Stoughton Selectmen Applying For Grant To Restore Train Depot

STOUGHTON, MA — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to allow Economic Development Chair Pam McCarthy to submit a grant for restoring the train depot building.

The grant is for $75,000 and will be used with additional funding that was already appropriated from town meeting.

McCarthy said, "The money will be used to supplement the CPC (Community Preservation Committee) funds that had been approved for the rehab and will be used for initial tasks that include the testing and abating of hazardous materials."

Some of the hazardous material McCarthy said this would address is from animal waste.

Awareness on the availability of the grant came from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED). McCarthy said EOHED Security Jay Ash invited the town to submit the grant application.

According to McCarthy, award announcements will most likely occur in September. The grant's approval is subject to the town gaining the title for the property.

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