Ag Commission Approves CPA Farmland Fund Draft

Other Committee · Meeting of October 5, 2026

STOCKBRIDGE — The Stockbridge Agricultural Commission voted unanimously to approve a draft Community Preservation Act proposal to create an agricultural land preservation fund. Member Shelby authored the draft, which commission members amended to remove a reference to an unrelated $50,000 Kampoosa Bog hydrology study and to add a placeholder for the number of Chapter 61A tax-classified parcels in town. Members cited Williamstown's use of CPA funds for a similar purpose and pointed to the pending $4.5 million sale of Windy Hill Farm as a reason the town needs its own purchasing tool, saying "this is kind of a perfect case example of why we need to start building a fund." Separately, members discussed bittersweet and other invasive plants overtaking roadsides, the Select Board's appointment of Bob Navin as tree warden, and a Tree City USA application due by the end of December.

In the full story:

• Open Meeting Notice and Attendance
• Tree Warden Transition and Invasive Species Management
• CPA Agricultural Preservation Fund Proposal
• Tree City USA Application
• Other Business: Regional Farmland, Local Conservation Mapping and a Pending Agrihood Project
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,275 words

Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 5, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.