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BOSTON
- Monday, February 22, 2021 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston
Community Preservation Committee (CPC) today announced their recommendation
of 67 projects, totaling over $25.5 million in grants through the Community
Preservation Act (CPA) current funding round. Following the CPC's public
hearing and vote on Thursday, February 11, 2021 and Mayor Walsh's
recommendation, the proposed projects have been filed with the Boston City
Council for a vote of approval. Projects supported with Community
Preservation Act funding must create or preserve affordable housing,
historic sites, or open space and recreation.
"Projects
supported by funding through the Community Preservation Act are a
reflection of the needs and voices of the residents in our neighborhoods.
Because proposals are developed and created by Bostonians, each project
directly serves each of our communities," said Mayor Walsh. "I
want to thank everyone who submitted a project proposal to improve and
preserve open spaces, affordable housing or historic spaces throughout the
City of Boston."
Including
this funding round, when approved by the City Council, the City of Boston
will have awarded over $92 million to support 198 projects across the City
since residents voted to adopt the Community Preservation Act in 2016. Community
Preservation Act-funded projects can be found in 23 neighborhoods. Of
those supported since its creation, there have been 85 open space and
recreation projects, 27 affordable housing projects and 86 historic
preservation projects.
After
the Committee's review of applications received for Community Preservation
Act funding, the following projects are recommended for grants. The
proposals include 28 open space and recreation, five affordable housing, 34
historic preservation projects:
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Allston-Brighton
- $617,850 to partially fund the
acquisition of 6 Quint Avenue for the creation of supportive
affordable housing. A 15 unit moderate rehab that will create updated
single room occupancy (SRO) units for individuals.
Citywide
- $5,000,000 to fund the ONE+Boston
First-Time Homebuyer Program. The program combines a discounted
interest rate on the ONE mortgage with enhanced down payment/closing
cost assistance from the Boston Home Center, to provide additional
buying power to low- and moderate-income Boston residents earning at
or below 100 percent AMI.
- $5,000,000 to fund the Acquisition
Opportunity Program (AOP), an anti-displacement program by providing
funding to responsible developers to acquire occupied market-rate
rental units and convert them to deed-restricted housing for low-and
moderate-income Bostonians.
Fenway
- $1,000,000 to partially fund the
acquisition and new construction of 72 Burbank Street to create
affordable housing. When complete, the 27-unit infill development will
have one hundred percent of units affordable to households earning 60
percent AMI or below, and the apartments will remain affordable in
perpetuity.
Hyde Park
- $2,000,000 to fund the creation of 75
affordable housing units. Converting the vacant William Barton Rogers
School into a vibrant, inclusive, mixed-income, LGBTQ-friendly, senior
housing development.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Back Bay
- $150,000 to preserve elements of the
historic 1873 building of the Old South Church tower to make extraordinary
repairs to critically failed masonry.
- $200,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1861 Arlington Street Church to make
critical improvements to the exterior north and south stairs.
- $250,000 to preserve the elements of
the historic 1872 First Baptist Church building for masonry and
carpentry repairs to the loggia roof, west transept elevation, and
belfry level of the tower.
- $30,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1899 Ayer Mansion to restore damaged and
missing elements of the inset door columns and copper-clad
doors.
- $100,000 to preserve elements of the
historic 1884 Guild of Boston Artists building to repair and repoint
brick and limestone masonry, replace flashing, and restore and
rehabilitate character-defining exterior architectural features.
Beacon Hill
- $50,000 to preserve the historic 1808
Prescott House building to restore and rehabilitate the cornice, pilasters,
balcony, and fourth floor facade elements.
Citywide
- $100,000 to fund the preservation of
threatened indigenous and historic archaeological sites on the Boston
Harbor Islands by mitigating their loss through enhanced planning,
monitoring and site stabilization.
Chinatown
- $250,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1854 St. James the Greater Church building
for masonry and related repairs to the exterior of the building.
- $100,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 19th century Chinatown Row Houses
for structural repairs of the façade, entrance and exterior
stairway at the 95 Hudson Streetand exterior masonry restoration at 29
Oak Street.
