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Dolan
Pond & Forte Property
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location:
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76 Webster Park
West Newton, MA 02465 |
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goals:
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Add to the Dolan Pond
Conservation Area a permanent conservation restriction on approximately
35,000 square feet of wooded open space.
On the remaining approximately 15,000 square feet of this
property, create 3 units of housing that are
permanently affordable for low-income households (up to 80 percent of
area-wide median income): 1 Newton Housing Authority rental unit in a
preserved 1925 historic home that previously belonged to
beloved Newton music teacher Irene Forte; and 2
Habitat for Humanity owner-occupied units, on a rear-lot subdivision. |
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project
funding:
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| $377,400
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community
housing CP funds |
| $729,349
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open
space CP funds |
| $500,000
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inclusionary
zoning funds |
| $300,000 |
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approx.
value of owners'
sweat equity and of donated time & materials |
$1,906,749
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TOTAL
PROJECT COST (estimated) |
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contacts:
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Newton
Conservators, Newton Conservation Commission,
& Newton Housing Authority
c/o Mr. Harvey Epstein
Newton
Housing Authority
82
Lincoln St.
Newton
Highlands, MA
02461
email:
hepstein@newtonhousing.org
phone: 617.552.5501
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PROPOSAL
REVIEW & APPROPRIATION(S)
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14 May 2003
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proposal
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10 July 2003
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CPC
funding recommendation |
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14 July 2003
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Board
order (appropriation) |
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30 June 2004
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project
plan,
revised |
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8 July 2004
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CPC
funding recommendation, revised |
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4 September 2004
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Board
order (revised conditions, no new funds appropriated) |
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PROJECT NEWS
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2 December 2007
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Habitat
for
Humanity project update |
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18 January 2008
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conservation
land - note discharged
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22 January 2008
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conservation
land - deed
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31 January 2009
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Dolan Pond/Forte Property
Project Summary -
Nomination
for CPA Kuehn Award
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