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Community Preservation

Community Preservation Initiative Homepage
The State's website with information about the Community Preservation Act, Community Development Plans, and Build Out Analyses.

Community Preservation Coalition's Home Page
The website of the coalition of non-profit organizations that joined together to promote the Community Preservation Act provides information about the Act and assistance in efforts to pass it locally.

Massachusetts Community Resources Page
Links to all build outs, community pictures, and other community links.

Massachusetts Community Preservation Tools and Techniques
Source of the Fiscal Impact Tool and the Alternative Futures Tool software, as well as information and links to several current planning techniques.

Trust for Public Land's Community Preservation Act's Home Page
News and current status ofCPA elections, including a map.

Executive Order 418

Department of Housing and Community Development's (DHCD) Executive Order 418 home page

Executive Office of Environmental Affair's description of Community Development Plans

Chapter 40B
DHCD's Chapter 40B Comprehensive Permit Home page.

Other Projects and Programs

Conservation and Limited Development Projects
CLDPs can offer resources to land trusts, developers, planners, and citizens.

National Decentralized Water Resources Capacity Development Project
The NDWRCDP is a cooperative effort funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, which supports research and development to improve our understanding and practice in the field of onsite/decentralized wastewater treatment.  The organization offers funding to qualified public and private institutions that carry out projects related to the organization's mission. 


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