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State may boost Community Preservation Act funding

By John Laidler

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 10, 2012

A move by Massachusetts lawmakers to increase state funding for the Community Preservation Act and give communities more flexibility in its use is being warmly received by local officials and supporters of the law. In its fiscal 2013 state budget plan approved April 25, the House included an amendment that would add $25 million to the annual funding the state provides to cities and towns that adopt the law, roughly doubling the amount.

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