BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//34.83.129.181//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.mapc.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13229@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
On June 22nd from 4:00-5:30 pm ET\, join the MAPC Public Hea lth and Arts & Culture departments as we unveil new artworks created by ni ne artists and artist teams that aim to spread the word about COVID-relate d public health advice. The artworks are available for public use by healt h agencies\, municipalities\, community groups\, and the general public. J oin us to celebrate the artists and receive links to the artworks availabl e for digital download and sharing!
\nLearn more about the project a t www.mapc.org/covid19-art.
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T173000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Creative COVID-19 Communications Virtual Gallery Event URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/creative-covid-19-communications -virtual-gallery-event/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:arts\,art\,Arts and Culture X-TICKETS-URL:https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsf-yvrDsuHNBZ8KV85rHkU9pt kbB8ouwN?_x_zm_rtaid=7RReCrQNSaqIdHMclYMN8Q.1623936910941.a839564999a11b52 eec6844b8f990356&_x_zm_rhtaid=593 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14444@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Transportation CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Tickets: https://zo om.us/meeting/register/tJwqcOuhrj4sE9SzasG-fm_LGLIo0PnJQ2t7.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220105T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220105T110000 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:[Webinar] Progress and Planning Ahead: Shared Streets Initiatives i n Massachusetts URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/webinar-progress-and-planning-ah ead-shared-streets-initiatives-in-massachusetts/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:webinar\,Transportation\,shared streets X-TICKETS-URL:https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqcOuhrj4sE9SzasG-fm_LGLIo 0PnJQ2t7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-15503@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Municipal Collaboration\,Housing\,Government Affa irs\,Land Use\,Transportation\,Economic Development\,Clean Energy\,Arts &a mp\; Culture\,Public Health CONTACT:Matt Walsh\; 617-933-0713\; MWalsh@mapc.org DESCRIPTION:Join the Mass. Association of Regional Planning Agencies and Division of Local Services to hear from special guests Governor Charlie B aker\, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito\, the Governor’s former Chief of Staff\, Steve Kadish\, as well as Secretaries Tesler\, Acosta\, Kennealy and Card about how to make the most of unprecedented infrastructure modernization r esources and build a firm foundation for our Commonwealth’s future. Click here to register.
\n< p>“Building the Foundation for our Future: Equitable Infrastructur e Modernization in Massachusetts” will be hosted at Colle ge of the Holy Cross on Thursday\, September 29\, 2022. strong>\nAfter remarks from the Governor and Lt. Governor\, we’ll w elcome to the stage Secretaries Tesler\, Acosta\, Kennealy and Card to tal k about the potential available funding in each of their fields\, and how communities can work with the Commonwealth to make the most of this fundin g\, followed by a brief audience Q&A.
\nAfternoon workshops led by s enior administration officials and local leaders from across the Commonwea lth provide the chance\, among other things\, to dive deeper into these fu nding opportunities\, think through the challenges facing your community\, and hear from other communities looking to work through those same challe nges.
\nFinally\, you’ll hear from former Baker Chief of Staff and H arvard Taubman Center Senior Fellow Steve Kadish about some of the most pr omising strategies for working with community members and stakeholders to make the local change that our communities need.
\nWorkshop topics i nclude:
\nMAPC’s Clean Energy Department is hosting its first webinar in a series about what centering equity in municipal-level clean energy an d climate planning and implementation can look like. This first event will provide an introduction to equity in climate planning\, followed by prese ntations and a panel discussion with three guest speakers who have worked on equitable climate planning in their municipalities:
\n
\n•
Shayna Hirshfield-Gold\, Climate Program Manager\, City of Oakland<
br />\n• Ibrahim Lopez-Hernandez\, Sustainability Manager\, City of Chelse
a and Revere\, Town of Winthrop
There will then be an oppor tunity for Q&A with attendees.
