Harvard’s town website lists 20 appointed and 14 elected offices, boards, and committees that, together, function as the executive branch of town government. But it is the members of the Board of Selectmen who set strategic direction for the town, and last fall the current board—absent recently-elected Marie Sobalvarro—set 12 major goals for 2010 to guide its own deliberations as well as those of other town groups.

The BOS Scorecard, which the Press introduced in February, is our effort to help readers keep track of the selectmen’s progress.
This month, we’ve reorganized the scorecard to better reflect the priorities of the BOS. While improving town center parking and pedestrian walkways are important goals, for example, a solution is not possible without a plan for reuse of municipal building. The reorganized scorecard now reflects that reality.

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