CPA Communities Win Majority Share of State LAND Grant Award
Posted on: April 30, 2018 - 3:20pm
Dec. 6, 2012: The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) recently announced this year's open space LAND grants, and ten CPA communities received 95% of the total funding!
The CPA communities Amherst, Belchertown, Conway, Groton, Hopkinton, Middleton, Northampton, Southwick, Southampton, and Sudbury received a total of $2.86M in state funds. CPA provides communities with a local funding source for the required match, giving them a leg up when it comes to applying for grants like this one.
Full project descriptions and funding amounts can be viewed in the EEA press release, available here.
The breakdown of funding for the nine CPA projects is as follows:
- Ricci Acquisition, 20 acres, Amherst
- Mead's Corner Conservation Area, 88 acres, Belchertown
- Elmwood Farm, 85 acres, Hopkinton
- East Street Land Acquisition, 19 acres, Middleton
- Broad Brook Gap, 80 acres, Northampton
- Kellogg property, 134 acres, Southwick
- Chicopee Row Woods, 109 acres, Groton
- Southampton Greenway, 26 acres, Southampton
- Pantry Brook Farm, 94 acres, Sudbury