Congratulations to the 2016 (round 7) awardees!  Their final presentations were at City Council on Tuesday.

Cape Ann Amateur Radio Assoc. Wheeler School House & GFD Riverdale House

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Civil War Monument

Generous Gardeners

Generous Gardeners volunteers

Steve Winslow, Stage Fort Park beautification

Stage Fort Welcome Center Stage Fort Park Advisory Committee

City Clerk’s Office, ARchives, initial storage project phase I

Oak Grove Cemetery, restoration, note Chris Williams ornamentation element

Historic New England Beauport

Sargent Museum

Gloucester Writers Center, Maud/Olson Library

Maritime Gloucester. Schooner Adventure in support

Friends of Burnham’s Field

Bill Dugan, Co-Chair CPC

Deb Laurie, CPC, Henry McCarl, CPC

Barbara Silberman, CPC

Dana transcribes long night

report on beach and traffic

Harbormaster fields questions

Since Gloucester voted to approve the Community Preservation Act (CPA) in 2008, the city has administered 7 rounds of funded projects throughout our community. Have a look at who you helped fund in 2016

1. North Shore CDC and Action, Harbor Village *missing this photo but great presentation!
2. Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association, Wheeler School House & GFD Riverdale Hose, No 2
3. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Civil War Monument
4. Generous Gardeners, Stacy Boulevard Gardens
5. Stage Fort Park Advisory Committee, Welcome Center Renovations
6. Community Development Dept., Stage Fort Park Beautification Project
7. City Clerk’s Office, Archives Initial Storage Project, Phase I
8. Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery continued restoration
9. Gloucester Committee for the Arts, “Out of the Shadows: Gloucester’s historic Depression Era Mural” preserve & restore murals with refined project scope,discovery and schedule of work
10. Historic New England, Beauport Museum, outer building roof replacement
11. Sargent Museum, Preservation of porch, granite steps & retaining wall
12. Gloucester Writers Center, Preservation of Maud/Olsen Library & GWC Archives
13. Maritime Gloucester, Rehab & Restoration of the railway
14. Friends of Burnham’s Field, Continued rehab of Phase I of Burnham’s Field Restoration

Safe bet you might know someone assisting one of these projects. Who else helps?  The volunteers on the Community Preservation Committee are fantastic: Catherine Bill Dugan, Catherine Schlichte, Henry McCarl, David Rhinelander, John Feener, Barbara Silberman, Heide Wakeman, Ellen Preston, and Scott Smith. There’s no break for this committee. From start to finish the process from an applicant’s perspective takes nearly a year. Depending upon the project, it will involve assistance from the Community Preservation Committee, City staff and various departments, City Council, City Council sub committees, and the administration.  Just as one round winds down, the next year’s process and round of applicants gears up. Visit the Community Preservation Committee page on the City website to learn more about the CPA and to see prior projects.

Save the date:The Community Preservation Committee will be hosting an information meeting for prospective 2017 applicants at Sawyer Free on  February 8, 2017 at 6pm. Applications are due April 17, 2017.

Debbie Laurie, a Senior Project Manager in the Community Development Department who manages Grants and CPA for the City writes about the info meeting: “We want to help guide applicants through the process and answer any questions you may have before filling out an application.  We can also determine if your project is actually eligible or not.  Please pass the word around if you know of anyone that may be interested. “