Join the RTE Effort

Our Selectboard must hear your voice in support of the Residential Tax Exemption! They are the ultimate deciders, and your opinion counts.

Join our advocacy efforts and spread the word!

• Attend town board meetings in person or remotely, when RTE is on the agenda. Find the town calendar here

• Write letters to the editor of our local papers: The Berkshire Edge, Berkshire Eagle and The Newsletter.

• Write letters to your town leaders

• Talk with your neighbors and share this website with them. 

• If you have second-home neighbors, have a conversation about the Residential Tax Exemption with them.

• Attend our Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Monument Mountain Regional High School to vote in favor of the RTE.

Town Meeting Warrant Questions

 Article __:  Appropriate Funds for Implementation of Residential Exemption

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $75,000 from Free Cash for administrative or other expenses related to or arising from the implementation and administration of the residential exemption, in the event that the Select Board votes to adopt the residential exemption at its next annual tax classification hearing, or take any other action relative thereto.

Article __: Residential Exemption – Advisory Vote

To see if the Town will vote to adopt an advisory resolution expressing the sense of Town Meeting that the Select Board should vote to implement the residential exemption at the highest level the Select Board determines financially prudent at its next annual tax classification hearing; or to take any other action relative thereto.