The Office of Public Private Partnerships has Moved!

Since 2003, the Office of Public Private Partnerships (OPPP) has provided more than $1.5 million, initiating matches of $2.3 million in private and other non-state investments by 35 partners and "stewards" affiliated with 36 facilities managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

As it enters its fifth year of existence, the OPPP office now has a new name, the DCR Partnerships Matching Funds Program, and has physically relocated to the DCR Offices (Office of External Affairs and Partnerships, 251 Causeway Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02116) to enable it to align more closely with the agency's mission and facilitate its administraiton.

The management of the FY 2008 program will remain under the administration of Ethel Stafford, Program Manager. To answer your questions about past and future projects, you can reach Ethel Stafford at 617 626-4917 or ethel.stafford@state.ma.us, or you can go directly to the DCR web site at www.mass.gov/dcr scroll down to "about DCR" and click on "Partnerships".

Please note that the OPPP page will not be available after June 30, 2008.