Community Preservation Committee

Children in blue smocksMeetings

  • 7 p.m.
  • The 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month
  • Town Municipal Building
    Room 101
    195 Main Street

Notices for all meetings are posted at the Town Hall at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date. All meetings are open to the public.

Agendas & Minutes

View the agendas and minutes for the Community Preservation Committee.

Members                                                                        Term Ends

  • Rick Lefferts, Chair, Member-at-large                                            2028
  • Matt Preys, Vice-Chair, Housing Authority                                     2026
  • Thomas Hesbach, Treasurer, Member-At-Large                           2028
  • Jonathan Bretz, Capital Planning Committee                                2027
  • Bill Cranshaw, Planning Board                                                      2026
  • Ellen Duggan, Historical Commission                                           2028
  • M. John Dwyer, Conservation Commission                                  2027               
  • Vacant, Recreation Commission                                                   2026
  • Vacant, Member-at-Large
  • Anna-Lisa McLaughlin, Clerk

To apply to serve on the Community Preservation Committee, click here. 

Notices

The Maynard Community Preservation Committee is asking Maynard residents to submit proposals for Community Preservation Act funding.

The deadline for submitting a Notice of Interest is October 13, 2025. This entails a short project description used to determine eligibility for CPA funds.

Final applications are due on November 17, 2025. Final applications must include detailed plans for the execution of the project, as well as a list of any additional funding sources and a maintenance plan, where applicable. 

The Notice of Interest and Final Application forms are available under the Resource Documents section, below. 

CPA funds can be used for four kinds of projects:

  • Community housing projects that promote affordable housing.
  • Historic preservation projects that protect, preserve, or restore historic structures, sites, or artifacts.
  • Open space projects that acquire land for open space, purchase conservation restrictions or restore open space areas.
  • Recreation projects that acquire, preserve, rehabilitate, or convert structures and land to recreational use.

To date, Maynard CPA funds have been used to support affordable housing and conservation initiatives through contributions to the Maynard Affordable Housing Trust and Conservation Trust, respectively. CPA funds have also been used to support projects such as the design and acquisition of the Assabet River Rail Trail, the purchase of the Maynard Golf Course, improvements to Alumni Field, Front Field and Keenan Field, playground improvements at Fowler and Green Meadow Schools, the replacement of the fence and restoration of historic gravestones at Glenwood Cemetery, and the preservation of historical artifacts, such as the Mill Curfew Bell, among other projects.

 Please contact the CPC administrative assistant, Anna-Lisa McLaughlin, at cpcadmin@townofmaynard.net with any questions.

About the Community Preservation Committee

The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) was formed in November 2006 after Maynard voters adopted the Community Preservation Act (CPA) at the 2006 Annual Town meeting in May and reaffirmed the adoption of the CPA in the town election which followed. The Community Preservation Committee is charged with studying the needs, possibilities and resources of Maynard regarding community preservation. Its members are representatives from other Maynard town boards or residents of the town.

The Community Preservation Committee oversees Maynard's Community Preservation Fund, selects preservation projects and recommends selected projects to Town Meeting for funding. Preservation projects eligible for funding may include:

  • acquiring and preserving land for open space
  • acquiring, preserving and restoring historic resources, structures, artifacts and documents
  • acquiring, preserving and developing land for passive and active recreation
  • acquiring and developing community housing.

The CPC reviews project proposals received from other Town Boards, community groups and individuals. The CPC determines its annual priorities for project funding through careful review of existing development plans (e.g. 2006 Community Development and Implementation Committee Plan, 2006 Freedom's Way Heritage Plan, Maynard's Open Space Plan), through deliberations with other Town Boards, and through input from community members.

Preliminary projects selected for funding by the CPC are then brought to Maynard Town Meeting where a majority vote is required to approve expenditures from the Community Preservation Fund. (Amounts in the CPC fund are the result of a 1.5% property tax surcharge voted at the May 2006 Town Meeting, and matching state funds.) After approval of a project(s) by a Town Meeting vote, the Committee oversees expenditures of CPA funds by the project group sponsor, who is responsible for the implementation and completion of the approved project.

You can contact the committee via email.

