CPA Eligibility Form - Grow Food Northampton.docCOMMUNITY PRESERVATION ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION FORM
The purpose of this form is to make sure that all project applications applying for Community Preservation Act funding are eligible for funding. Please refer to Appendix-E in the Community
Preservation Plan when filling out this form. This form must be approved in order for an application to be accepted.
Project Title: Reclamation and Rehabilitation of Farmland on the Grow Food Northampton Community Farm
Project Sponsor/Organization: Grow Food Northampton, Inc.
Contact Name: Alisa Klein
Property Owner, if applicable: Grow Food Northampton, Inc.
Mailing Address: 221 Pine Street, Suite 349, Florence, MA 01062
Daytime phone #: 413-320-4799, x101
Fax #: 413-320-4799
E-mail address: alisa@growfoodnorthampton.org
CPA Program Area (check those that apply):
X Open Space � Historic Preservation
� Community Housing � Recreation
Project Purpose (check those that apply):
� Acquisition � Creation � Preservation
� Support X Rehabilitation/Restoration
Project Summary: Please provide a brief description of the project.
Grow Food Northampton seeks funding to reclaim and rehabilitate two parcels of farmland on our Community Farm that have been encroached upon by forest and invasive plants. One parcel
borders conserved City property along the east bank of the Mill River on our “East Field” off of Meadow Street. The other is in our Organic Community Garden along Spring Street and
between and beside private residences. Once the brush and invasive plants are cleared, we will return the reclaimed area on the East Field to productive organic farmland and from that
point on, we will more easily and regularly maintain the field edge. The reclaimed Organic Community Garden land will either be converted into additional garden plots (since demand
for plots has increased dramatically in the last two years), or into an “edible hedgerow” that is open to the public for foraging. Thank you for your consideration of this proposal!
Project Summary: Please provide a brief description of the project.
Grow Food Northampton seeks funding to reclaim and rehabilitate two parcels of farmland on our Community Farm that have been encroached upon by forest and invasive plants. One parcel
borders conserved City property along the east bank of the Mill River on our “East Field” off of Meadow Street. The other is in our Organic Community Garden along Spring Street and
between and beside private residences. Once the brush and invasive plants are cleared, we will return the reclaimed area on the East Field to productive organic farmland and from that
point on, we will more easily and regularly maintain the field edge. The reclaimed Organic Community Garden land will either be converted into additional garden plots (since demand
for plots has increased dramatically in the last two years), or into an “edible hedgerow” that is open to the public for foraging. Thank you for your consideration of this proposal!
For CPC Use Eligible: _____ Not Eligible: _____ Date: __________ Reviewer: ____________________