GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Applications for Great Barrington Community Preservation Act (CPA) grants are now open for the FY 2025 funding round.

 

The application can be downloaded here.

 

The CPA provides grant funding for affordable housing, historic preservation, open space, and recreation projects within Great Barrington. Applications are open to anyone with a qualifying, eligible, project.

 

 The town's Committee Preservation Committee will review and recommend funding awards, which will then be subject to a vote at the 2024 Annual Town Meeting next May.

 

The CPA application is a two-step process: Step 1 is an eligibility review, and Step 2 is a full application. The deadline for the Step 1 application is Nov. 3, 2023, at 4 p.m.

 

Eligible projects can then advance to a full application (Step 2), which is due Dec. 1, 2023, at 4 p.m.

 

The application form, the CPA Plan, and other information are available on the committee page of the town website.

 

Over $6.5 million in CPA funding has been awarded to qualifying projects since the inception of CPA in Great Barrington. At the Special Town Meeting this coming Oct. 23, voters will vote on three projects recommended by the CPC.

 

Applicants are encouraged to discuss their project with Chris Rembold, assistant town manager/director of planning and community development, before the deadline. Rembold can be reached via email at crembold@townofgb.org or at l (413) 528-1619 ext. 2401.