CPC approves $320,000 Gore Place window grant

Community Preservation Committee · Meeting of September 22, 2026

WALTHAM — The Waltham Community Preservation Committee approved roughly $456,000 across three historic and community-need grants on September 22. Members voted 6-1 to award $320,000 for Gore Place's south-side window restoration, with member Thomas Creonte dissenting after calling the contractor's cost cushion unconvincing: "It doesn't give me a real warm, feisty feeling." The committee also approved $85,000 toward exterior repairs at the Community Day Center of Waltham's 20 Felton Street building, where Executive Director Chloe Rose described a shelter program she called "a life-saving service," and awarded First Parish Waltham an additional $50,788 after its original steeple contractor went unresponsive. Program Manager Julie Toole reported the committee's largest fund, Open Space, holds $1,172,795.96, while Chair M. Justin Barrett Jr. estimated the city's November state match at $400,000 to $500,000.

The committee also voted to close four inactive grant accounts dating to 2013 and re-elected Barrett as chair and Erika Oliver Jerram as vice chair.

In the full story:

• Call to Order, Roll Call and Minutes
• First Parish Church Steeple Restoration: Additional Funding Request
• Community Day Center of Waltham: 20 Felton Street Exterior Restoration
• Gore Place: South-Facing Window Restoration
• Election of Officers
• Advertising and Outreach
• Old Business: Closing Dormant Grant Accounts
• Fund Balances and State Match Outlook
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,290 words

Source: the Community Preservation Committee meeting of September 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.