City/Town Name | Description | Approval Date |
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Concord | Barrett Farm House |
For stabilization and limited restoration of the Col. James Barrett House on BarrettÂs Mill Road. Historic Preservation Restriction secured by town (not state) to preserve the house until transfer to the Minutemen National Park |
04/25/2006 |
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Concord | Ammendolia Property |
To be used for the construction of four affordable housing units to house the elderly on the Ammendolia property |
04/25/2006 |
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Concord | Old Bedford Road Homes |
To re-sell the existing house at market rate, and develop three new homes at the rear of the lot to be reserved as affordable units |
04/25/2006 |
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Concord | Emerson Umbrella |
For safety repairs and improvements to upgrade the theater in the historic former Emerson School building, including improving the stage, and install new fire protection systems throughout the building |
04/25/2006 |
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Concord | Warner's Pond Dam |
For preservation of the WarnerÂs Pond dam |
04/25/2006 |
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Concord | Bruce Freeman Rail Trail |
For the preliminary design and center line survey for the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in the Town of Concord |
04/25/2006 |
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Truro | Snows Rd Affordable Housing |
For redevelopment/reconstruction of a donated house for use as affordable housing |
04/25/2006 |
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Truro | Affordable Housing Assessment |
For affordable housing outreach and an assessment by the Truro Housing Authority |
04/25/2006 |
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Truro | Snows Field/Old Burn Dump Evaluations |
For the evaluation of potential recreational and open space uses at Snows Field and Old Burn Dump on South Highland Rd |
04/25/2006 |
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Truro | Cobb Library Restoration |
For Phase I of the project, renovating the historic library into a museum archival facility for use by the Truro Historical Society and general public |
04/25/2006 |
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Truro | Truro Housing Authority Operating Expenses |
For administrative costs, including expenses and attorney fees, for the Truro Housing Authority operations |
04/25/2006 |
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Acushnet | White's Woods |
Additional funding for White's Woods purchase. |
04/24/2006 |
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Acushnet | White's Woods |
Additional appropriation for White's Woods acquisition |
04/24/2006 |
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Chilmark | Rental Assistance Program |
To continue funding rental assistance program |
04/24/2006 |
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Chilmark | Stone wall preservation |
To continue restoration of historic stone walls |
04/24/2006 |
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Groton | 2006-01 Surrenden Farm |
Acquisition of a parcel of land for permanent use as open space, passive recreation, and agriculture. The entire parcel is 322 acres, with the Town owning 186 of those acres and the Groton Conservation Trust owning 136 acres. The Town holds a conservation restriction on the Groton Conservation Trust land and Mass Department of Fisheries and Wildlife holds a conservation restriction on the Town's land. Conservation Restriction recorded in the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 48698, Pages 258-295 |
04/24/2006 |
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Hampden | Memorial Park Spray Park |
To create a spray park at Memorial Park |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | Homeownership Loans |
Funds were transferred to the Hingham Affordable Housing Trust at ATM April 28, 2008. For loans for use by eligible homeowners for restoration and repair of their homes (including the purchase and installation of handicap accessibility features) |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | Hingham Centre Cemetery |
For (i) the restoration of the fence around the perimeter of Hingham Center Cemetery along Short and School Streets, (ii) an assessment of the condition of the gravestones and monuments in such Cemetery, and (iii) the restoration of approximately 30 such gravestones and monuments |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | North Street construction documents |
For professional fees and costs for the production of fully engineered construction documents for the repair, rehabilitation and improvement of the portion of North Street from its intersection with South Street to Route 3A |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | GAR Hall |
To complete the restoration of GAR Hall, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire a historic preservation easement with respect to GAR Hall |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | Bare Cove Park - Phase I |
For the creation of open space through the demolition and removal of slabs, foundations, cement barriers, railroad tracks and other debris from Bare Cove Park, for landscaping, planting, purchase and installation of picnic benches, picnic tables, fencing and lighting fixtures in the Park, together with associated design fees and costs, and for consultant fees for an environmental resource inventory of and management plan for the Park |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | Harbor Way Master Plan |
To commission a survey of the harbor front to develop a master plan for the development of Town open space and public access to the waterfront, which may include a proposal for a bridge or alternative pedestrian walkway. $60,000 will be spent on the study, while $143,000 of unspent funds from the Whitney Wharf project will be reserved for future use in implementing the master plan. |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | Cushing Pond restoration |
To treat the Pond with federal and state approved chemicals (Sonar Herbicide) to remove invasive plant species. The amount requested will fund the initial application, plus three booster applications. |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | 132 Scotland Street property acquisition |