\n\nStay tuned for information about the a dditional sessions in the webinar series!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221219T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221219T140000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Equity in Clean Energy Webinar Series Kickoff URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/equity-in-clean-energy-webinar-s eries-kickoff/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:climate\,climate equity\,climate action planning END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-16807@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Environment\,Clean Energy\,Community Engagement CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:MAPC is happy to be in atten dance at this event as part of our partnership with the City of Malden on the development of their climate action plan.
\nAttending the event? Look for the MAPC table\, and com e by and say hello! We’ll have a dot-voting activity\, a postcard activity \, and a drawing station/art contest (winning art will be used as section dividers in the final climate action plan!).
\nMore information on the event can be found here.
\nMore information on the Malden Climate Action Plan (CAP) can be found here.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T160000 GEO:+42.439698;-71.066978 LOCATION:Pine Banks Park @ 1087 Main St\, Malden\, MA 02148\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Green Malden Fair URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/green-malden-fair/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:malden\,climate action plan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-16810@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Environment\,Clean Energy\,Community Engagement CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Metropolitan Area Planni ng Council’s (MAPC) Clean Energy Department is hosting a webinar on equita ble community engagement for its Equity in Clean Energy webinar series. This event will provide an introd uction to equitable community engagement in planning\, followed by brief i ntroductions from each of our guest speakers and the community engagement work they do in their communities. We will be joined by:
\nQuestions? Please contact:
\nFrancelis Morillo Suarez
\nfmorillosuarez@mapc.org
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Melrose\, Malden\, and Medford worked with the MAPC to collaboratively develop sust ainable and resilient building design guidelines for residential and mixed -use developments and retrofits. These voluntary guidelines will help these communities encourage developers to build more more affordable housing that is energy-efficient and climate-resilient.
\nJoin us for an interactive webinar on April 26 at 12:00 p.m. to learn about the guidelines and hear from the communities about how they plan to use them to shape green\, affordabl e development.
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T133000 LOCATION:Zoom (Virtual) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Local Guidelines for Resilient\, Efficient\, and Affordable Buildin gs URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/local-guidelines-for-building-re siliency-efficiency-and-affordable/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Melrose\,Housing\,malden\,accelerating climate resili ency\,Medford END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-16984@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Stella Jordan\; sjordan@ctps.org DESCRIPTION:The Central Transportation P lanning Staff to the Boston MPO is hosting an upcoming discussion on resil ience in transportation planning at next week’s Regional Transportation Ad visory Council meeting on May 10\, from 2:30-4:05 PM. The Advisory Council is an independen t public body that meets monthly to discuss transportation topics in the B oston region and help direct the Boston MPO’s work by advising staff and v oting on the MPO board.
\nSt aff will be discussing the MPO’s environmental and resilience work\, and w ill welcome feedback on goals and ideas for the resilience program and pri orities for incorporating resilience and climate adaptation into transport ation planning.
\nYou can fin d a Zoom link for the 5/10 Advisory Council meeting on the MPO Calendar\, where a detailed agenda and more materi als will be posted shortly.
\nPlease reach out to Stella Jordan at s jordan@ctps.org if you have any questions.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T160500 LOCATION:Zoom (Virtual) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CTPS Presentation: Resilience in Transportation Planning URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/ctps-presentation-resilience-in- transportation-planning/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Transportation\,CTPS\,RTAC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-17140@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture\,Community Engagement CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Please join the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) for an information session and Q&A for artis ts interested in the Boston Urban Agriculture Community Events Activation Call for Artists.
\nTarget A udience: Artists in the Roxbury\, Mattapan\, Dorchester\, and East Boston areas.
\n\nThe Boston Urban Agriculture Strategy is a project in partnership between MAPC\, GrowBoston (the City of Boston’s urban agriculture in itiative)\, and the Urban Farming Institute< /span> (UFI). The project aims to increase food production in the City with a particular focus on the neighborho ods of Roxbury\, Dorchester\, Mattapan\, and East Boston. Learn more. . .
