Community Preservation Committee approves cemetery restoration funding
Community Preservation Committee voted unanimously to recommend $100,000 for cemetery restoration design.
Community Preservation · Meeting of March 19, 2026
WATERTOWN — Community Preservation Committee voted unanimously to recommend $100,000 for cemetery restoration design. The vote authorized architecture services for construction documents on the Old Burying Ground and Common Street Cemetery, the second phase of a preservation plan previously funded through the Community Preservation Act. Michelle Moon, Open Space Planner for the Department of Community Development and Planning, presented the scope and timeline to the committee.
The CPC also elected Bob DiRico as chair through July 1, 2026, with eight members voting in favor, and discussed updates to its five-year Community Preservation Act plan.
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Source: the Community Preservation meeting of March 19, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
Checked against the official minutes. It was corrected where it differed.
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