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:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:On June 22nd from 4:00-5:30 pm ET\, join the MAPC Public Health and Arts & Culture departments as we unveil new artworks created by nine artists and artist teams that aim to spread the word about COVID-related p ublic health advice. The artworks are available for public use by health a gencies\, municipalities\, community groups\, and the general public. Join us to celebrate the artists and receive links to the artworks available f or digital download and sharing!\nLearn more about the project at www.mapc .org/covid19-art.\nTickets: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsf-yvrDsuH NBZ8KV85rHkU9ptkbB8ouwN?_x_zm_rtaid=7RReCrQNSaqIdHMclYMN8Q.1623936910941.a 839564999a11b52eec6844b8f990356&_x_zm_rhtaid=593. 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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nOn June 22nd from 4:00-5:30 pm ET\, join the MAPC Public Health and Arts & Culture depa rtments as we unveil new artworks created by nine artists and artist teams that aim to spread the word about COVID-related public health advice. The artworks are available for public use by health agencies\, municipalities \, community groups\, and the general public. Join us to celebrate the art ists and receive links to the artworks available for digital download and sharing!
\nLearn more about the project at www.mapc.org/covid19-art.
\n 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:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Transportation CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:MassDOT is planning to open another round of Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program funding in January 2022. Applications will be accept ed between January 10 and March 1.\n\nOn January 5 at 10 a.m.\, join us fo r a webinar on this latest round of funding\, which will focus on both tra nsit and roadway safety.\n\nWe’ll learn more about the newest funding roun d and hear about “Quick and Creative Street Projects: Measuring the Impact in Massachusetts.” The new Barr Foundation report provides examples and d ata from 23 municipalities that experimented with innovative\, low-cost st reet projects over the course of 2020 and 2021.\nTickets: https://zoom.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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nTickets: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJw qcOuhrj4sE9SzasG-fm_LGLIo0PnJQ2t7.
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:20240319T075139Z 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 Di vision of Local Services to hear from special guests Governor Charlie Bake r\, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito\, the Governor’s former Chief of Staff\, Ste ve Kadish\, as well as Secretaries Tesler\, Acosta\, Kennealy and Card abo ut how to make the most of unprecedented infrastructure modernization reso urces and build a firm foundation for our Commonwealth’s future. Click her e to register.\n“Building the Foundation for our Future: Equitable Infrast ructure Modernization in Massachusetts” will be hosted at College of the H oly Cross on Thursday\, September 29\, 2022.\nAfter remarks from the Gover nor and Lt. Governor\, we’ll welcome to the stage Secretaries Tesler\, Aco sta\, Kennealy and Card to talk about the potential available funding in e ach of their fields\, and how communities can work with the Commonwealth t o make the most of this funding\, followed by a brief audience Q&A.\nAfter noon workshops led by senior administration officials and local leaders fr om across the Commonwealth provide the chance\, among other things\, to di ve deeper into these funding opportunities\, think through the challenges facing your community\, and hear from other communities looking to work th rough those same challenges.\nFinally\, you’ll hear from former Baker Chie f of Staff and Harvard Taubman Center Senior Fellow Steve Kadish about som e of the most promising strategies for working with community members and stakeholders to make the local change that our communities need.\nWorkshop topics include:\n\nBuilding the Municipal Workforce Pipeline: Challenges and Opportunities\nEarly Education Reimagined: Funding Reform and Municipa l Implications\nBroadening Broadband: Expanding Access to High-Speed Inter net\nTransportation Infrastructure and Recovery: Stimulating Local Economi es with Infrastructure Improvements DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T130000 GEO:+42.238191;-71.806868 LOCATION:College of the Holy Cross @ 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA 01610\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:2022 Statewide Municipal Partnerships Conference URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/2022-statewide-municipal-partner ships-conference/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin the Mass
. Association of Regional Planning Agencies and Division of Local Services
to hear from special guests Governor Charlie Baker\, Lt. Governor Karyn P
olito\, the Governor’s former Chief of Staff\, Steve Kadish\, as well as S
ecretaries Tesler\, Acosta\, Kennealy and Card about how to make the most
of unprecedented infrastructure modernization resources and build a firm f
oundation for our Commonwealth’s future.
“Building the Fou ndation for our Future: Equitable Infrastructure Modernization in Massachu setts” will be hosted at College of the Holy Cross on Thursday\, September 29\, 2022.
\nAfter remar ks from the Governor and Lt. Governor\, we’ll welcome to the stage Secreta ries Tesler\, Acosta\, Kennealy and Card to talk about the potential avail able funding in each of their fields\, and how communities can work with t he Commonwealth to make the most of this funding\, followed by a brief aud ience Q&A.
\nAfternoon workshops led by senior administration offici als and local leaders from across the Commonwealth provide the chance\, am ong other things\, to dive deeper into these funding opportunities\, think through the challenges facing your community\, and hear from other commun ities looking to work through those same challenges.
\nFinally\, you ’ll hear from former Baker Chief of Staff and Harvard Taubman Center Senio r Fellow Steve Kadish about some of the most promising strategies for work ing with community members and stakeholders to make the local change that our communities need.
