A George H.W. Bush statue behind Greenwich Town Hall won unanimous backing from the town's Cultural Arts Advisory Committee.

The statue would stand in the courtyard overlooking Havemeyer Field and Greenwich Common, according to the Greenwich Sentinel. The proposal still requires review by the Historic District Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission. Town officials plan to bring the proposal back to the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) in October.

The endorsement matters. It addresses one of the central objections that led the RTM to reject the statue's first proposal. On June 15, the body voted 110-81, with five abstentions, against accepting a gift of the statue at the Havemeyer Building off Greenwich Avenue. Several RTM members argued the town's public art review process had been skipped because the Cultural Arts Advisory Committee had never convened to weigh in.

RTM District 8 chair Cheryl Moss said at the June 15 meeting that the committee review "is not a formality. It is a safeguard designed to ensure that gifts of public art serve the community well and are placed thoughtfully," Greenwich Free Press reported.

First Selectman Fred Camillo pivoted quickly after the rejection. At the June 25 Board of Selectmen meeting, he said he was receiving positive feedback about moving the statue to a new location, including from RTM members, Patch reported.

The statue is a gift from Greenwich resident and former state Sen. L. Scott Frantz. It is valued at $100,000 and includes a $10,000 maintenance fund. Because the gift exceeds $50,000, the RTM must approve it.

Bush spent the first 18 years of his life in Greenwich. He attended Greenwich Country Day School and met his wife Barbara Pierce at a Christmas dance at the Round Hill Club. His father, Prescott Bush, served as a U.S. senator from Connecticut. Bush went on to serve as CIA director, U.N. ambassador and vice president before winning the presidency in 1988.

Before the October RTM vote, the proposal still needs review by the Historic District Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Historic District Commission first reviewed an earlier version of the proposal in February 2025, when the statue was planned for a site near the historic post office building on Greenwich Avenue. The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the original Havemeyer Building location in December 2025, but the new courtyard site will require a fresh review.

No specific October meeting date has been announced for the RTM vote.