Community Preservation Committee backs eight grant applications totaling $1.07 million in transfers.
Community Preservation Committee recommends eight grant applications totaling $1.07 million in transfers for Town Meeting consideration. Chair Jim Natle shepherded votes on projects ranging from the $283,461 Clapp Memorial Library Window Restoration to the $400,000 Carriage Grove affordable housing
Community Preservation Committee · Meeting of March 17, 2026
BELCHERTOWN — Community Preservation Committee recommends eight grant applications totaling $1.07 million in transfers for Town Meeting consideration. Chair Jim Natle shepherded votes on projects ranging from the $283,461 Clapp Memorial Library Window Restoration to the $400,000 Carriage Grove affordable housing development on the former Belchertown State School site. The Carriage Grove vote carried 6-1, contingent upon an approved site plan; the Little League project also passed 6-1; the DPW soccer field narrowly approved 4-3.
Seven additional projects, including Gravestone Restoration, Metacomet Hills Conservation, and Sports Haven Infrastructure Improvement, passed unanimously.
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Source: the Community Preservation Committee meeting of March 17, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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