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Preservation tax losing steam

After a decade, community enthusiasm for once-popular program on the wane

By Taryn Plumb

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 12, 2012

For a decade, the state’s Community Preservation Act (CPA) has enabled cities and towns north of Boston and across the state to fortify several diverse but key resources: history; open space; outdoor recreation; and affordable housing. Still, in recent years, the once voracious interest in the program has waned (particularly north of Boston) and its future vitality and popularity is uncertain - although efforts are underway to reinvigorate it.

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