 Community Preservation Program |
Cabot [School] Community Park
| location: |
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229 Cabot Street
Newtonville, MA 02460 |
| goals: |
|
Create an outdoor classroom and community park in an unused space next to Cabot Elementary School, near a housing development for seniors. Based on the children's own designs, the park has brick paths, granite seating, benches, a birdbath & bird house, sundial, and a trellis. |
| funding: |
|
| $68,270 |
|
CP funds appropriated & spent (recreation) |
| $10,230 |
|
Cabot PTO funds |
| $2,500 |
|
teacher donation (Disney grant) |
| $1,000 |
|
School Dept funds, plus volunteer maintenance |
$82,000 |
|
TOTAL PROJECT COST |
| cash value not estimated |
|
committment to permanent, volunteer maintenance by the PTO, which recognized that the design was too complex for maintenance to be funded through Parks & Recreation Dept. operating budget |
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| contacts: |
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Principal, Cabot School
Mailing address same as above
website: http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/cabot/
phone: 617.559.9400 |
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