bevans - In support of St. John Cantius Church.pdf7/20/22, 1:34 PM City of Northampton Mail - In support of St. John Cantius Church
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Sarah LaValley <slavalley@northamptonma.gov>
In support of St. John Cantius Church
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Jon Bevans <joncbevans@gmail.com>Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 5:18 PM
To: slavalley@northamptonma.gov
Cc: mhl@marthalyon.com, debhenson.law@gmail.com
To the Northampton Community Preservation Committee:
My wife and I want to preserve the historical structure St. John Cantius Church in our
neighborhood. We are longstanding residents of Northampton, once residing on Main St. and now
in Ward 3. The building is an integral part of Northampton’s history and provides an identity and
aesthetic that makes our Hawley Street neighborhood what it is today.
We strongly support the request made by O’Connell to use CPA funding to restore the
original historical building and to use it for rental units. Although this is not what we believe to be
the optimal use of the structure, we believe it both preserves a valuable historical building and
provides needed housing in our city. We also highly value the preservation easement that will
accompany the property once the CPA funds are used to restore the structure. With this, the
building will exist in perpetuity.
Jon Bevans and Erin Moore
78 Hawley St., Unit 1
Northampton, MA 01060