What Has the CPFund Accomplished in Falmouth?
 

In 2023, after 18 years of operation, the CP Fund has contributed approximately $37.7 million to 159 community preservation projects and retired over $28.8 million in Land Bank debt.

CP Fund Allowable Project Spending Purposes

Check the eligibility of your project by consulting the Community Preservation Fund Allowable Project Spending Purposes Chart. (Source of document: MA Dept. of Revenue Informational Guideline Release (IGR) No. 19-14, December 2019.)

Community Housing

The CPFund has contributed $6 million to Community Housing projects since 2005.

The Fund has contributed to the development of new and preservation of existing affordable homes in Falmouth. It supports the Falmouth Housing Authority’s work to assist hard-to-house local residents in locating and obtaining housing. It also funds what is now the Falmouth Affordable Housing Fund. Learn More

Historic Preservation

The CPFund has supported the restoration and preservation of historic resources such as the Public Library, the World War I Monument, village burying grounds, the Village Green fence, and articles from the Falmouth Enterprise 1896 – 1962, now digitized and searchable online. Learn More

Recreation

The CPFund has helped create and refurbish parks and playgrounds all over Falmouth, such as Teaticket Park, the Village Science Playground, the Sandwich Road playing fields, and the Morse Pond School Playground. Learn More

Open Space

The CPFund has contributed to the purchase and preservation of critical open spaces serving as watersheds, like those for Oyster Pond and Waquoit Bay (Calebs Pond), and for corridors for wildlife and recreation for all ages (Bartolomei Parcel, Kelly Woodland). It has also supported improvements at beaches and the evaluation and development of management plans for Falmouth’s most valuable natural resources, its marshes, estuaries, and harbors. Learn More