12 Somerville Projects Under Consideration for Community Preservation Funding

SOMERVILLE, MA – The City of Somerville is currently considering $2.9 million in requests for historic preservation and open space projects through the Community Preservation Act, and it is seeking residents' input ahead of deciding what to fund.

There are several ways you can provide feedback – at public meetings or in writing, by watching videos of the meetings or reading about the projects online and submitting written comments. This year, $880,415 is also available for affordable housing projects.

Each applicant will present their projects at one of two public meetings, to be held Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. Both meetings will take place at the Visiting Nurse Association, 259 Lowell St.

Here are the projects under consideration that will be covered at each meeting:

Wednesday, Jan. 11

• Rehabilitation of Grace Baptist Church, Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development
• Somerville Museum ADA Project, Somerville Historical Society
• Milk Row Cemetery Open Space Master Plan and Implementation, City of Somerville
• Healey Schoolyard Landscape Design, City of Somerville
• Healey Schoolyard Property Acquisition, City of Somerville
• Butterfly Pocket Park at Morse Kelly, City of Somerville and Green and Open Somerville

Tuesday, Jan. 31

• Blessing of the Bay Boathouse Park Revitalization, Mystic River Watershed Association and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Renovation of Henry Hansen Park, City of Somerville
• Somerville Community Growing Center Rehabilitation and Renovation, Friends of the Community Growing Center
• Community Path Survey, City of Somerville
• Winter Hill Community Schoolyard, City of Somerville
• ArtFarm, City of Somerville

Information about the proposals and videos of the presentations will be posted at www.somervillema.gov/cpa. Written comments will be accepted through March 16. Please send your comments to CPA Manager Kristen Stelljes at kstelljes@somervillema.gov or by mail to City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA 02143. You can reach Kristen with any questions at 617-625-6600 x2107.

Information on the CPA is available on the following sites:

http://www.somervillema.gov/cpa

http://www.communitypreservation.org/

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