CPA Projects Database

Design services for Driveway, Parking Lot and Path at Beaver Brook Farm

Town Clerk, Restoration of Vital Records

Design and Engineering Services for Tennis and Pickle Ball Courts at the Dracut School Complex

The City of Chelsea, through the departments of Housing and Community Development, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, and Public Works and the Youth Commission is repurposing the outdoor ice skating rink in the Creekside Commons Park to be used for skateboarding. The lack of dedicated, fit-for-purpose skateboarding space has long been raised as an issue by youth and older residents. The grant will fund the purchase equipment for this location and provide a group of residents organizing around expanding skateboarding opportunities in the city with resources for design and engineering studies of prospective spaces that could be acquired, leased, or repurposed.

This project will convert the existing vacant parcel on Forsyth St into a public pocket park that includes a seating area, bike rack, shade trees, and green infrastructure components to improve climate resilience. The construction of the park will require demolishing the existing concrete stairs and walkway, re-grading the space, installing a retaining wall, adding a water infiltration basin, and landscaping the area with planters and trees.

Phase III - Construction Funding. In this third phase of the project, Newton's Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is requesting funding to complete the construction and renovation work necessary to complete the new pool facility, splash pad, and bathhouse.

Gravestone/monument conservation services for the North Cemetery and Old Burial Ground.

CPA Funding towards historic portions of the project.

Funds for creating and improving trails and creating signage on CPA open space properties.

To fund restoration of the Honor Roll and Civil War Monuments at Town Hall and the Library which are in need of professional restoration and repair.

Funds to continue to fund a housing professional to assist with the goals outlined in the Affordable Housing Trust. This will be the second year of funding for a consultant.

To Frontier Regional School Committee for the reconstruction of Frontier Regional tennis courts, including lining for pickleball courts, for school and community use [fund to come from the Open Space/Recreation Account Fund]

Preserve, rehabilitate, and restore select historic gravestones at West Cemetery

Fletcher St. Playground will receive a new accessible play structure with a poured in place surface in the Spring. Appropriation of $150,000 was approved on May 25, 2023 but project will not commence until FY24.

Acquisition of an open space parcel currently for sale on the open market. Key Points: Missing piece between to existing open space parcels Funding amount is based on appraised value

Preservation of the steps at the S. White Dickinson Memorial Library, including but not limited to repair of the steps, repair of the surrounding masonry and columns and replacement of the wrought iron railing.

This will provide funding to have survey and engineering plans performed to allow for improvements to be made at Pope Park

This will allow the placing of a flag pole at this historic school site.

To acquire environmentally sensitive land that will be protected for recreation and protection of the aquifer

Phase I of the restoration of the Williams-Boltwood House will include the creation of an Historical Structure Report (HSR) which will be supported by structural engineering, dendrochronology, and paint assessments, fjunds for roof repairs and the creation of a set of baseline architectural drawings.

Restoring and digitizing badly degraded historical records, Nahant School registers from 1963-1968.

To carry out restoration projects at Lodge Park on East Point; Involves trail redesign and natural restoration to improve safety as well as the introduction of new signage.

For the planning and implementation of the Town's rights of way.

Restoration of a historically significant barn located on the recently acquired 419 Johnson Street property Key Points: Future use of both the parcel and barn remain in question Funding amount was reduced to focus solely on the most important needs to preserve the structure RCA’s intent is to move operations to the barn which would eliminate the need to construct a new operational structure CPC would like to see future public access to the building CPC approval conditioned upon a Historic Preservation Restriction