Northampton City Council unanimously approves funding for nine CPA projects

by Ryan Feyre
Jul 9, 2024

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton City Council unanimously approved nine Community Preservation Act funding requests totaling over $1.4 million during its June 20 regular meeting.

The approval comes after the council’s Finance Committee and Community Preservation Committee each presented a positive recommendation for the nine projects.

“All of these are good projects,” said Council President Alex Jarrett during the June 20 meeting.

Among the CPA funding requests approved by the council were $720,000 for Ryan Road School Playground for All project, $300,000 for critical repairs and rehabilitation to Memorial Hall and $200,000 to Valley Community Development for an affordable housing project at 27 Crafts Ave.

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