\nWorkshop topics include:
\nMAPC’s Clean Energy Department is hosting its first webinar in a series about what cent ering equity in municipal-level clean energy and climate planning and impl ementation can look like. This first event will provide an introduction to equity in climate planning\, followed by presentations and a panel discus sion with three guest speakers who have worked on equitable climate planni ng in their municipalities:
\n• Emily Koo\, Director of Susta
inability\, City of Providence
\n• Shayna Hirshfield-Gold\, Cl
imate Program Manager\, City of Oakland
\n• Ibrahim Lopez-Hern
andez\, Sustainability Manager\, City of Chelsea and Revere\, Town of Wint
hrop
There will then be an opportunity for Q&A with attende es.
\n\nStay tuned for information about the additional sessions in the w ebinar series!
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:climate\,climate equity\,climate action planning END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-16807@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Environment\,Clean Energy\,Community Engagement CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:MAPC is happy to be in attendance at this event as part of our partnership with the City of Malden on the development of their climate ac tion plan. \nAttending the event? Look for the MAPC table\, and come by an d 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 divider s 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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nMAPC is happy to be in attendance at this event as part of our partnership with the City of Malden on the development of their cl imate action plan.
\nAttendi ng the event? Look for the MAPC table\, and come by and say hello! We’ll h ave a dot-voting activity\, a postcard activity\, and a drawing station/ar t contest (winning art will be used as section dividers in the final clima te action plan!).
\nMore inf ormation on the event can be found here.
\nMore information on the Malden Climate Action Plan (CAP) can be found here. < /p>\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:malden\,climate action plan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-16810@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Environment\,Clean Energy\,Community Engagement CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Clean Energy De partment is hosting a webinar on equitable community engagement for its Eq uity in Clean Energy webinar series. This event will provide an introducti on to equitable community engagement in planning\, followed by brief intro ductions from each of our guest speakers and the community engagement work they do in their communities. We will be joined by: \n\n\n\nNiri Kumar\, Natick Resident\nMarlees Owayda\, Cambridge Community Engagement Manager\n Lindsay Diaz\, Cambridge Community Engagement Team Co-Leader\nGail Latimor e\, Executive Director\, CSNDC – Codman Square Neighborhood Development Co rporation\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\nQuestions? Please contact: \nFrancelis Mo rillo Suarez\nfmorillosuarez@mapc.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230425T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230425T123000 LOCATION:Zoom (Virtual) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Equity in Clean Energy Webinar: Equitable Community Engagement URL:https://www.mapc.org/planning101/event/equity-in-clean-energy-webinar-e quitable-community-engagement/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nThe Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Clean E nergy Department is hosting a webinar on equitable community engagement fo r its Equity in Clean Energy we binar series. This event will provide an introduction to equitable communi ty engagement in planning\, followed by brief introductions from each of o ur guest speakers and the community engagement work they do in their commu nities. We will be joined by:
\nQuestions? Pl
ease contact:
\nFrancelis Mor
illo Suarez
\nfmorillosuarez@mapc.org
Melrose\, Malden\, and Medford worked with the MAPC to collaboratively develop sustainable and resilient build ing design guidelines for residential and mixed-use developments and retro fits. These voluntary guidelines will help these communities encourage developer s to build more more affordable < span class='NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW23 3178616 BCX0'>housing that is energy-eff icient and climate-resilient.
\nJoin us for an int eractive webinar on April 26 at 12:00 p.m. to learn about the guidelines and hear from the communities about how t hey plan to use them to shape green\, affordable development .< /span>
\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Melrose\,Housing\,malden\,accelerating climate resili ency\,Medford END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-16984@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Stella Jordan\; sjordan@ctps.org DESCRIPTION:The Central Transportation Planning Staff to the Boston MPO is hosting an upcoming discussion on resilience in transportation planning at next week’s Regional Transportation Advisory Council meeting on May 10\, from 2:30-4:05 PM. The Advisory Council is an independent public body that meets monthly to discuss transportation topics in the Boston region and h elp direct the Boston MPO’s work by advising staff and voting on the MPO b oard. \nStaff will be discussing the MPO’s environmental and resilience wo rk\, and will welcome feedback on goals and ideas for the resilience progr am and priorities for incorporating resilience and climate adaptation into transportation planning.\nYou can find a Zoom link for the 5/10 Advisory Council meeting on the MPO Calendar\, where a detailed agenda and more mat erials will be posted shortly. \nPlease reach out to Stella Jordan at sjor dan@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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe Central Transportation Planning Staff to the Boston MPO is hosting an upcoming discussion on resilience in transportation pla nning at next week’s Regional Transportation Advisory Council meeting on < strong>May 10\, from 2:30-4:05 PM. The Advisory Council is an independent public body that meets mo nthly to discuss transportation topics in the Boston region and help direc t the Boston MPO’s work by advising staff and voting on the MPO board.
\nStaff will be discussing the MPO’s environmental and resilience work\, and will welcome feedback on goa ls and ideas for the resilience program and priorities for incorporating r esilience and climate adaptation into transportation planning.
