Northeastern Massachusetts Conference on the Community Preservation Act

Saturday, November 1, 2008, Essex Agricultural and Technical High School, Danvers, MA

Welcome and Plenary Session - Recent Developments with the CPA and the Community Preservation Coalition

Stuart Saginor, Executive Director, Community Preservation Coalition, and Marc Draisen, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)

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Morning Workshops:

1 . Historic Preservation and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards

Michael Steinitz, Director, Preservation Planning Division, Massachusetts Historical Commission and Ryan Maciej, Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Commission

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2. Training Workshop for New Members of Local Community Preservation Committees

Stuart Saginor, Executive Director, Community Preservation Coalition

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3. CPA Open Space Projects and Conservation Restrictions - Insuring Permanent Protection of Your Community's Resources

Deborah Eliason, Attorney, Beveridge & Diamond, PC

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4. CPA Projects and the CPA Trust Fund - Statewide Trends and the New CP-3 Online Database

Liz Gimson, Field Organizer, Community Preservation Coalition, Moderator, with Aleda Freeman GIS Programmer, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and Lisa Juszkiewicz, Director, Municipal Databank, Massachusetts Department of Revenue

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Afternoon Workshop:

2 .CPA Housing Workshop - Adaptive Reuse and Other Great Ideas for Creating Housing in Your Community

Jennifer Raitt, Chief Housing Planner, MAPC, and Chris Pude, Westford Housing Authority

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