Dorchester
- $77,200 to preserve the 1720 Lemuel
Clap and 1806 William Clapp Houses to make capital improvements to the
property, including masonry and related repairs of damaged foundations
at both houses, stabilization of the William Clapp House chimney,
repairs to the collections storage structure, and restoration and
repair of exterior trim and fencing.
- $378,969 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1941Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
building by making capital improvements and repairs to the steeple and
entrance stair, character-defining exterior architectural features and
fencing.
- $100,000 to preserve the historic 1889
Global Ministries Christian Church building to make critical repairs
to exterior elements including damaged trim, sheathing and
roofing.
- $250,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1806 Second Church for repairs to
character-defining architectural elements of the steeple.
- $56,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic "Walter Baker" illuminated sign
on the 1919 Administration Building to restore the structure and
lighting elements.
- $321,500 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1922 Greater Love Tabernacle Church
building to make capital improvements and repairs, including design
and reconstruction of the entrance stairs and repairing failed masonry
at the chimney and parapet.
- $250,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1910 Pierce Building for capital and
accessibility improvements to the building's exterior envelope.
- $488,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration repairs to The Great Hall at Codman Square's historic 1904
building to make repairs to character-defining exterior architectural
elements.
Downtown
- $100,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic Schooner Roseway vessel at World Ocean
School.
East Boston
- $40,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the 1903 Byron Street wall of the historic Ohabei
Shalom Cemetery, including site work, resetting and repointing of
failed masonry.
Hyde Park
- $150,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration to the historic 1899 Riverside Theater to make critical
repairs to the foundation and façade.
Jamaica Plain
- $90,000 to preserve the historic 1760
Loring Greenough House for critical repairs to the structure,
including to the historic fabric of the exterior walls.
- $250,000 for the rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1919 Bethel AME Church building, making
repairs and capital improvements to the masonry facade and
entrance.
- $150,000 to preserve the historic 1882
St. John's Episcopal Church building, making selective repairs to the
masonry of the tower and elements of the south and east
elevations.
- $100,000 to preserve the historic 1856
First Baptist Church building by making repairs to stucco
cladding in areas of critical loss of the exterior envelope.
Mattapan
- $200,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration to the historic 1928 Berea Seventh-day Adventist Academy
building for roof repairs and stabilization of urgent water
infiltration locations at the exterior.
North End
- $75,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 18th-century Shaw House for access and
egress improvements to the exterior.
- $100,000 to conserve and reset
displaced and fallen gravestones in the historic Copp's Hill Burying
Ground.
Roxbury
- $141,900 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1915 Haley House Bakery Cafe Building for
masonry repairs to the exterior.
- $200,000 to the historic 1901 St.
Luke's Chapel building for carpentry and masonry repairs to the roof
structure.
South Boston
- $150,000 to preserve the historic 1881
Congress Street Fire Museum building by making repairs and capital
improvements to its failed floor structure.
South End
- $400,000 for rehabilitation and
restoration of the historic 1857 League of Women for Community Service
building for stabilization repairs to the masonry facade at 558
Massachusetts Avenue.
- $200,000 to fund the preservation of
the complex of historic 1880s and 1908 St. Augustine and St. Martin
buildings including selective repairs to the roofing of the complex
and selective masonry repairs to 29 Lenox Street and 23 Willard
Place.
West End
- $50,000 to fund preservation of the
historic 1793 building for exterior wall restoration of the (First)
Harrison Gray Otis House's courtyard elevations.
West End
- $50,000 for the preservation to the
1806 Old West Church to make repairs to the structure, including character-defining
exterior architectural elements.
OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION
Allston-Brighton
- $300,000 for the design and
preservation of the Chandler Pond shoreline.
Bay Village
- $250,000 for the capital improvements
to Statler Park, memorial construction and memorial to commemorate the
Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire of 1942.
Beacon Hill
- $14,241 to plant 45 trees on the
Charles River Esplanade to improve tree canopy in the City of
Boston.
Boston Harbor Islands
- $125,000 for the construction of a new
outdoor permanent pavilion, including site preparation, utilities and
lighting at Georges Island Pavilion.
