The Community Preservation Coalition

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The Community Preservation Coalition
Our mission is to help communities understand,
adopt, and implement the Community Preservation
Act
www.communitypreservation.org 617-367-8998
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The Community Preservation Coalition
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The Community Preservation Coalition

• Technical assistance hotline [phone])
• Website
• Email Newsletter (youre all signed up!)
• CPA Legislative watchdog
• Strategy for future CPA amendments
• Regional CPA conferences
• CPA public relations promotion
• We are now a membership based organization

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Note Figures for FY2006 are not complete
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CPA Trends
Adoption Small communities, western
Massachusetts, 3 Larger communities, 1 More
adoption assistance available Projects Mixed use
more popular Recreation/housing
growing Increasingly important source for open
space historic funding Existing
Communities Surcharge reduction pressure in some
areas Other communities increasing surcharge
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CPA Trends
National attention Maturing as a
program/increased networking Community
Preservation Committee paid administrative
positions Funding for non-municipal
projects Local promotion of CPA initiatives
(signs, etc)
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CPA TrendsLeverage other funds!
Town Project CPA Other
Peabody Rail-trail 162,000 1.36 million federal grant
Bedford Archeological survey 10,000 15,000 from MHC
Easthampton Restore Town Hall 50,000 50,000 from MHC
Newton Elderly housing 850,000 3.167 million from HUD
Grafton Hassanamesitt Village open space/historic preservation 250,000 1.85 million from state, federal and private sources
Hampden 166 acres open space 100,000 400,00 from state and private sources
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2007 Legislative Efforts

• Address state match decline
• Clarify recreation language
• Allowance to hold deed restrictions
• Administrative funds for first year start-up
  costs
• Technical changes for city form of government
• Small technical corrections
• Testify on CPA bills filed by others

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CPA ResourcesCoalition Websitewww.communitypre
servation.orgMass. DOR Implementation
Guidelines
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Agenda for our conference

• 1015-1145am Morning Workshops
• 1200 Noon Lunch
• (Newman Center)
• 115-245pm Afternoon Workshops