Warren could buy the former National Guard building on Market Street by matching a $610,000 auction bid. Officials said the town’s 30-day window is expected to open after a state board meets Nov. 24. The new council, set to be sworn in next month, would make the call. Ideas discussed included selling the Main Street building that houses Head Start, possibly to the program’s operator for housing and the program, and eventually selling the Miller Street rescue station. Officials said a $2 million grant is a reimbursement for a rescue station, not cash in hand. No vote was taken.
Warren, R.I. — Warren’s incoming Town Council will have to decide quickly whether to match a $610,000 auction bid for the former Rhode Island National Guard building on Market Street. Town officials said Tuesday night that the town’s 30-day window to buy it is expected to open after a state board meets Nov. 24, according to the Warren Town Council’s published meeting recording.
No vote was taken. The item was listed as an update on the status of the sale and next steps. Most of the discussion focused on how the town might pay for the property and what it could become, including selling other town-owned buildings…