Charlestown
- $112,207 for a community-driven design
to rehabilitate the Little Mystic Channel Park and capital
improvements to the Sprouts community garden, including picnic tables,
benches, trees, and pavilion.
- $500,000 for design and capital
improvements, including site preparation, paving, lighting, built
features, furnishings, and water access to the Charlestown Peace Park.
Chinatown
- $250,000 to add six pole top lighting
fixtures, new catenary light fixtures, installation of fixtures and
capital improvements to Chin Park.
Citywide
- $1,000,000 to fund the Boston Open Space
Acquisition Fund for acquisition of real property interests in open
space or lands for recreational use. The open spaces acquired through
the fund will be permanently protected and publicly accessible.
Dorchester
- $25,000 to resurface an actively used
playground to provide quality and healthy outdoor space at Dudley
Village.
- $150,000 for the design and
construction of a distressed lot to create a commercial and community
urban farm at Westville Urban Farm.
- $100,000 for water and utility
installation, site improvements, and furnishings to transform vacant
land into an urban food forest at Olmec 2 - Aspinwall Food Forest.
- $50,000 for the
removal of unhealthy trees and planting of new trees in Cedar Grove
Cemetery.
- $150,000 to fund the design and
construction of a new performance stage for community events,
permanent sculptural seating, granite blocks, and grading for lawn
mounds to rehabilitate active recreational space at Codman Square
Park.
- $700,000 for site improvements to an
under-maintained 31,000 sq ft parcel to preserve land and create an
urban forest for active recreational use at the Washington Street
Urban Forest.
East Boston
- $50,000 to fund the design and water
installation in the City Water at 6 Chelsea Terrace urban community
garden for successful crop growth to make recreational land more
functional for the intended use.
Fenway
- $40,000 to fund the design and capital
improvement costs associated with the installation of a permanent
low-cost, community-accessible activated-charcoal water filtration
boom system to help clear deadly pollutants from the Muddy
River.
Hyde Park
- $200,000 to fund the rehabilitation of
Moynihan Playground, including design and construction of site
improvements.
- $300,000 to fund infrastructure
improvements, site preparations, path improvements, and furnishings to
rehabilitate Factory Hill Park.
- $12,507 to fund the design and
installation of an irrigation system along the community walking path
to ensure growth of plants and small trees at We Grow Microgreens.
Jamaica Plain
- $300,000 to fund capital improvements
at the Jackson Square Redevelopment Initiative Greenway to create new
outdoor active and passive recreational space, including the
installation of utilities, lighting and paving.
Mattapan
- $100,000 to fund the site work to
redesign, expand, and rehabilitate the multi-purpose recreational
space behind the Brooke Charter School and Lena Park Community Center
for active use.
- $100,000 for water and utility
installation, site improvements, and furnishings to transform a vacant
land into an urban food forest at Olmec 1 - Morton St. Food
Forest.
Roxbury
- $400,000 to fund the design and
construction, and infrastructure improvements to create a new
Frederick Douglass Plaza and greenspace in the Lower Roxbury
neighborhood.
- $180,000 to renovate the Winthrop
Community Garden to improve visitor experience, visitation and program
participation.
- $200,000 to fund the creation of an
arts park and greenspace to serve the new Bartlett Yard affordable
housing community, local artists and Roxbury residents
Oasis@Bartlett.
South Boston
- $75,000 to fund the design and
construction of interpretive signs to celebrate the history and
environment of this location. The interpretive signs will be placed
along the Harborwalk at Castle Island and Pleasure Bay in South
Boston.
South End
- $250,000 to fund phase one of site
improvements and hardscape construction to create a plaza/parkspace to
honor Allan Rohan Crite, an internationally acclaimed African American
artist.
West Roxbury
- $350,000 for Cammarata Little League
Complex renovation to fund site demolition and construction of a new
little league field that will host cross-neighborhood tournament games
within the City of Boston.
For
more information about the Community Preservation Act, visit here. To learn more
about the process of applying for Community Preservation Act funding, visit
the CPA's How
to Apply Page. The CPA Program is now accepting Eligibility
Forms for the next funding round. With
any questions about the CPA Program, please email here. |
