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Community Preservation Act Funds are used to support open space & recreation, historic preservation, and affordable housing projects.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – The Community Preservation Act Grant Program is administered by the City of Gloucester and funded by the Citizens of Gloucester through the Community Preservation Act. Resources are used for the preservation and rehabilitation of open space, land for recreational use, historic preservation, and community housing. A nine-member Community Preservation Committee makes a recommendation for the use of the funds to the City Council for its approval.

Local projects selected to receive funding:

• ●  City of Gloucester Cemeteries Advisory Committee: Bay View City-owned Cemeteries Restoration in theamount of $30,000.
• ●  Magnolia Library Center: MLCC outside Renovation in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Manship Artist Residence and Studios, Inc.: Manship Artists Residency Design project in the amount of$50,000
• ●  Maritime Gloucester: Waterfront Resiliency Survey in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Our Lady of Good Voyage Parish: Bell Tower Restoration in the amount of $125,000.
• ●  Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library: Saunders House HVAC in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Gloucester Adventure Inc.: Adventure Schooner Rudder Project in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Action Inc.: Tenet-Based Rental/Mortgage Assistance Program in the amount of $200,000.
• ●  Harbor Light Community Partners Inc.: Main Street Affordable Housing in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Gloucester High School Baseball Boosters: Nate Ross Baseball Field Renovations in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Stage Fort Park Advisory Committee: Stage Fort Park Lucy Davis Pathway and Fort Area RenovationProject in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Gloucester Rotary Club: Stage Fort Park Playground Rehabilitation in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Young Legends Street Hockey Inc.: Conversion of Stage Fort Basketball Court into a street Hockey Rink inthe amount of $50,000.“We are pleased to continue to use these resources to improve quality of life for Gloucester residents through investments in recreation, open spaces, historic preservation and affordable housing.” States Community Preservation Committee Chair Matt Lundberg “Resident input is vital to making these investments and we encourage all Gloucester residents to attend our committee meetings and engage in our annual planning efforts” Community

Preservation Committee meetings are open to the public and are typically held on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings details will be posted under Public Notices on the City’s website. To learn more about

City of Gloucester Community Development grant programs go to Gloucester-MA.gov/264/Community- Development and follow Innovate Gloucester’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

About The City of Gloucester, Massachusetts

America’s oldest seaport, the City of Gloucester, is known throughout the world as an authentic, working waterfront community, a place of spectacular natural beauty, and home to a diverse population of approximately 30,000 residents. Its sharp focus on community development has helped build its reputation as the ideal location to live, work, and play. An important center for the fishing industry, Gloucester is also proud of its vibrant cultural life and rich art heritage. Gloucester is a destination for thousands of visitors who visit the harbor and its beaches during the summer months. The City will be celebrating its 400th Anniversary in 2023.

147 Thatcher Rd Gloucester

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Hi Joe,

I am a regular reader and once contributed some photos of whales in the harbor.

Last night’s moonrise was about the prettiest I’ve seen. Orange and full.

Here are photos of it rising up between the Dog Bar and Eastern Point Yacht Club . .

Tom Cronin