Meet Four Locals and a Newcomer Just Moving in at Lawrence Hill

By Tyler Jager for The Provincetown Independent

New tenants talk about having a year-round lease, independence, and a school nearby

WELLFLEET — From the window of his third-floor apartment at Lawrence Hill, Kyle Jackett can see the baseball diamond near the elementary school that he worked to till and level last spring. “That’s when the kids play on the field the most,” he said. Maintaining the diamond is one of his duties as dept. of public works groundskeeper, a job that he enjoys for the teamwork and time spent outdoors.

Jackett, 44, has worked at the Wellfleet DPW for seven years and lived on Cape Cod his entire life. He grew up on Winslow Street in Provincetown and graduated from Provincetown High School in 2000 — by which point he lived in Truro, where his parents, Tony and Susan, both worked in the harbormaster’s office. He has done carpentry for Nate McKean and landscaping for Peters Property Management, dragged for scallops with Jack Macara, and spent a season fishing on Capt. Mike Rego’s lobster boat.

Yet Jackett, whose annual salary is about $65,000, has not had a year-round, independent place to live on the Outer Cape until this year, he said. Since 2017, he’s lived on one floor of his parents’ house in Wellfleet, a setup thrown into limbo after his mother’s death in 2024. His search for housing took him to Eastham and Dennis but yielded only units renting for $4,000 or more per month or that didn’t allow dogs. Worry set in. “I can’t tell you how many times I was up at night,” he said.

The first tenants have been moving into 24 of the 46 apartments at Lawrence Hill, according to Beth Impellizzeri, the Preservation of Affordable Housing property manager for the development. Here are five of them: four Outer Cape locals moving into one-bedroom apartments, and one mother and daughter who have moved here from Lynn.

As of April 21, Jackett was one of 11 households among those approved who already lived in Wellfleet, according to data provided by the Community Development Partnership (CDP). Six households are from the other Outer Cape towns, and 10 more are from up Cape. In total, 27 of the 34 households approved so far are reported to be from Cape Cod.

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