Resources
Data Services
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The MAPC Data Services Group provides research and analysis for many MAPC publications and presentations. View a selection of major MAPC reports that were created by the Data Center.
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MetroBoston DataCommon is a online mapping tool. A partnership between the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the Boston Indicators Project, it makes available a wealth of data about cities and towns in Massachusetts.
Explore data, print out instant community snapshots or maps, and create your own maps.
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Miscellaneous Resources
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Through the Commonwealth’s District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) program, MAPC provides technical assistance to local governments in the areas of land use and municipal governance. This toolkit provides resources on two types of DLTA-funded services: an Intermunicipal Agreements Resource Guide and a Regional Health District Resource Guide.
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The MAPC Resource Guide on the Federal Economic Stimulus summarizes the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), identifies potential grants for Massachusetts municipalities, and outlines the allocation of funds to Massachusetts as an informational resource for our constituents and municipalities.
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Municipal Governance
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The Northeast Homeland Security Regional Advisory Council (NERAC) is pleased to provide the “It’s Up to You to Stop the Flu” Toolkit. Funded by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant, this public information campaign provides ways to stay healthier during flu season.
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The MAPC Municipal Governance team manages several collective purchasing programs: regional services consortiums (RSCs) and collective procurement programs like the Greater Boston Police Council (GBSC).
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Partner Organizations
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A Better City (ABC) advances infrastructure investments and projects that are vital to sustaining and growing the Boston area's economy and ensuring that Boston remains one of the most dynamic and unique cities in the world. Comprised of leaders from business and major institutions, the ABC is focused on solving problems and developing strategies that ensure the continuity and progress of significant transportation, land development, and environmental initiatives.
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Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) is the non-profit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities throughout Massachusetts. CHAPA's mission is to encourage the production and preservation of housing that is affordable to low-income families and individuals.
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Conservation Law Foundation is the oldest regional environmental advocacy organization in the nation. Since 1966, CLF’s tenacious advocacy staff has worked to solve the most significant environmental problems that threaten New England. CLF’s advocates use law, economics and science to create innovative strategies to conserve natural resources, protect public health and promote vital communities in our region.
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The Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC) is the policy and capacity-building arm of the community development movement in Massachusetts. We support and advance the affordable housing, economic development and community-building strategies of our members.
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Massachusetts has thirteen regional planning agencies. Nationally, there are 600 such agencies. These agencies exist to help the communities within their jurisdictions plan and implement short- and long-range improvements for transportation, economic development, environmental, land use, and community development needs.
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Around the Commonwealth, people are looking for new ways to grow and prosper. To encourage our state leaders to better provide our residents with choice, opportunity and environmental health in well-designed communities, seven leading organizations representing diverse interests, including MAPC, joined forces and formed the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance.
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MASSPIRG is an advocate for the public interest. MASSPIRG's mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented public interest activism that protects consumers, encourages a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters responsive, democratic government.
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Our Transportation Future, formerly the Massachusetts Transportation Investment Coalition, is a diverse collaboration of organizations representing business, industry, planning, labor, municipal, and environmental interests working together for increased transportation investment in Massachusetts.
To meet mobility needs, foster economic growth, create jobs, increase economic competitiveness and sustain a healthy environment, Our Transportation Future advocates for an efficient, equitable and effective transportation system for the Commonwealth. MAPC is a member of the coalition.
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Regional Collaboration
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The Municipal Health Insurance Action Center provides comprehensive information about other options that municipalities have in grappling with spiraling health insurance costs.
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Smart Growth
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The Conservation Subdivision Design (CSD) Project was conducted by MAPC in July 2000 and funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. CSD is arguably the best reform made to traditional cluster-type zoning to date. This project is intended to serve as an educational tool particularly for town planners, planning boards, and developers. The project includes positive examples of cluster-type subdivision and outlines the benefits of land development practices that consider environmental, cultural, and fiscal resources as equally important priorities.
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MetroFuture is a bold and achievable plan to make a Greater Boston Region — to better the lives of the people who live and work in Metropolitan Boston between now and 2030. Learn more about the plan in "From Plan to Action: a MetroFuture Plan Summary".
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The I-495 Study identifies the existing and future capacity constraints associated with the I-495 Corridor and identifies both methods to move more people through the interchanges and strategies that might reduce the single-person auto trips now moving through these interchanges.
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Mixed Use Zoning: A Planners Guide presents the fundamentals you need to plan a mixed use bylaw. A version of the guide for citizens is also available for download. This guide is based primarily on the experiences of five suburban communities that have prepared bylaws with assistance from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), supported by grants from the state’s Priority Development Fund.
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MAPC has been collaborating with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Minute Man National Historic Park, and the communities of Arlington, Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord to help preserve and promote the historic Battle Road Scenic Byway. MAPC and the project partners are working together to create a Corridor Management Plan which will address land use, roadway, tourism, and resource management for this State-designated Scenic Byway.
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