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Fall River CPC opens funding round, hears pitches for parks, land protection and a sensory playground
Summary
At its Jan. 8 meeting, the Fall River Community Preservation Committee heard eligibility presentations for park, land-protection and preservation projects including a $500,000 Father Kelly Park parking lot, a $400,000 Columbia Street parklet, and a $200,000 ask for an Abbott Court sensory playground; committee members pressed for cost breakdowns and phasing plans.
The Fall River Community Preservation Committee on Jan. 8 opened a funding-eligibility hearing and heard presentations on a slate of park, land-protection and historic-preservation proposals that the committee may weigh in deliberations ahead of a Jan. 14 session.
The meeting featured a $500,000 request to build a parking facility at Father Kelly Park to replace on-street spaces lost to required MassDOT intersection improvements and to serve heavy weekend softball demand. The presenter said the proposal “meets the open space and recreation plan” and is shovel-ready for summer; committee members asked for a line-item cost breakdown, and the presenter said the $500,000 represents the construction estimate and that the project would go to public bid. The presenter estimated a net gain of about 15–20 parking spaces and said designers made an effort to…
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