\nYou can find a Zoom link for the 5/10 Advisory Council meet ing on the MPO Calend ar\, where a detailed agenda and more materials will be posted shortly .
\nPlease reach out to Stel la Jordan at sjordan@ctps.org if you have any questions.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Transportation\,CTPS\,RTAC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-17140@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture\,Community Engagement CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Please join the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) for a n information session and Q&A for artists interested in the Boston Urban A griculture Community Events Activation Call for Artists. \nTarget Audience : Artists in the Roxbury\, Mattapan\, Dorchester\, and East Boston areas. \nRegister Here!\n\nThe Boston Urban Agriculture Strategy is a project in partnership between MAPC\, GrowBoston (the City of Boston’s urban agricult ure initiative)\, and the Urban Farming Institute (UFI). The project aims to increase food production in the City with a particular focus on the nei ghborhoods of Roxbury\, Dorchester\, Mattapan\, and East Boston. Learn mor e. . . 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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nPlease join the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAP C) for an information session and Q&A for artists interested in the Boston Urban Agriculture Community Events Activation Call for Artists. p>\n
Target Audience: Artists in the Rox bury\, Mattapan\, Dorchester\, and East Boston areas.
\n\nThe Boston Ur
ban Agriculture Strategy is a project in partnership between MAPC
\, GrowBoston (the City of Boston’s urban agriculture initiative)\, and the
Urban Farming Institute (UFI).
Join the MAPC Arts & Culture department to learn about federal funding opportunities for cultural planning projects — specificall y the Our Town grant program from the National Endowment for the Arts. We’ ll talk about some of the types of projects covered by this grant\, the up coming associated deadlines\, and hear from the City of Boston Mayor’s Off ice of Arts and Culture.
\nPa nelists:
\nRegister to join us
Come join Mas sCreative\, MAPC\, and the creative community for speeches\, performances and demonstrations that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of arts\, cult ure and creativity across the Commonwealth. Governor Healey and Lt. Govern or Driscoll will provide opening remarks.
\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Government Affairs\,Arts and Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-19013@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts &\; Culture CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Concord will be hosting a hybrid Community Forum for the three semi-finalists for their Making It Public art installation. View the event flyer to learn more.\nLocation:\nHearing Room\, Town House\n22 Monument S quare\, Concord\nor\nVirtual (Zoom)\nLink\nMeeting ID: 868 4763 0182\nPass code: 264996\nmgraney@concordma.gov\nLearn more about the Making It Public art project 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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nConcord will be hosting a hybrid Community Forum for th e three semi-finalists for their Making It Public art installation. View the event flyer to learn more.
\nLocation:
\nHearing Room\, Town Hou
se
\n22 Monument Square\, Concord
or
\nVirtual (Zoom)\nLink
\nMeetin
g ID: 868 4763 0182
\nPassc
ode: 264996
The Lex250 Co mmission invites community members to hear directly from four artists chos en to develop concepts for a monument to honor the 250th anniversary of th e Battle of Lexington in Belfry Hill. This is a hybrid event. Community me mbers are invited to attend in person or virtually 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 artist presentations.
\n<
strong>Location:
\nEstabrook Room in the lower level of Lexi
ngton Town Office Building
\n1605 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA
02420
& Virtual
\nPlease RSVP: mapc.ma/Lex250Monument< /p>\n
Learn more about the project on the webpage.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts and Culture\,art\,Lex250\,monument END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-18766@www.mapc.org DTSTAMP:20240319T075139Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Housing\,Transportation\,Subregions\,MetroCommon\ ,MetroCommon 2050\,Communications CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:This event is now full. However\, you can still join the waitin g list\, and if a spot opens up between now and the date of the event and you are next on the waiting list\, we will contact you by email. Thank you !\n\nMAPC invites you to join us for this exciting MetroCommon 2050 Speake r Series event featuring keynote speaker Henry Grabar.\nEvent Program:\n\n Keynote address by Henry Grabar\; Slate staff writer\, author (Paved Parad ise: How Parking Explains the World)\, and a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Sc hool of Design\nPanel of municipal planners will discuss how they are taki ng on the issue of the “perfect parking space”\, and advancing sustainable and equitable housing and transportation options.\n\nAs cities and towns work to comply with the MBTA Communities Act\, this event will focus on ho w to “right-size” parking for your community while managing this political issue and promoting healthy neighborhoods that are economically vibrant\, equitable\, and sustainable by design.\nJoin the Event Waiting List\n DTSTART;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-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\nMAPC invit
es you to join us for this exciting MetroCo
mmon 2050 Speaker Series event featuring keynote speaker Henry
Grabar.
Event Program:
\nAs cities and towns work to comply with the MBTA Communities Act\, th is event will focus on how to “right-size” parking for your community whil e managing this political issue and promoting healthy neighborhoods that a re economically vibrant\, equitable\, and sustainable by design.
\n< a href='https://mapc.ma/grabar-event'>Join the Event Waiting List
\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Transportation\,metrocommon speaker series\,parking\, Henry Grabar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR