Haverhill
With Grant and Corbett Gift, Land Trust Still Needs Over 200K For Haverhill Conservation Project
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Hoping to protect 90 acres of woodlands and streams on Parsonage Hill in Haverhill, a land trust needs to raise $218,213 by June 30. With the total cost at $690,000, Essex County Greenbelt has already received $217,600 in state money and $254,187 from former Haverhill mayoral candidate Maureen Corbett, who passed away in 2017. As WHAV reported, state officials awarded Haverhill the conservation grant last December. The money is part of $13 million from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for park improvements and open space purchases across Massachusetts. Greenbelt Vice President of Conservation Operations Christopher B. LaPointe told WHAV his organization is partnering with the city.