Applications for Community Preservation Act funding are now available in the Town Clerk’s office at the Marion Town House located at 2 Spring Street, Marion, MA 02738. The Community Preservation Act is a Massachusetts Law that allows participating cities and towns to adopt a real estate tax surcharge supplemented by State matching funds in order to fund community preservation. Eligible projects must be directed towards: open space/recreation, historic preservation or community housing. Applications must be received no later than 4:00 pm on February 10 to be considered for presentation at the May 2023 Annual Town Meeting.
Past Community Preservation funds have been used to:
-Design of an accessible boardwalk and viewing platform at Osprey Marsh
-Restore the Marion Town House
-Purchase and install inclusive playground equipment at the Sippican School
-Installing fencing, ADA-compliant benches and litter receptacles at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Park
-Catalog the collections and restoring exhibits at the Marion Natural History Museum