To purchase the parcel for use as both open space and community housing. The property is surrounded on three sides by the Conservation CommissionÂs existing McKenna Marsh conservation land and contains a two bedroom home. Seller: Gladys Cushing. Map 190, Lot 75 |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | 730 Main St land acquisition |
To acquire a parcel of land for permanent conservation, forever preserving a significant portion of the Glad Tidings Plain viewscape. AKA Hastings Property. Seller: Thomas J. Hastings. Map 137, Lot 50 |
04/24/2006 |
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Northborough | Ellsworth-McAffee Park flag pole |
To preserve flagpole at Ellsworth-McAffee Park, including illumination |
04/24/2006 |
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Northborough | Library Building |
For the revovation of the 1894 portion of the library building |
04/24/2006 |
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Northborough | Historic Resources Survey |
For a comprehensive survey of the Town's historic resources |
04/24/2006 |
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Northborough | Trail preservation |
To the Northborough Trails Committee for trail preservation projects and equipment purchases |
04/24/2006 |
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Sturbridge | Digitize historic town documents |
To continue to digitize historic town documents. |
04/24/2006 |
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Sturbridge | Open Space Fees |
For engineering and appraisals costs associated with acquisition of open space. This is a general fund for potential project appraisals, and legal fees for project closings. |
04/24/2006 |
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Sturbridge | Old Sturbridge Village land purchase Arbutus Park/Camp Robinson Crusoe |
Also called Leadmine Mountain Conservation Area. Fund 1/2 purchase of land adjacent to and currently owned by Old Sturbridge Village (remainder from Mass Wildlife); removal of former camp structures. Seller: Old Sturbridge Village. Parcel ID: 570-03337-010 and Parcel ID: 570-03347-036 |
04/24/2006 |
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Wellfleet | Affordable Housing Trust Fund |
Appropriation to the Wellfleet Housing Trust Fund for affordable housing purposes |
04/24/2006 |
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Wellfleet | Gull Pond Rd Affordable Housing |
To help fund the construction of 5 affordable homes. |
04/24/2006 |
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Hingham | Restoration of memorial monuments and plaques |
For: i) the restoration and stabilization of the Pro Patria and Gloria Monument (the ÂIron Horse MonumentÂ), ii) the restoration and preservation of eight (8) bronze commemorative or memorial plaques set in granite rock; and, iii) the restoration and preservation of the Cyrus Bacon Memorial Fountain/Horse Trough |
04/23/2006 |
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Newton | Williams School Outdoor Intergenerational Classroom study |
In cooperation with neighborhood seniors, create an intergenerational community classroom and pocket park within the school playground boundaries, to reflect neighborhood history, for educational use by the teachers and students of Williams Elementary School, and for active and passive recreational use by the neighborhood as a whole. |
04/18/2006 |
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Newton | Durant-Kenrick Homestead Assessment |
For a needs assessment and capital improvement plan for the donation and conversion of a private historic house museum and the surrounding landscape to the Newton Historical Society, for operation as a public nonprofit house museum. No real property other than the preservation restriction was acquired for City ownership. For project details & documents, see link from program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects." |
04/18/2006 |
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Newton | 11-13 Cambria Rd community housing |
Rehabilitate an existing two-family house to create 2 units of rental housing, with a total of 4 bedrooms, that will be permanently affordable to households at up to 80 percent of the area median income. For project details & documents, see link from program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects." |
04/18/2006 |
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Acton | Bruce Freeman Rail-Trail |
The second phase of funding for the Rail Trail, which extends 22 miles from Sudbury to Lowell (4.6 miles in Acton). |
04/15/2006 |
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Marshfield | Winslow House restoration |
For restoration of the historic Winslow House |
04/15/2006 |
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Marshfield | Winslow Village I & II |
For conversion expenses for handicap accessibility |
04/15/2006 |
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Marshfield | Fitzgerald/Ferry Street purchase |
To acquire a parcel of land on Ferry Street. Seller: Fitzgerald. Parcel ID G10-04-20 |
04/15/2006 |
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Wayland | Nike Site Preparation |
For architectural, engineering, and site planning at Nike site |
04/15/2006 |
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Wayland | Community gardens |
To create community flower gardens at the old landfill |
04/15/2006 |
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Wayland | High School Athletic Field |
To put artificial turf on the school's athletic field |
04/15/2006 |
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Wayland | Great Ponds Management |
For aerial scanning and nutrient analysis at the Great Ponds, and to implement weed management techniques |
04/15/2006 |
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Yarmouth | Long Pond Plaza |
For design and engineering services for a new heating/hot water system for Long Pond Plaza elderly/disabled complex |
04/12/2006 |
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Yarmouth | Gorham Cobbler Shop |
To rehabilitate the Cobbler Shop archival area to porperly store Yarmouth's historic materials |
04/12/2006 |
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Yarmouth | Flax and Sandy Pond Recreation Areas Master Plan |
To create a managed 5-year comprehensive master plan for preservation of the Flax and Sandy Pond recreational areas |
04/12/2006 |