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T180000 LOCATION:Zoom (Virtual) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Boston Urban Agriculture Strategy | Artist Informational Session URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/boston-urban-agriculture-strateg y-informational-session/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts and Culture\,Roxbury\,Mattapan\,Dorchester\,East Boston\,Urban Agriculture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-17380@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Join the MAPC Arts & Culture department to learn about federal funding opportunities for cultural plan ning projects — specifically the Our Town grant program from the National Endowment for the Arts. We’ll talk about some of the types of projects cov ered by this grant\, the upcoming associated deadlines\, and hear from the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
\nPanelists:
\nRegister to join us here!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T143000 LOCATION:Zoom (Virtual) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Webinar: Arts and Culture Federal Funding Opportunities URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/webinar-arts-and-culture-federal -funding-opportunities/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts and Culture\,federal funding END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-18717@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Government Affairs\,Subregions\,Arts &\; Cultu re CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Come join MassCreative\, MAPC\, and the creative community f or speeches\, performances and demonstrations that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of arts\, culture and creativity across the Commonwealth. Gov ernor Healey and Lt. Governor Driscoll will provide opening remarks.
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T150000 GEO:+42.35876;-71.063803 LOCATION:Massachusetts State House @ Massachusetts State House\, 24 Beacon St\, Boston\, MA 02133\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Creative Sector Advocacy Week: Celebration at the State House URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/creative-sector-advocacy-week-ce lebration-at-the-state-house/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Government Affairs\,Arts and Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-19013@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Concord will be hosting a hy brid Community Forum for the three semi-finalists for their Making It Publ ic art installation. View the event flyer to learn more.
\nLocation:
\nHearing Room\, Town House
\n22 Monument Square\, Concord
or
\nVirtual (Zoom)
\nLink
\nMeeting ID: 868 4763 0182
\nPasscode: 264996
Learn more about the Making It Public art pro ject on MAPC’s website.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T183000 LOCATION:Hybrid (see information below) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Concord Community Forum for Public Art URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/concord-community-forum-for-publ ic-art/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts and Culture\,Making it Public\,Concord X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-18987@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture\,Community Engagement CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Lex250 Commission invites community members to hear dire ctly from four artists chosen to develop concepts for a monument to honor the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington in Belfry Hill. This is a hybrid event. Community members are invited to attend in person or virtua lly via Zoom. Artists will present their concepts for the Lex250 Monument virtually and there will be a time for Q&A with the artists following arti st presentations.
\nLocation:
\nEstabrook Room
in the lower level of Lexington Town Office Building
\n1605 Massachu
setts Ave\, Lexington\, MA 02420
& Virtual
\nPlease RSVP: mapc.ma/Lex250Monumen
t
Learn more about the project on the webpage.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T193000 LOCATION:Hybrid SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Lex250 Monument Artists’ Concept Presentations URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/lex250-monument-artists-concept- presentations/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts and Culture\,art\,Lex250\,monument END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-18766@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T104656Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Housing\,Transportation\,Subregions\,MetroCommon\ ,MetroCommon 2050\,Communications CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
\nMAPC invites you to join us for this exciting MetroCommon 2050 Speaker Series event featu
ring keynote speaker Henry Grabar.
Event Program:
\nAs cities and towns work to comply with the MBTA Communities Act\, this event will focus on how to “right-size” parki ng for your community while managing this political issue and promoting he althy neighborhoods that are economically vibrant\, equitable\, and sustai nable by design.
\n\nDTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T103000 GEO:+42.352986;-71.052583 LOCATION:Fort Point Room at the Atlantic Wharf @ 290 Congress St\, Boston\, MA 02210\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Finding the Fit: How Parking Policies Shape Our Neighborhoods and D etermine Housing Outcomes URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/finding-the-fit-how-parking-poli cies-shape-our-neighborhoods-and-determine-housing-outcomes/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Transportation\,metrocommon speaker series\,parking\, Henry Grabar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR