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File #: 26-0075    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Tabled
File created: 1/6/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/22/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting the appropriation of $420,566 from the Community Preservation Act Historic Preservation Reserve to the Elizabeth Peabody House for continued restoration of 277 Broadway.
Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -
Attachments: 1. CPC Final Rec Elizabeth Peabody House FY26, 2. EPH Structural-Stabilization 277-Broadway

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Requesting the appropriation of $420,566 from the Community Preservation Act Historic Preservation Reserve to the Elizabeth Peabody House for continued restoration of  277 Broadway.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $420,566 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Historic Preservation Reserve to the Elizabeth Peabody House for structural stabilization of the upper floor of the organization's building located at 277 Broadway. The appropriation will be allocated to the Historic Preservation CPA category (Fund #3252).

 

Details of this request are available in the attached funding recommendation from the Community Preservation Committee.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Jake Wilson, Mayor