CONWAY — Selectmen on Tuesday gave general conditional support to a consultant to apply for two grants for a proposed wood chip-powered energy plant to supply the needs of the planned Ridgeline Retirement Community and mixed commercial development project in Redstone.
Selectmen took that vote in support of the two grant requests with the condition that the project still needs to come before the planning board later this year.
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