Community Preservation Committee

Community Preservation Committee approves $1.1 million across twelve projects. The committee voted unanimously to approve the FY27 budget and recommended funding for historic preservation, community housing, and open space projects, including $200,000 each for Lafayette Housing Critical Capital

Salem's Community Preservation Committee ranked 12 fiscal 2026 funding applications, with nine projects receiving High priority status. Committee Chair Bart Hoskins and eight members voted on proposals including High Street Park Renovation and Lafayette Housing Critical Capital Repairs, both

Community Preservation Committee approves four historic projects for eligibility review. Acting Chair Carole Hamilton presided over the Committee's determination votes, finding the Salem Common Bandstand, Pioneer Village, Hamilton Hall, and Immaculate Conception Church stained glass windows all

Community Preservation Committee unanimously clears five projects for CPA funding. The Salem board determined eligibility for the Woman's Friend Society's Emmerton House exterior restoration, the Salem Playhouse's First Universalist Church window work, the city's Forest River Pool shade structure,