Looking for information on MAPC’s official meetings and legal notices? Find it here.
Some issues are bigger than one neighborhood, city, or town. Transportation, housing, climate, jobs, equity, and more.
That’s why your community is part of Greater Boston’s next long-term regional plan, MetroCommon 2050, which is now being developed.
The first step is for us to learn what you think. What you want the region to be like, long term.
Please join us for this drop-in, interactive, expo-style listening session. No lectures, no presentations. Displays and activities about the region and interesting ways for you to tell us what you care about.
For interpretation and other accommodations, please contact Iolando Spinola at 617.933.0713 by Feb. 21.
Registration is encouraged so we have a rough head count, but not required.
On Tuesday, April 9, from 12:30 – 1:30 pm MAPC will host a pre-season planning webinar for our Peak Demand Management Program. This summer will be MAPC’s fifth year helping cities and towns reduce demand and capacity charges, and we are excited to work with returning veterans and new participants alike.
Tune into our Program Kick-Off Webinar to learn more about:
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- National Grid and Eversource’s new demand management offerings and incentives that were formalized in the state’s new 2019-2021 Energy Efficiency Plan.
- MAPC’s Peak Demand Management Program – we will provide data about the scope and impact of last year’s participants, and cover the basics of capacity charges.
- Current participants – we will from several municipal staff on their experiences and best practices with demand reduction, with a highlight of one community’s plans to integrate battery storage.
MAPC’s daily notifications won’t start until June 2019, but now is the time to start planning for process improvements and potential hardware upgrades to maximize your demand reduction potential this summer. We hope you can join us on April 9!
Register for this upcoming webinar at this link.
Don’t miss the second event in MAPC’s MetroCommon speaker series! Join us for a riveting keynote by the transportation thinker David Zipper on the interplay between urban and transportation policy and new mobility technologies, followed by an interactive panel discussion with local transportation planners, advocates, and administrators.
David Zipper is a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Taubman Center for State and Local Government, where he focuses on the interplay between urban policy and new mobility technologies. David advises numerous startups and urban officials about the future of cities and mobility. His writing about urban innovation has been published in The Atlantic, WIRED, Slate, and Fast Company. Learn more on his website, www.davidzipper.com.
Registration and networking will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the speaking portion of the event will begin at 6 p.m. Light appetizers will be served.
Stay tuned — we’ll announce our panelists soon!
To preserve our communities and create opportunity for future generations, we must eliminate carbon emissions and green our cities and towns. We also must advance equity, resilience, public health, and economic growth.
How do we align those critical needs for mutual benefit? That’s the question the MAPC Clean Energy Forum will dig into on December 11. Join us!
Light breakfast and beverages will be served. Further event details to come!
Learn more about MetroCommon 2050, Greater Boston’s next regional plan: https://metrocommon.mapc.org.
Cities and towns are deploying a number of strategies to identify the spread of COVID-19 in their communities. One emerging method: testing sewage from households and buildings for the presence of the virus.
Knowing that COVID-19 is present in wastewater can be an important indicator of where its spread may be accelerating. In places where wastewater testing has been deployed, changes in the virus’ wastewater concentration have been observed several days before changes in reported new cases.
At this webinar, you will hear from experts on the science of wastewater testing for disease surveillance, as well as public health leaders who have deployed wastewater testing in their communities.
Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMod-2sqzgoH9aWTW1FkK9U1lS39EeXLn5x
Join us for the premiere of “Living Together,” an original short film by Mariona Lloretta. It’s the stories of five Greater Boston residents, their lived experience, and their hope for the place we all call home.
We’ll hear from experts on retrofitting suburbia, get a first look at MAPC’s interactive report and website, and discuss opportunities for you to transform suburban space to meet new needs.
Join us for a three-part webinar series that will focus on creating regional solutions (prevention and recovery) to the Commonwealth’s substance use epidemic. Be a part of the effort to address this important challenge and find collaborative solutions towards a region/state in which individuals have access to the care and support they need.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Understanding the Substance Use Landscape
Help build your foundational knowledge about the substance use crisis in Massachusetts; hear from experts in the field working to create prevention and recovery solutions on this continuing crisis.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Shared Challenges and Best Practices
Building off the discussion of the first webinar, Understanding the Substance Use Landscape, this second webinar will share ways that your municipality can provide services and supports for substance use disorder through regional and collaborative approaches. It will focus on solutions such as primary prevention, housing, wrap-around services, harm reduction, substance use treatment, and more.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Solutions and Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?
The focus of the third and final webinar in the series will be on funding and policy for implementing sustainable, long-term solutions. We will be discussing the Opioid Settlement Funds and policies that expand substance use services in Massachusetts.
Join us for a three-part webinar series that will focus on creating regional solutions (prevention and recovery) to the Commonwealth’s substance use epidemic. Be a part of the effort to address this important challenge and find collaborative solutions towards a region/state in which individuals have access to the care and support they need.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Understanding the Substance Use Landscape
Help build your foundational knowledge about the substance use crisis in Massachusetts; hear from experts in the field working to create prevention and recovery solutions on this continuing crisis.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Shared Challenges and Best Practices
Building off the discussion of the first webinar, Understanding the Substance Use Landscape, this second webinar will share ways that your municipality can provide services and supports for substance use disorder through regional and collaborative approaches. It will focus on solutions such as primary prevention, housing, wrap-around services, harm reduction, substance use treatment, and more.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Solutions and Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?
The focus of the third and final webinar in the series will be on funding and policy for implementing sustainable, long-term solutions. We will be discussing the Opioid Settlement Funds and policies that expand substance use services in Massachusetts.
Join us for a three-part webinar series that will focus on creating regional solutions (prevention and recovery) to the Commonwealth’s substance use epidemic. Be a part of the effort to address this important challenge and find collaborative solutions towards a region/state in which individuals have access to the care and support they need.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Understanding the Substance Use Landscape
Help build your foundational knowledge about the substance use crisis in Massachusetts; hear from experts in the field working to create prevention and recovery solutions on this continuing crisis.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Shared Challenges and Best Practices
Building off the discussion of the first webinar, Understanding the Substance Use Landscape, this second webinar will share ways that your municipality can provide services and supports for substance use disorder through regional and collaborative approaches. It will focus on solutions such as primary prevention, housing, wrap-around services, harm reduction, substance use treatment, and more.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Solutions and Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?
The focus of the third and final webinar in the series will be on funding and policy for implementing sustainable, long-term solutions. We will be discussing the Opioid Settlement Funds and policies that expand substance use services in Massachusetts.