CPA APR 2017 Annual ReportNorthampton Local APR(CPA #43B)2017 CPA Report
Joint Conservation and Agriculture Commission project
The APR program allows the city to purchase Agriculture Preservation Restrictions
The APR program has been extremely effective at helping us obtain Agricultural Preservation Restrictions, preserving important farmland, and leveraging matching funds.
2014: Russell APR, 8.6 acres of prime farmland (CPA $3,400 and leveraging $13,600 in state funds).
2015: Baye APR, 7.0 acres of prime farmland (CPA $9,075).
2016: Clark APR on 1 acre of prime farmland (CPA investment $1,075, check cut in 2015).
In 2017 we began negotiations for a significant APR on a large farmland parcel.
Current Status
We are in the process of completing an appraisal on one large parcel of farmland in Northampton. This is critical to advancing this project. If this project does not move forward,
than we will work on a couple of other possible parcels in Northampton
Last year, in our annual report, we requested that the MOA be extended by two years.If no extension is needed, we will continue to work away and completing this project.