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"Empowering residents, businesses and government to make Mansfield a greener, cleaner place to live, work and
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KEEP MANSFIELD BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes/Notes
Meeting Date: 13 January 2026 @ 7:00 p.m.
Location: Room 3A/B-Mansfield Town Hall
Attendees: Jeff Ward (Chair), Kelly Kemp, Kara DesRoche, Pat Colbert, Danielle Dupree, Ana Newell,
Tobey Ludlow, Mike Healy prior committee member, Janice Wivagg, Neil Rhein
Absent: Martha O'Connell
Welcome & Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m.
Motions made to accept minutes from the KMB meeting of I November 2025 were approved by
KMB members in attendance.
Meeting Conversation Notes
Nancy Wall Memorial
• A bench and tree planting in Nancy's memory were approved for a North Common site.
• Town of Mansfield will install a bench placement pad and the bench for KMB.
• A dedication ceremony will be planned — date TBD.
• Ian Gaudreau, muralist, will be asked if he is interested in painting a flower barrel on the
mural as a reminder of Nancy's involvement with the flower barrel program.
Mike Healey's Award Presentation
• Pat Colbert said she will attend Mike's Community Service Award presentation at the February
Select Board meeting.
• Janice Viagg proposed giving Mike a truck planter as a gift from KMB for the many years he's
assisted with the flower barrel program.
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Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Newsletter
Neil Rhein distributed the latest copy of the newsletter to the committee members and encouraged them
to subscribe.
Jeff Ward - Community Engagement, Supply Inventory and KMB Website Updates
• Jeff Ward led a discussion to generate ideas of how the committee can encourage more
community engagement for KMB.
• Jeff also mentioned the committee needs to do an inventory of supplies at the Fruit Street storage
facility as activities to support Spring programs will be starting soon
• All committee members are encouraged to contribute to help keep the KMB website updated.
Great American Mansfield Clean Up Event
• Date for the annual Spring cleanup event — Saturday, 25 April 2026
• Committee members agreed that all future Spring cleanup events will be held on the last Saturday
of April.
• Suggestion was made to get the future dates included in the annual town calendar.
Trees / "Community Roots" Program
Mansfield residents or business owners will be asked to submit a summary of where they will be planting
the trees; if many people are interested in participating in the program, the committee members will vote
and select the "winners" of the trees based on their submissions.
"We Noticed" Program
• Mansfield Shredding will receive the award for 2025.
• Kara DesRoche will set a date to present the business with the award —date TBD.
Adopt -a -Street Program
Danielle Dupre updated the list of participants on the website.
Conversation About Environmental Initiatives, Waste Reduction and Sustainability
• Committee members are teaming up with MHS student, Liv Robinson, and another student from
the Environmental Club at MHS. Students will be attending the KMB February meeting to create
a collaboration plan
• Neil Rhein pointed out there is no place to recycle bottles/cans at MHS football games.
• Black Earth Compost - Can KMB encourage more people in town to sign up with this program?
If more people participate, the cost will decrease for residents.
• Simply Recycling Program — There is an easy form to sign-up on the town website. Many
residents don't know this is an option.
• Green SWORD (School Waste Reduction and Diversion) — This group that goes into schools and
teaches staff and students. Neil Rhein offered to do a presentation for students at Mansfield
schools about Waste Reduction, Recycling, Community Greening, Sustainability.
Meeting Adjournment
Meeting Adjourned: 8:02 p.m.
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