This purchase of approximately 3 acres identified on Assessors’ Plan 1086 as Plot 29 increases the Town’s ability to protect Cedar Swamp, the unique natural resource of now more than 81 acres located behind parcels on Washington Street, Plain Street, Grove Circle and Alida Road.
Town Meeting appropriated funding for the purchase of approximately five acres of naturally vegetated land off Franklin Street identified on Assessors’ Plan 1021 as Lots 4 and 4A.
The Town was able to acquire 4.5+ acres of naturally vegetated land adjacent to the Cochato River with funding provided by the Conservation Commission and the appropriation of Community Preservation monies.
After Norfolk County closed the former Norfolk County Hospital, Chapter 209 of the Acts of 1997 authorized the County to offer for sale the 4.5 acre parcel of land bounded by Washington Street, South Street, and county property in Braintree Highlands.