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Community Preservation

Preserving our Community: CPA funds at work

Community Preservation Act - Applications for Funding - February 4, 2008 Deadline:The Community Preservation Committee is seeking funding proposals for projects that meet Community Housing and/or Historic Preservation goals. Deadline for Proposals is Monday, February 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm for consideration at the April 2008 Town Meeting. Read the CPC plan, funding guidelines, and application form. See Request for Proposals Public Notice.

April 2005 Town Meeting approves CPA funded projects. The April 4, 2005 Town Meeting approved $1.9-million in CPA funds for the community housing component of the Cape End Manor Care Campus; $750,000 towards the purchase of wellhead protection property adjacent to the South Hollow Wellfield in Truro; and $75,000 towards the historic preservation of Provincetown Town Hall.

Community Preservation Act adopted

MGL C.44B: Voters at Provincetown's May 4, 2004 Annual Town Election adopted the Community Preservation Act by a vote of 636 to 456. By vote of the April 7, 2004 Special Town Meeting, 80% of CPA funds will be used for community housing. Read more.

Community Preservation Committee By-law approved by Attorney General. On July 6, 2004, the Attorney General approved the Voters at the April 7, 2004 Special Town Meeting approved the Community Preservation Committee by-law passed by the April 7, 2004 Special Town Meeting. Importantly, the Attorney General left intact Provincetown's requirement that 80% of CPA funds be used for housing. As such, we are the first community in the Commonwealth to have established this requirement. The by-law took effect on July 22, 2004.

Learn more about the Community Preservation Act from the Community Preservation Coalition and the Commonwealth's Community Preservation Initiative.

Read a report and financial projections for Provincetown prepared by the. Town Manager.

 

MGL Chapter 44B The Community Preservation Act
Community Preservation Act Brochure, 2/28/2003
Mass. EOEA Community Preservation Act Homepage
Community Preservation Coalition