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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 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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