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Greetings!
Is there someone in your community who deserves recognition for their outstanding dedication to the Community Preservation Act? In celebration of CPA's 10th anniversary, the Coalition is looking to honor 10 heroes of CPA's first decade. Read on for details on the simple process to submit your nominations, and for all the latest news on CPA. |
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HONORING HEROES OF CPA'S FIRST DECADE
Nominate your community preservation hero | |  We're is pleased to announce round two of The Robert Kuehn Community Preservation Awards. This time around we're looking to honor ten individuals who have been significant contributors to the success of CPA during its first decade - heroes of community preservation, whose work best exemplifies the spirit of Bob Kuehn's legacy. The Robert Kuehn Community Preservation Awards were developed to honor the memory and work of former Coalition Steering Committee member Bob Kuehn. Bob was actively involved in the process of drafting and passing CPA, and served as Vice Chair of the Steering Committee until his death in 2006. Submitting your nomination couldn't be simpler! To learn more about the awards program, including how to nominate your Community Preservation Hero, click here. |
COALITION WEBSITE SPOTLIGHT:
Our new website has all the info on your town! | |
 Have you visited our new website? For the next few months, each CPA Updatewill include a 'spotlight' article on one component of the new website.
One of the most useful new features is the database of information on each CPA community. You'll find the database on the About CPA tab of our website.
Choose your community from the drop-down menu. You'll see not only your community's current surcharge level and exemptions, but a full history of all your CPA elections and a year-by-year report of all CPA revenue -- both locally-collected revenue and your CPA trust fund distribution amounts. You'll also see a link to your local CPC website, as well as a link to download your community's Community Preservation Committee bylaw. Click here to visit the database, and then tell us what you think! |
DOR ISSUES NEW DECILE RANKINGS
Rankings for 17 CPA communities have changed | |  The Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) recently issued a revision of the Community Preservation Decile rankings. These rankings are used to determine the Round 2 and 3 Trust Fund distributions for communities that adopted CPA at the full 3% local surcharge level.
Decile rankings changed for 17 communities which have a 3% CPA surcharge. As a result, 13 communities moved into a decile with a lower percentage match and will receive a slight reduction in their round 2 and 3 trust fund distributions this coming October, while a luckier 4 communities moved into a decile with a higher percentage.
Read on for more information and the list of decile rankings for all CPA communities...
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COMMUNITY HOUSING & CPA
A new newsletter debuts | |  By now, you may have already met or spoken with Shelly Goehring, the CPA Affordable Housing Circuit Rider who provides free technical assistance and housing strategy help for communities.
Shelly recently introduced a new e-newsletter, Community Housing and CPA, that focuses on Community Housing efforts in CPA communities. If you'd like to be on the list to receive Community Housing and CPA, contact Shelly.
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CPA FEATURED PROJECT
Bean/Allard Farm, Northampton | | 
In the 19th century, former slave, abolitionist, and preacher, Sojourner Truth, farmed this 181-acre Northampton parcel containing some of the richest farm soils in the world.
But up until last year, the fate of the landscape was uncertain, and the subject of a local tug-of-war: a strong contingent of parents wanted more playing fields for their kids, while other city residents were insisting that the land be devoted to agriculture. But a city-appointed task force was able to come up with a plan that has something for everyone, with soccer and baseball fields, a working farm, community gardens and conservation land as all part of the mix.
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