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The Community
Preservation Coalition
Our mission is to help communities
understand, adopt, and implement the
Community Preservation Act
www.communitypreservation.org
617-367-8998
The Community Preservation
Coalition
The Community
Preservation Coalition
• Technical assistance hotline (617-367-8998)
• Website
• Email Newsletter (you’re all signed up!)
• CPA Legislative watchdog
• Strategy for future CPA amendments
• Regional CPA conferences
• CPA public relations & promotion
We are now a membership based organization
* Note: Figures for FY2006 are not complete
CPA Trends
Adoption
Small communities, western Massachusetts, 3%
Larger communities, 1%
More adoption assistance available
Projects
Mixed use more popular
Recreation/housing growing
Increasingly important source for open space &
historic funding
Existing Communities
Surcharge reduction pressure in some areas
Other communities increasing surcharge
CPA Trends
National attention
Maturing as a program/increased networking
Community Preservation Committee paid
administrative positions
Funding for non-municipal projects
Local promotion of CPA initiatives (signs, etc)
CPA Trends
Leverage other funds!
Town
Project
CPA $
Other $
Peabody
Rail-trail
$162,000
$1.36 million federal
grant
Bedford
Archeological survey
$10,000
$15,000 from MHC
Easthampton Restore Town Hall
$50,000
$50,000 from MHC
Newton
Elderly housing
$850,000
$3.167 million from HUD
Grafton
Hassanamesitt Village
– open space/historic
preservation
$250,000
$1.85 million from state,
federal and private
sources
Hampden
166 acres open space
$100,000
$400,00 from state and
private sources
2007 Legislative Efforts
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Address state match decline
Clarify recreation language
Allowance to hold deed restrictions
Administrative funds for first year start-up
costs
• Technical changes for city form of government
• Small technical corrections
• Testify on CPA bills filed by others
CPA Resources
Coalition Website:
www.communitypreservation.org
Mass. DOR Implementation Guidelines:
Agenda for our conference
• 10:15-11:45am:
Morning Workshops
• 12:00 Noon:
Lunch
(Newman Center)
• 1:15-2:45pm:
Afternoon Workshops