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Holyoke seeks CPA funds to restore Scott Tower, add accessible ramp and repairs
Summary
City conservation staff asked the Community Preservation Committee for $200,000 in CPA funding toward a $725,000 Scott Tower restoration that would replace failing stairs, add an accessible ramp and repoint historic stonework; the project includes other grants and must meet FY26 grant start timelines.
Leonie Glogower, Holyoke’s director of conservation and sustainability, asked the Community Preservation Committee on Jan. 14 to consider a $200,000 CPA request for repairs and accessibility upgrades at Scott Tower in a $725,000 project budget.
The proposal would fully replace deteriorated exterior stone elements and the tower’s interior stair system with a new aluminum staircase, add a concrete accessible ramp and handrails, repave and regrade the access corridor, repoint loose masonry and reuse stone slabs from the Whiting Street Reservoir for landscaping features. “This tower needs to get a building permit and we need to meet modern accessibility requirements,” Glogower said during the presentation.
Glogower said construction documents have reached 100% and that earlier work — an…
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