FY22 Community Project Funding
Community Project Funding Requests
Rep. Seth Moulton has submitted funding requests for important community projects in the Massachusetts Sixth District to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Under guidelines issued by the Committee, each Representative may request funding for community projects for obligation in fiscal year 2022 - although only a handful may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to specific accounts with differing eligibility. Additional information on the reformed process governing CPF requests is available here.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Rep. Moulton has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested.
In no particular order, here is a list of the projects Rep. Moulton has submitted:
Title: Essex County Mental Health Initiative
Recipient: Essex County Community Foundation
175 Andover Street, Suite 101
Danvers, Massachusetts 01923
Request Amount: $685,384
Short Description: (explanation including purpose and justification):
The Essex County Community Foundation Mental Health Initiative will address the mental health challenges facing populations disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through the investment in programs designed to meet the unique needs of those populations and by working with regional service providers and community leaders to establish collaborative interventions to address the anticipated post-pandemic mental health needs of county residents.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: North Shore Community Health Urgent Care Facility
Recipient: North Shore Community Health
27 Congress Street
Salem, MA 01970
Request Amount: $1,000,000
Short Description: Serving more than 13,000 residents of the North Shore, NSCH is a network of three full-time family medicine practices (Salem, Peabody and Gloucester Family Health) and school-based health center services provided to anyone regardless of insurance and/or ability to pay. The leased facilities in Salem are inefficient, dated, and poorly maintained and Salem Family Health Center (SFHC) outgrew them ten years ago. To expand access, SFHC increased its hours of operation two years ago. Given the ongoing lack of same day appointment access, health center staff know the need is great for more primary care access, including dental and behavioral health. An analysis of MassHealth claims data suggests that patients would greatly benefit from access to urgent care services, including X-rays, to prevent long waits at the emergency department of the city’s hospital, North Shore Medical Center. By building a new urgent care center, NSCH will be able to better address the needs of low-income patients.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: North Shore Community College’s Anatomy and Physiology Lab Renovation
Recipient: North Shore Community College
1 Ferncroft Rd
Danvers, MA 01923
Request Amount: $900,000
Short Description: North Shore Community College’s (NSCC’s) Anatomy and Physiology Lab upgrade project focuses on the significant need to redesign and renovate a critical science lab used by Allied Health students. The project will focus on design, renovation and equipment for an Anatomy and Physiology lab in the Math and Science Building at NSCC’s Danvers campus. North Shore Community College is one of the only community colleges in the state lacking updated science labs.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: STAR Program for Convicted individuals
Recipient: Essex County Sheriff's Department
20 Manning Ave
Middleton, MA 01949
Request Amount: $850,000
Short Description: The STAR Program (Supporting Transitions and Rentry) provides for enhanced post-release services for sentenced and pretrial, male, and female inmates to establish a full continuum of care, including “wrap-around services,” with the overall goal of reducing recidivism and providing individuals the tools to be a productive member of society. In collaboration with the Courts, Probation and Parole, the District Attorney and Defense Counsel, the program will receive referrals to enhance participant success through conditions of the court, probation and parole.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: Open Door Expansion of North Shore Hunger Network
Recipient: The Open Door
28 Emerson Avenue
Gloucester MA 01930
Request Amount: $786,892
Short Description: The Open Door hunger relief agency seeks both program and capital investments to expand food distribution through the North Shore Hunger Network. Open Door’s network expansion will include a new commercial kitchen, added cold and dry storage and warehouse capacity, expanded technology, strengthened transportation and fleet capacity, increased pantry hours, enhanced food pantry equipment, and increased purchase of local seafood and produce. As the COVID pandemic shut down our economy, food insecurity in Eastern MA jumped 66% for individuals and 117% for children—the highest increase in the nation. Investing in this project ensures that Open Door and its partners can alleviate hunger in our community by better connecting people to food and engaging communities in building food security through the North Shore Hunger Network.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: City of Newburyport Bulkhead Reconstruction
Recipient: City of Newburyport City Hall
60 Pleasant Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
Request Amount: $1,500,000
Short Description: This critical infrastructure project would reconstruct a bulkhead that protects the near shore economy, including fishing, cruising and tourism, and the recreational boating industries, as well as protect a heavily utilized boardwalk and public park. In addition, portions of Downtown Newburyport are located in the FEMA floodplain and are more vulnerable and susceptible to storm surge and flooding if the bulkhead fails.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: Harborlight Community Partners Affordable Housing development.
