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Maggie Peard is Lexington’s new Sustainability Director joined us by telephone. She will be full time in June. Mike asked about more EV chargers in the Center lots and Richard inquired about Center focused sustainability efforts, including reducing driving. Mike noted that the Sustainability Committee was looking into reusable takeout containers and other packaging concepts. Jerry noted that certain single use bags are banned and urged the consideration of how to deal with cardboard and paper waste. The Committee declined to pursue a discussion mixed use and greater height in the Center without someone from the Planning Board. Eight (!) new businesses are coming into the Center. Among them, a high end Sake bar in the old Taco/Crepe Place, Fiorella’s Restaurant on Waltham Street, Refill store (Center Goods) opening soon in old Omar’s space. Stretch Med is finally opening. Enterprise Bank in the Private Bank space. Jerry suggested pop up stores in the old Starbucks location. Two big spaces are still open – Bulpan and Sanyo. Conte Bikes is going into the Panera Space. Liquor store going into Catch a Falling Star location. (New) Crafty Yankee is doing well. Inspire Bowl (smoothies) going into the old Hair Cuttery space. LABBB is having a BBQ and beer festival in the Depot Parking Lot on May 14th. This is also Earth Day in Lexington. Casey and Sandhya presented the EDD’s new business toolkit on the EDD webpages. Doug noted that just getting a sign is a painful process. Four different entities must weigh in. Sandhya is working on streamlining this process. Fred suggested that we reach out to the Lexington Times and the Lexington Observer to get this good news out.