Easton CPC recommends six projects for warrant

Other Committee · Meeting of October 8, 2026

EASTON — The Easton Community Preservation Committee recommended funding for six projects bound for the 2027 town meeting warrant. Deputy Director of Public Works Greg Swan secured a 6-0 vote for $990,000 to landscape and restore the historic Town Hall grounds, warning that phased funding risked becoming "a sunk cost" amid rising material prices. Trustees Fred Ames and Kristen Stone won 5-0-1 approval for $750,000 toward a $1.5 million elevator and kitchen project at Oaks Ames Memorial Hall, saying the hall would otherwise forfeit $800,000 in outside grants.

Habitat for Humanity's Joe Souza secured $150,000 for two Morse Road duplex homes, 6-0, as staff noted Easton sits 12 units short of the state's affordable-housing threshold. The committee also approved $118,000 for a VFW parking lot and $36,582 for Frothingham Park erosion repairs, but deferred, 6-0, competing herbicide and diver-assisted weed-removal plans for New Pond until November.

In the full story:

• Affordable Housing Trust CPA Set-Aside
• Frothingham Park Erosion Repair
• Habitat for Humanity Duplex Homes
• New Pond Invasive Weed Treatment
• Tufts Farm Restoration Phase 2
• Town Hall Landscape and Accessibility Project
• Oaks Ames Memorial Hall Elevator and Kitchen
• VFW Parking Lot
• Langwater Farm Agricultural Preservation Restriction
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,371 words

Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 8, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.