The Recreation Commission is proposing a new, synthetic turf field be built at the Loker Conservation and Recreation Area, the old Dow Chemical site on Route 30 in Cochituate. The Commission will be asking Special Town Meeting, in November, to approve $154,000 in design funds. In the first segment of our program, Recreation Commission Chair, Asa Foster, and Vice-Chair Brud Wright will walk us through their proposal for the new field, tell us why they think it’s so important, and respond to concerns that have been raised about it. In the second segment, we’ll talk to Tom Maglione. He’s a long-time Wayland resident and one of the local residents who opposed the expansion of Dow Chemical on the site back in 1988, helped get the 1-A level chemical waste site cleaned up, and supported the town’s purchase of the land to create the current conservation and recreation area. He’s one of a number of local residents today opposed to plans for the new field.

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