CPA Projects Database

For roof replacements, door replacements, window replacements and stove top fire extinguishers to preserve the quality of the low income and senior housing

Creation of a new park with ADA compliant playground

For the creation of new park with ball fields, bike path, gardens, shuffle board, ice skating, bocce, and playgrounds.

For an accessible playground facility in the memory of Christopher Nadle.

For the School Street Park - including ballfields, senior citizen areas, a bike path, etc.

Purchase & preserve open space and protect a small brook on the property. Will be used as an open classroom for nature studies by Agawam High School students and also by the residents of Agawam. Seller: Woodlake, Inc & Fether, Inc. parcel id(s): H12-8-1 and H12-8-61

For creation of McGrath Park.

For a Playscape and pavilion on Town property.

To restore a plaque commemorating George Washington to its original appearance

Restoration and Preservation of historical graves and monuments.

Framing of historical 1855 Hampden County Maps

Restoration and Rehabilitation of Historic Captain Charles Leonard House

Restoration and Preservation of Historic Graves & Monuments

Design and engineering consulting services for the Tuckahoe Property in support of the recently completed feasibility study and conceptual master plan for a Conservation Park.

This proposal seeks funds to preserve approx. 7 acres known as the Cole Property located at 1194 West Street for conservation and public passive recreation purposes. The property is one of the few remaining unpreserved parcels at the base of the Mount Holyoke range, abuts Sweet Alice Conservation Area and will provide trail access for Amherst residents to the Mount Holyoke Range State Park. The property contains two perennial streams that feed the Plum Brook, forested wetlands, a 3 acre agricultural field, and is part of a very important wildlife corridor.

332 West Street Barn Restoration, $75,000 (CPAC Vote: 9-0) – The Amherst Historical Commission, on behalf of the property owners, requests funds for the preservation and stabilization—new roof, replacement of siding, doors and windows, and structural improvements—of the barn located at 332 West Street. It was originally built as a tobacco barn in the 1900’s and was then converted to a dairy barn, with the addition of a milking shed on the south, a hay loft and track inside the barn, and the silo. As one of the few original barns remaining along Route 116 in South Amherst, the barn’s prominent and highly visible location has made it a landmark and an integral component of the community’s landscape. The Amherst Master Plan and Historic Preservation Plan emphasize the importance of the community’ agricultural past that is embodied in the landscape and extant structures such as barns because it helps serve an economic purpose (cultural tourism) and as a physical reminder of the past, it educates the public about Amherst’s agrarian roots. The Historical Commission has determined that the barn is historically significant and it has been identified as a priority to document by a consultant inventorying outbuildings as part of a Planning and Survey grant awarded from the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Although it is too early to speculate about possible future programming or uses for the barn, the owners have indicated a willingness to discuss options for storage and events by local farmers and organizations. If preserved, the entire property—barn and house—would be placed under an historic preservation restriction to protect and maintain the structures.

– The Nickerson Farm is a small but important parcel of land adjacent to the North Amherst Community Farm (NACF) just east of North Pleasant Street. The family is working with the Town to conserve their land and approximately .74 acres of NACF property as well. In total, almost 5 acres would be permanently protected by a Conservation Restriction on both properties. With a modest investment of CPA funds this project will leverage significant private investment while helping to support another Amherst-based farmer. Conserving additional farmland in North Amherst adjacent to an existing APR is consistent with goals stated in the Master Plan and Open Space and Recreation Plan

 Preservation of a Critical Historic Landscape and View – Town ownership of these lots will preserve the last unprotected, privately-owned section of a critically-important historic landscape constituting the core of the Dickinson National Historic Register District. This landscape extends along the north side of Main Street from Sweetser Park on the west to the Leonard and Henry Hills mansion grounds on the east. The current owners are clearing their portion of the overgrown hedge line between the two properties to restore and enhance this view. Permanent protection of this view of the Henry Hills mansion will be obtained under historic preservation agreements being negotiated for the mansion lot (#6) and one other adjacent lot (#3).  Future Historic Landscape Park – The Historical Commission is proposing the acquisition and preservation of these lots as an open historic landscape park to: 1) preserve the eastern entrance into the Dickinson District, 2) provide a potential historic interpretive site along the street edge, and 3) preserve green space that will complement and balance the commercial development south across Main Street

To provide three income-eligible households with $50,000 zero or reduced interest-deferred payment loan, and to establish a revolving fund into which the proceeds from the original three loans will be deposited and used for future deferred payment loans to be administered by the Town.

To fund interpretive publications pertainign to the East Village District

To fund historically interpretive signs at Dickinson House and West Cemetery

To appropriate funds for the future acquisition of an agricultural preservation restriction to be recommended by the Community Preservation Act Committee. (Article 2)

For interpretive brochures about people and places in Amherst's history.

This proposal seeks to invest in potential affordable housing projects for various development costs, to encourage and support developers who offer to bring affordable housing to Amherst and to allow the Trust to be flexible and agile in offering such support.