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Cape Cod Commission highlights water‑quality subsidies, freshwater initiative and housing strategy in 2024 year‑in‑review
Summary
Christie Sanitore, executive director of the Cape Cod Commission, told the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates that the commission’s management board approved nearly $65 million in subsidies to 13 projects in eight towns through the Cape and Islands Water Protection Fund in 2024 and that freshwater monitoring, housing strategy work and climate resiliency remained priorities.
Christie Sanitore, executive director of the Cape Cod Commission, presented the commission’s 2024 year‑in‑review to the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates, highlighting water quality funding and programs, a regional housing strategy, climate and coastal resiliency work, and transportation and broadband planning.
Sanitore said the Cape and Islands Water Protection Fund’s management board voted in 2024 to provide subsidies totaling nearly $65 million to 13 projects in eight Cape Cod towns, and she noted that since the fund was established in 2018 the management board has committed more than $204 million in subsidies. She described those subsidies as a central tool for advancing large water infrastructure projects across the region.
On freshwater work, Sanitore said the commission has been engaged on an initiative covering the region’s roughly 890 freshwater lakes and ponds. She…
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