CPA Projects Database

Restoration and protection of the salt marsh bank along the Muddy Creek Channel which is the only access to parking at Jackknife Beach.

Install new playground at Volunteer Park which will meet Consumer Project Safety Commission and ADA guidelines.

The Dunstable Conservation and Recreation Commissions requested funding for the design phase of a boardwalk on Main St. by Salmon Brook from Drew Landing to the Emery Conservation Area. This work will enable this project to be construction ready in order to apply for a future Mass. Trails Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Funding for the Conservation Trust Fund to protect open space in the Town of Harvard

Repair and restoration of marble tablets to honor Harvard residents that served in the Civil War.

Funding for the Affordable Trust Fund

Funding for the addition of new docks for the public boating at Bare Hill Pond

professional repair, restoration, and preservation of approximately 22 of the 45 known graves / tombs of Revolutionary War Veterans that are interred within the town of Kingston’s Old Burying Ground.

this project proposes to make Kingston’s conservation lands and trails easier to use, and therefore more inviting, by installing trail interactive materials such as kiosks, maps, interpretive signage, and trail markers, or upgrading them where they already exist

project would rebuild the community playground at Gray’s Beach Park.

FRANCIS FARM CONSERVATION RESTRICTION

Conserve and digitize irreplaceable historic documents owned by the Wayland Free Public Library

Funds will be used to preserve the 320-foot tailrace in its current state and to fund hiring an Archaeological Monitor to conduct site observations during all phases of the project that entail subsurface excavations. The purpose of these observations will be to ensure buried resources are protected and, in the case of actual artifacts, that they are recovered and properly curated.

Jones Tavern located at 128 Main Street, is one of Acton’s oldest and most important historic properties. Iron Work Farm in Acton, Inc., a local 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation, received CPA funding in 2019 to preserve, rehabilitate, and restore the historic sashes of seventy-two windows at the Jones Tavern and Faulkner Homestead. The Massachusetts Historical Commission is now encouraging installation of storm windows to preserve and extend the life of historic windows. The funds are for purchasing and installation of storm windows to protect forty-four windows at Jones Tavern.

Funds will be used towards the third and final phase of the Gardner Renovation Project. Shade trees, additional planted islands, additional seating, a gate, part of a walkway, and signage are all included in this appropriation. The new Gardner Playground will be a universally designed playground for children and caregivers of all abilities.

Funds would be used to rebuild the existing 211-foot boardwalk at Heath Hen Meadow Conservation Land located off Robbins Street. The boardwalk, utilized daily by many residents and visitors, connects the trail systems at Mt. Hope Cemetery, the conservation parcel at 176 Central Street, and Heath Hen Meadow Conservation Land. Damaged by flooding and falling trees, the boardwalk and bridge have had multiple repairs over the past 25 years. With the current structure occasionally submerging during high water, the Land Stewardship Committee volunteers will rebuild the boardwalk and raise it twelve inches to prevent future submersions. Made of 95% recycled materials, Trex Composite Decking Material will be substituted for traditional lumber decking, as it does not require maintenance.

Continue the Town’s participation in a Regional Housing Services Program to assist with meeting the administrative, compliance and monitoring needs for the Town’s existing affordable housing units, update and reconciliation of local housing inventory records with those maintained by the Department of Housing and Community Development; new project review assistance; maintenance of ready-buyer lists; assistance with affordable housing lotteries and resales; conducting homeownership training, and to further regional housing goals and efforts.

Replenishes the existing Community Housing Program Fund for the acquisition, creation, preservation, and support of community housing in the Town of Acton. Example expenditures include the purchase or subsidy of Acton Housing Authority’s low income rental units; selling price, closing cost, mortgage payment and other subsidies to first time homebuyers of affordable units; capital improvement assistance for affordable units; funding and grant support of housing studies and plans; and pre-development funding for affordable rental projects.

FY2023 Affordable Housing Trust programs and projects.

Preparation of construction documents & cost estimates for Oakes Ames Memorial Hall for completing interior infrastructure and finishes restoration, elevator & kitchen upgrades, structural repairs, and site work including an expanded parking area and restoration of the grand front staircase.

Replication of 90 feet of iron fence and installation of 14 concrete fence footings for the missing norther third of the Cemetery's circa-1850s historic iron fence, completing the preservation project begun in 2019 that restored the southern two-thirds of the fence.

Supplemental funding to construct 6 pickleball courts and associated parking & site improvements at Unionville Field to complete the $320,000 project approved in November 2020 following pandemic-related cost increases.

Restoration of the entrance to include construction of an accessible entrance, improvements to the parking with a new handicapped parking configuration, replacement of the existing accessible entrance on the south side of the building, replacement of the ramp and other modifications to be determined during the design of the project, including but not limited to site preparation, equipment, furnishings and any other incidental and related costs

restoration of facade, trim and building envelop.