The Februrary Friends meeting will be hybrid in-person at Waban Library Center and online via Google Meet. Connection details for Google Meet are at the bottom.

Agenda/Discussion Items:

1. Treasurer’s Report
2. Confirm date for the spring cleanup
3. We have the WLC for hybrid meetings for the rest of the year.
4. There will be another Newton Conservators’ in HG on Sunday June 7, 9:30am – 12 noon. Does anyone want to join me as leader?
5. Update on the Friends of the Quinobequin
6. Skating this winter?
7. Priorities for the coming year.
8. Should we apply for a Mass. Preservation Project Fund grant for the Stone Building?
   https://www.sed.state.ma.us/divisions/mhc/grants/mppf.htm
   Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund
   The MHC is accepting applications for Round 32 grants.
   Application deadline is March 13, 2026.The MPPF is a state-funded 50% reimbursable matching grant program established in 1984 to support the preservation of properties, landscapes, and sites (cultural resources) listed in the State Register of Historic Places. Applicants must be a municipality or nonprofit organization.

   Historic cultural resources in public and nonprofit ownership and use frequently suffer from deferred maintenance, incompatible use, or are threatened by demolition. These important resources represent a significant portion of the Commonwealth’s heritage. By providing assistance to historic cultural resources owned by nonprofit or municipal entities, the Massachusetts Historical Commission hopes to ensure their continued use and integrity. The program is administered in accordance with 950 CMR 73.00.

   Grant disbursement is subject to reauthorization of the capital accounts and availability of sufficient allocated funds.

   1. What would we ask for? How much? Who wants to write it?
9. Matters arising