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Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Ave
Newton Centre, MA 02459

617-796-1000
TDD/TTY 617-796-1089

Hours
Monday- Friday
8:30am-5:00pm
Tuesday
8:30am- 8:00pm


Community Preservation Program Home Page
NEWS
CALENDAR
Click on this link for dates, times, locations, agendas, & contacts
for the events below, and more!  Last updated:
11 December 2008.

COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
17 December 2008   regular public meeting
14 January 2009   public hearing on fiscal 2009 proposals
11 February 2009   working session on fiscal 2009 proposals

Fiscal 2009 PROPOSALS
Five proposals were received by the December 2008 deadline. For basic information about all proposals, click on Reports above, then on the link for Pending Proposals. Full proposals will be posted online in December, then presented at the 14 January 2009 public hearing.

PROJECT NEWS
Check out the draft Heritage Lansdcape Inventory online.
Send comments and questions to Amy Yuhasz, ayuhasz@newtonma.gov or 617.796.1122.

FUNDING GUIDELINES & DEADLINES
The CPC will produce new funding guidelines based on the fall 2008 public hearings.
Click on Guidelines & Forms above for interim proposal form & guidelines.

The next deadline will be in the fall of 2009. Contact Alice Ingerson for help in preparing pre-proposals or proposals, or to ask whether your project can be considered off-cycle:
617.796.1144 or aingerson@newtonma.gov.
Meeting locations are handicap accessible. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to persons requiring assistance. If you have a special need, please contact Newton ADA Coordinator Bev Droz at 617.796.1280, via email at bdroz@newtonma.gov or via TDD/TTY at 617.796.1089.
Newton's Community Preservation Committee (CPC)
CHAIR Joyce Moss, Planning and Development Board
VICE CHAIR Kenneth Kimmell, Mayoral Appointee, Open Space
Walter Bernheimer II, Parks and Recreation Commission
Stephen P. Fauteux, Mayoral Appointee, Recreation
Dan Green, Conservation Commission
Nancy Grissom, Mayoral Appointee, Historic Resources
Judith S. Jacobson,
Mayoral Appointee, Community Housing
Charles McMillan, Newton Historical Commission
Thomas Turner, Newton Housing Authority
Newton's Community Preservation Portfolio

New project photos coming soon!

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What's on this website?
COMMITTEES & MEETINGS   Links to calendar of upcoming meetings & events, to full agendas of upcoming CPC meetings, to minutes of  past CPC meetings; summary of CPC mission and link to current members’ biographies; links to Board of Aldermen committees that review CPC funding recommendations.
GUIDELINES & FORMS   For Massachusetts COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT: summary of funding sources and allowable uses, links to full text of the Act and to statewide Community Preservation Coalition. For NEWTON’S CP PROGRAM: overview, next proposal deadline, links to current funding guidelines & proposal form.
PROPOSALS & PROJECTS   For each proposal or project: location, goals, funding, maps or photos, recent news, and full text of proposal, CPC recommendation, Board order, and other documents.
REPORTS   Current status reports on all pending proposals and active projects; currently available funds and multi-year funding forecasts; cumulative reports for all funding and projects; annual reports.
Most files on this website are in PDF format. Download the free software needed to read these files by clicking on the button at right or on this link: www.adobe.com/products/reader
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CONTACT:  
Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D., Community Preservation Program Manager
Newton Planning & Development Department,
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459
phone 617.796.1144, email  aingerson@newtonma.gov, TDD / TTY 617.796.1089
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Newton City Hall in the spring The Cabot School Mascot in Newtonville Historic Horse watering trough at the corner of Beacon and Centre St in Newton Center, MA The Bell from Newton's first firehouse, now resting peacefully on a small green parcel of land overlooking the Mass Pike at Newton Corner Historic Clock in Nonantum at intersection of Adams St and Watertown St Newton Police Dept Headquarters located on Washington St in West Newton Fountain located on top of West Newton Hill at the intersection of Chestnut and Valentine St Newton Fire Dept Headquarters located on Centre St in Newton Centre Newton City Hall War Memorial Frieze overlooking the War Memorial Rotary Newton City Hall located at 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton Centre, MA on route 30 Customer sevice 617-796-1000