Celebrating a decade of CPA

The city’s Community Preservation Committee is marking the 10th anniversary of the local program, which uses a 1 percent surcharge on property taxes to raise funds for local projects, by planning meetings to inform residents about its past successes and encourage them to provide ideas for future efforts. The next meeting will be held Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Warren House, 1600 Washington St. in West Newton. The Warren House, a 1930s-era school, was preserved with the use of Community Preservation Act funds. The city program has $5 million in its budget, and is expecting to collect $3 million annually, said Alice Ingerson, the community preservation program manager. The annual surcharge for the owner of the city’s median-value single-family home in recent years was $65 to $70, she said. The program provides funds for affordable housing, open space, and historic preservation projects. - Deirdre Fernandes