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Contact the Community Preservation Coalition at

 33 Union Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

(617) 367-8998 phone
(617) 367-8788 fax

 

2003 Matching Funds Distributed - 100% Match!

 
On October 14, 2003, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue distributed $27.16 million to 54 cities and towns who had adopted the CPA and added the CPA surcharge to their property tax bills in the previous fiscal year. These state matching funds represent a 100% match of what the communities raised locally.

The following chart shows the amount that each community received:

TOWN  STATE MATCH
Acton  $          473,465
Agawam  $          299,875
Amherst  $          144,081
Aquinnah  $           34,669
Ashland  $          452,091
Ayer  $          229,445
Bedford  $          801,952
Boxford  $          375,808
Braintree  $          382,802
Cambridge  $       5,277,518
Carlisle  $          238,618
Chatham  $          441,932
Chelmsford  $          168,775
Chilmark  $          113,572
Cohasset  $          233,566
Dartmouth  $          277,769
Dracut  $          478,059
Duxbury  $          922,706
Easthampton  $          116,232
Easton  $          484,857
Georgetown  $          171,074
Grafton  $          118,427
Hampden  $           29,650
Harvard  $          109,946
Hingham  $          443,740
Holliston  $          235,716
Hopkinton  $          420,112
Leverett  $           45,776
Lincoln  $          203,365
Marshfield  $          621,322
Medway  $          369,747
Nantucket  $          997,557
Newton  $       1,758,952
Norfolk  $          279,768
North Andover  $          886,192
Norwell  $          504,055
Peabody  $          442,846
Plymouth  $          962,918
Rockport  $          239,902
Rowley  $          214,246
Scituate  $          632,644
Southampton  $           65,475
Stockbridge  $           63,672
Stow  $          270,419
Sturbridge  $          188,282
Sudbury  $       1,030,840
Tyngsborough  $          260,994
Wareham  $          322,305
Wayland  $          432,175
Wellesley  $          511,283
Westford  $          924,436
Weston  $       1,051,629
Westport  $          285,139
Williamstown  $          118,946
Total  $     27,161,342
The following communities did not receive a match because they
have not yet implemented the CPA surcharge:
Acushnet
Mendon
Newburyport
Southborough
Southwick
Upton
Westfield