Applause broke out in the Select Board meeting room on Monday night , September 29, following a unanimous vote to award $3.4 million in funding to Bushwood 545, LLC for the redevelopment of the former Royal Nursing Home at 545 Main Street into 34 affordable deed-restricted rental units.

Developer Michael B. Galasso told the Select Board that he and the current property owners have been under a purchase and sale agreement for five years.

Over the past year, Galasso submitted multiple revised funding requests to the Falmouth Affordable Housing Fund (FAHF). Throughout the process, the FAHF Working Group and the Community Preservation Committee recommended differing levels of financial support.

One development that played an important role in the Select Board’s favorable vote occurred the

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