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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/the-community-preservation-act-i
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SUMMARY:The Community Preservation Act in Newton - Has It Been Worth It?
DESCRIPTION:A Panel Discussion\n\nThe Community Preservation Act (CPA) was 
 adopted by the City of Newton in 2001. Since then\, over 40 projects invol
 ving open space\, community housing\, historic preservation\, and recreati
 on have been approved. In Newton\, the CPA Fund comes from a 1% surcharge 
 on the property tax which\, to date\, has received 100% matching from the 
 state\, and whose projects have leveraged additional funding sources. As w
 e near the 5th year since its passage in Newton\, there has been increasin
 g debate on the value of the program. The Newton Conservators Spring Lectu
 re this year will be devoted to a review of the projects that have been im
 plemented with the aid of the CPA Fund. This presentation will provide a r
 eview the history of the CPA in Newton\, the process by which projects go 
 from proposal to implementation\, and the distribution of by type\, area o
 f the city\, and funds allocated. \n\nMembers of the CPA Committee\, the P
 lanning Department\, members of aldermanic Committees with CPA oversight\,
  and project planners themselves will be provide their perspective on the 
 program. There will be opportunities for questions on the CPA process and 
 its future. The bulk of the program will be devoted to a pictorial overvie
 w of CPA projects that have been funded in the years since inception in Ne
 wton. In its first four years\, over 30 acres of open space have been pres
 erved including the last remaining farm in the city and a large tract that
  connects existing conservation areas. Over 80 units of community housing 
 have been funded\, including a Newton Housing Authority apartment building
  in Waban and the land for the first Habitat for Humanity project in the w
 estern suburbs. Our city's three historic burying grounds are finally rece
 iving badly needed restoration work and long needed recreational improveme
 nts for many of our parks and facilities such as Gath Pool are underway. \
 n\nThe free Newton Conservators Lecture Series \, now in its fifth year\, 
 is cosponsored by the Newton Conservators and the Newton Free Library. \n\
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