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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.
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