[MassHistPres] CPA Experience

[John Nove]

In addition to funding a successful graveyards restoration project  
over the past three years, local Community Preservation Act funds have  
been used by the Deerfield Historical Commission to create an  
inventory of the Historical Resources of South Deerfield using the  
standard MHC inventory forms. The project was planned to span three  
years, done with two local part-time researchers/writers, and would  
hopefully lead to the submission of a nomination of the area to the  
National Register. Last night our CPC pulled the funding (roughly  
$35.K) on our third year. Their justification was a change in the CPA  
law which once permitted use of funds on sites eligible for listing in  
the State Register but now stipulates that sites must already be in  
the Register (= one of the purposes of the inventory in the first  
place ! ).
I’m writing this as a heads-up but also wondering if other communities  
have had similar experiences around this issue with their CPCs.

John Nove
Deerfield
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