetown Fire Department, bringing the Town to 14 full-time Fire/EMS staff as of September 1, 2023.
• 2023 Annual Traffic Hearing scheduled for Monday, November 6, 2023. Traffic Hearing proposals due by Wednesday, September 27, 2023.
• Town Manager's Housing Advisory Group held its first meeting on August 29, 2023 to discuss potential housing-related Articles for Special Town Meeting including short-term rental regulations, a fractional ownership ban, and others.
• Town Clerk to provide training to assist members of appointed Town boards, committees, and commissions to easily understand the variety of laws, procedures and traditions in participating in municipal government. 
• Joint Housing Workshop between the Select Board, Community Housing Council, Planning Board, and Year Round Market Rate Rental Housing Trust to be held on Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Judge Welsh Room at Town Hall.
• Special Town Meeting scheduled for Monday, October 23, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at Town Hall to act on Articles related to the purchase of 22/22R and 24 Nelson Ave., as well as other items. 

More details on the above - and more - can be found in the most recent Select Board Agenda Packet and Town Manager Report to the Select Board.

Have questions? Contact info@provincetown-ma.gov and staff will get back to you.

Week of July 24, 2023:

• Provincetown Airport to begin charging Landing Fees for some aircraft 4,500lbs and above beginning August 1, 2023.
• Town to begin transition to electronic vote tabulating for elections in Provincetown.
• DEI Office conducted a Sociodemographic Survey of Town Staff and Board/Committee members and presented results to the Select Board.
• Town Manager to appoint a seven-member Housing Advisory Group to begin working on short-term rental regulations as well as other ideas to support and expand year-round housing.
• Select Board voted to award the sale of properties located at 26 Shank Painter Road and 15 Brown Street to ESP LLC for the development of year-round, deed-restricted rental housing.
• Select Board voted to enter into Purchase and Sale agreements for properties at 22/22R Nelson Avenue and 24 Nelson Avenue.
• Select Board in the process of calling a Special Town Meeting on October 23, 2023 to act on Articles related to the purchase of 22/22R and 24 Nelson Ave., as well as other items. 

More details on the above - and more - can be found in the most recent Select Board Agenda Packet and Town Manager Report to the Select Board.

Have questions? Contact info@provincetown-ma.gov and staff will get back to you.

Related Links:

• Town Manager Reports
• Select Board Agendas & Minutes
• Town News