See below for the final 2013-14 proposal.

2011-12

• 27 July 2011 - Pre-proposal, including:
  • Cover letter, summary & budgets
  • Preliminary site plans
• 1 February 2012 - Full proposal project summary & project budgets, plus:
  • Community need & outreach
  • Property deeds & current mortgage
  • Appraisals (2011) for 12 Curve Street and for 18-20 Curve Street
  • Site, zoning & permitting, design & construction (including proposed site plans, elevations & floor plans)
  • Architect's qualifications
  • Fair housing & affirmative marketing
  • Site & project images (posted separately, but also included in proposal above: photos & floor plans of existing buildings, site plans, elevations & floor plans of proposed buildings)
• 3 February-March 2012 - Supporting reviews of the proposal:
  
  • Newton Housing Partnership letter of support
  • City of Newton Housing staff analysis/memo
• 28 February 2012 - The CPC voted 7-0 to recommend full funding requested, but this recommendation was then held due to a potential conflict of interest:
  
  • 13 June 2012 - Housing staff update on steps for requesting an exception to U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development conflict of interest rules.
  • The City of Newton preferred not to request an exception. A potential conflict of interest was eliminated by restructuring the governing board of Myrtle Village, LLC, but there was a 1-year waiting period before the proposal could be reconsidered.
  • 29 June 2012 - Myrtle Village LLC corporate purposes & organization (original filing September 2011, subsequently updated)

2013-14

• August-November 2013 - Resubmitted full proposal, with updated project summary & project budgets; plus the following attachments (unless otherwise noted, unchanged from February 2012 submission above):
  
  • Community need & outreach
  • Property deeds & current mortgage
  • Appraisals (2011) for 12 Curve Street and for 18-20 Curve Street
  • Site, zoning & permitting, design & construction (2012 site plans, elevations, floor plans) and "green"/energy-efficient features (from October 2013 application to state Local Initiative Program)
  • Architect's qualifications
  • Fair housing & affirmative marketing
  • Site & project images (also posted as part of other proposal documents, including October 2013 appraisals): photos & floor plans of existing buildings; proposed site plans, elevations & floor plans
  • Commitment of reimbursable pre-development financial support, from Myrtle Baptist Church (submitted 27 November 2013)
• 2 October 2013 - Updated, independent appraisals commissioned by the Community Preservation Committee for 12 Curve Street and 18-20 Curve Street
• 12 October 2013 - Project presentation for CPC public hearing
• 21 October 2013 - Notes from community meeting
• 2013-2014 - Supporting reviews of the proposal:
  
  • Newton Housing Partnership letter of support (updated from 2012 version above)
  • City of Newton Housing staff analysis/memo (updated from 2012 version above)
  • Risk assessment/underwriting analysis, required for federal HOME funds (final, 9 October 2014)
  • Newton Fair Housing Committee letter
• 8 November 2013 - CPC funding recommendation
• 29 November 2013 - Planning & Development staff memo addressing community concerns expressed at public hearings (28 February 2012, 4 November 2013, 2 December 2013) or in writing; see references in the "Project News" section below
• 3 March 2014 - Board order (appropriation of funds)

• 25 February 2015 - Comprehensive Permit recorded at Registry of Deeds
• 23 April 2015 - Myrtle Village CPA grant agreement
• 2015 - Documents recorded at Registry of Deeds to ensure permanent affordability:
  
  • April 2015 - Affordability covenant (Registry book 65224, page 219)
  • November 2015 - Regulatory agreement with state Dept. of Housing & Community Development (Registry book 66416, page 360)

• November 2006 - Neighborhood history slideshow, focusing on the impact of properties taken for construction of the Massachusetts Turnpike extension (long file, may load slowly)
• 2008 - Myrtle Baptist neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Place