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Michelle Wu

Dozens of Boston infrastructure projects approved, funded through Community Preservation Act

Crystal Yormick April 28, 2023
Mayor Michelle Wu announced the approval of 56 affordable housing, historic site and recreational projects last Friday, funded by $40 million from the Community Preservation Act.
Boston City Hall

Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok resigns

Braedon Blumfield April 7, 2023
During the Boston City Council’s meeting on Wednesday, Councilor Kenzie Bok, representing Boston’s 8th District, offered a letter of resignation to the council.
mural in brookline

City council to vote on approving over $2 million in grants to fund local arts

Taylor Brokesh September 8, 2021
City council will vote Thursday on approving over $2 million in grants to local arts initiatives.
Chandler pond in Chestnut Hill

Community Preservation Committee recommends projects for new funding

Taylor Brokesh February 25, 2021
The Boston City Council will vote to approve funding, which totals more than $25 million in grants from the Community Preservation Fund.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh with the National Parks Service Director in March of 2015. Walsh and the Community Preservation Committee recommended 56 projects for funding for local community sites and parks, totaling more than $34 million. COURTESY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

City recommends community preservation projects

Daily Free Press Staff February 21, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and the City’s Community Preservation Committee presented their list of recommendations for projects to receive funding from the Community Preservation Act this coming fall. The list included a total of 56 projects costing $34 million in total.
Boston City Council meets Thursday afternoon to create the Community Preservation Coalition. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council discusses ordinance to create Community Preservation Coalition

Andres Picon March 24, 2017

The Boston City Council met Thursday afternoon to discuss an ordinance creating the Community Preservation Coalition, which will manage local operations under the Community Preservation Act. The...

GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. passes marijuana legalization, rejects charter schools

Daily Free Press Staff November 9, 2016

By Till Kaeslin, Ellie French and Shannon Larson Massachusetts residents on Tuesday voted on four tightly contested ballot questions; both Questions 1 and 2 were rejected and Questions 3 and 4 passed,...

Question 5 on the Boston ballot proposes the adoption of the Community Preservation Act, which would create a small increase in property taxes to fund local initiatives on affordable housing, open space and historic preservation. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ballot question 5, exclusive to Boston, would raise property tax to promote preservation

Sophie Will November 3, 2016

Question 5 on the Boston ballot, also known as the Community Preservation Act, proposes a 1 percent increase in tax for property owners to be used for community preservation, according to the question’s...

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