Business View Civil & Municipal l November 2022

197 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 The Town of Sandwich also owns two of the buildings in the district, including the town hall, an 1830’s structure that underwent rehabilitation in 2010, and an old school house, previously used by the children of glass factory workers. “It is called Sand Hill School and the town renovated it about six years ago. We have a lot of our regulatory meetings, and our board meetings are in there now. It is pretty neat because the Historical Society hung up photos from when the school was active,” he says. Another restoration project underway in the community is the rebuilding of a boardwalk, which was once a mode of transport for goods between the beach and the glass factory, and is now a meaningful part of Sandwich’s landscape, taking people over marshlands onto the beach. “The boardwalk has been battered about and unfortunately, in recent years, it’s taken some serious hits,” says Vitacco. Mentioning that it was the early 90’s the last time this boardwalk was rebuilt, he shares how the community had a SANDWI CH MASSACHUSETTS