Recipient: Harborlight Community Partners
283 Elliott St
Beverly, MA 01915
Request Amount: $690,000
Short Description: Harborlight is looking for funds to support one of three buildings (new construction) planned as part of affordable family housing development in Beverly, MA. The development, called Anchor Point, re-imagines affordable housing communities. Because the housing at Anchor Point is funded both locally and via the MA Department of Housing and Community Development, this request is dedicated to the Anchor Point Community and Wellness Center. The Center will offer affordable childcare, computer labs, learning spaces, community gardens and more. It will, effectively, foster economic opportunity, improved health, and equity in our region for our most vulnerable citizens.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: Border to Boston Trail Gap Design
Recipient: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4160
Boston, MA 02116
Request Amount: $1,200,000
Short Description: This request will allow the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to complete engineering and design work for unfinished sections of the Border to Boston Trail in the Massachusetts Sixth District, specifically in the communities of Boxford, Georgetown, Newbury, Marblehead, and Peabody. The Border to Boston Trail is a 70-mile shared use trail that links approximately 20 communities from the New Hampshire border to Boston for non-motorized uses including walking, bicycling, and more. The trail connects town and employment centers, neighborhoods, schools, parks, recreational facilities, and natural areas in the Essex National Heritage Area, as well as a safe and healthy first/last-mile connection for regional transit systems. When completed, this trail will be one of the region’s most outstanding assets by facilitating safe, scenic, and healthy transportation and recreation for all to enjoy. In fact, MassDOT data on usage for completed sections of the trail demonstrated a 100% increase in use during the summer of 2020. This funding will support proposed and identified trails segments in the design process, to include wetland and engineering surveying, helping to identify any challenges and develop cost estimates for construction. This will make these portions of the trail “shovel-ready” for the next phase when construction funding is available from MassTrails or the Massachusetts Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: South Salem Commuter Rail Stop
Recipient: City of Salem
93 Washington St.
Salem, MA 01970
Request Amount: $465,000
Short Description: The City of Salem, Salem State University, North Shore Medical Center, and the Salem Partnership have collaborated on investigating and advancing the concept of a South Salem Commuter Rail Stop, on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authoritys' Newburyport/Rockport Line. This would establish a second stop in Salem, which already hosts the busiest commuter rail station outside of Boston. The location of the South Salem Stop is intentionally situated in close proximity to Salem State University, the North Shore Medical Center, and underutilized parcels of more than 30 acres, a large proportion of which can support transit-oriented development. These funds would help complete the Conceptual Design Phase 1, bringing the project to 15% design in accordance with the MBTA Standard Scope of Services for Commuter Rail Projects. This level of design includes surveying, geotechnical engineering, architectural design, and updated cost estimates.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
Title: Design and Construction of the Wakefield Broadway Commuter Rail Crossing
Recipient: Town of Wakefield
1 Lafayette St.
Wakefield, MA 01880
Request Amount: $1,500,000
Short Description: The project will provide design and construction funding for the installation of the quad railroad gates and pedestrian/ADA mobility enhancements for Wakefield's Broadway at-grade Commuter Rail crossing, which are safety measures mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration to meet Quiet Zone requirements. The crossing was closed by the FRA after the town completed utility work near the crossing and FRA discovered it no longer met new Quite Zone requirements. Once completed, this project will allow the at-grade crossing to reopen, increasing safety and providing easier access to local businesses and schools.
Certification of no financial interest: Available here.
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