Resource Documents

  1. Community Preservation Plan
  2. Application Process Guidelines and Forms version 2022.03.15
  3. Notice of Interest Form
  4. Final Application Form

FY2025 Final Applications

FY2024 Final Applications

  1. OS029-24 Conservation Trust Fund Support Final Application
  2. HR037-24 Alumni Field House Study Final Application
  1. CH017-24 Regional Housing Services Office Final Application
  2. CH016-24 Maynard Affordable Housing Trust Fund Support Final Application

FY2023 Final Applications

  1. REC049-23 Alumni Field New Bleacher Design Final Application
  2. REC046-23 Reo Road Playground Design Phase I Final Application
  3. OS028-23 Conservation Trust Fund Final Application
  1. CH015-23 Concord Circle Door Replacement Final Application
  2. CH014-23 Regional Housing Services Membership Final Application
  3. CH013-23 Affordable Housing Trust Fund Final Application

FY2022 Final Applications

  1. CH011-22-affordable-housing-trust-application (PDF)
  2. CH012-22-regional-housing-service-office-membership-application (PDF)
  3. HR032-22-preservation-and-digitization-of-historic-town-records-application (PDF)
  4. HR033-22-macris-application (PDF)
  5. HR034-22-restore-and-preserve-ice-house-foundation-application (PDF)
  6. HR035-22-curfew-bell-display-application (PDF)
  1. OS026-22-conservation-fund-support-application (PDF)
  2. OS027-22-ice-house-landing-improvements-application (PDF)
  3. REC041-22-keenan-girls-softball-field-application (PDF)
  4. REC042-22-outdoor-ice-rink-application (PDF)
  5. REC043-22-pollinator-meadow-redesign-application (PDF)

FY2021 Final Applications

  1. CH009-21-regional-housing-service-office-membership- (PDF)
  2. CH010-21-affordable-housing-trust (PDF)
  3. HR030-21-restoration-of-historic-gravestones (PDF)
  1. HR031-21-marble-farm-park-and-site (PDF)
  2. OS025-21-conservation-trust-fund-support (PDF)

FY2020 Final Applications

  1. CH006-20-affordable-housing-trust-fund (PDF)
  2. CH007-20-rhso-membership (PDF)
  3. HR028-20-marble-farm (PDF)
  4. HR029-20-mill-curfew-bell (PDF)
  1. OS024-20-conservation-fund-support (PDF)
  2. REC037-20-downtown-benches (PDF)
  3. REC039-20-front-field-irrigation (PDF)

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Approved Grant Agreements

  1. CH004-17 Affordable Housing Trust (PDF)
  2. CH006-20 Maynard Affordable Housing Trust (PDF)
  3. CH007-20 Region Housing Services Office Membership Funding (PDF)
  4. CH009-21 Region Housing Services Office Membership Funding (PDF)
  5. CH010-21 Affordable Housing Trust (PDF)
  6. HR025-18 Historic Properties Survey (MACRIS) Phase 3 (PDF)
  7. HR028-20 Marble Farm Project Plan (PDF)
  8. HR029-20 Historic Mill Curfew Bell (PDF)
  9. HR030-21 Restoration of Historic Gravestones (PDF)
  10. HR031-21 Marble Farm Park and Historic Site (PDF)
  11. OS024-20 Conservation Fund Support (PDF)
  12. OS025-21 Conservation Fund Support (PDF)
  13. REC032-18 Fowler Field Renovation (PDF)
  1. REC033-18 Glenwood Cemetery Pond Restoration (PDF)
  2. REC037-20 Memorial Park and Rail Trail Benches (PDF)
  3. REC039-20 MHS Front Field Irrigation (PDF)
  4. CH014-23 RHSO Grant Agreement - Signed
  5. CH013-23 Affordable Housing Trust Fund Grant Agreement - Signed
  6. REC049-23 Alumni Field Bleacher Design Grant Agreement - Signed
  7. REC046-23 Reo Road Playground Design Grant Agreement - Signed
  8. OS028-23 Conservation Trust Fund Grant Agreement - Signed
  9. CH015-23 Concord Circle Door Replacement Grant Agreement - Signed
  10. OS031-25 Conservation Trust Fund Grant Agreement
  11. CH019-25 Regional Housing Services Office Membership Grant Agreement
  12. REC051-25 Bancroft Street Park and Playground Grant Agreement