Planning continues in Newtown on how to pay for the proposed Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial.  Last year, the commission selected designers Daniel Affleck and Ben Waldo’s project.  As designed it would cost about $11 million. 

The Newtown Capital Improvement Plan only included $4 million for a memorial.  SWA Group then presented three revised options, ranging from $3.3 million to $5 million.  But the Commission decided to look for outside funding so the original design could be carried out. 

First Selectman Dan Rosenthal said recently that he is in the beginning stages of talking with a fundraising firm recommended by the designers.  If in the end the commission decides to recommend a scaled-back design to town officials, it could go to an April referendum. 

The next Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission meeting is scheduled for September 12th at 7pm in the Municipal Center.