MassGIS Data: Community Preservation Act (CPA) Towns

January 2023

The CPA Towns datalayer reflects the Massachusetts municipalities that adopted the Community Preservation Act.

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Overview

CPA towns by year of adoption — Click to open full size image

The CPA Towns datalayer reflects the Massachusetts municipalities that adopted the Community Preservation Act.

For more information about the Community Preservation Act contact the Community Preservation Coalition.

The name of the statewide datalayer is TOWNS_POLY_V_CPA.

Production

MassGIS developed this layer with the Community Preservation Coalition, which publishes statewide statistics on the CPA status of each city municipality.

Attributes

The TOWNS_POLY_V_CPA attribute table has the following fields:

FIELD NAME	WDTH / TYPE	DESCRIPTION
TOWN	21 / C	Municipality Name
TOWN_ID	4 / I	Municipality Id
ELEC_DATE *	255 / C	Date of Election
BALLOT_PTH *	255 / C	Path to Ballot
PCT_YES *	38 / D	% Voting Yes
PCT_NO *	38 / D	% Voting No
SURCHARGE *	255 / C	Current surcharge
EXEMPTIONS *	255 / C	Exemptions

* These fields are filled in only for towns that have adopted the CPA.

Maintenance

MassGIS will update the layer as needed.

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