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Dec
6
Thu
2018
MAGIC MetroCommon Breakfast & Lunch @ Battle Road Brew House
Dec 6 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Breakfast: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Lunch: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Dec
13
Thu
2018
NSPC MetroCommon Breakfast & Lunch @ The Stone Common House and Kitchen
Dec 13 @ 8:30 am – 2:00 pm

Breakfast: 8:30 AM -10:30 AM

Lunch: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Mar
6
Wed
2019
MAPC Winter Council Meeting & MetroCommon 2050 Community Listening Session – Boston @ Hibernian Hall
Mar 6 @ 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Council Members Register here for the Winter Council Meeting .

Drop-in community event! What do you want the region to be like, long-term? Please join us for a drop-in, interactive, expo-style listening session featuring remarks by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh.

Some issues are bigger than any 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.

Join us any time from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., and stay as long as you like. We’ll have displays and activities about the region, and interesting ways for you to tell us what you care about.

This Listening Session will include the MAPC Council Meeting, which will take place from 4 to 4:30.

A speaking portion of the event, featuring remarks by Mayor Martin J. Walsh will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Free of charge
Refreshments served
Families welcome

RSVPs are encouraged so we have a rough head count. RSVP here: https://mapc.ma/MarchListeningSession

Can’t make it to this listening session? Watch the MetroCommon 2050 event page to learn about more: https://metrocommon.mapc.org/events/

For interpretation and other accommodations, please contact Iolando Spinola at 617.933.0713.

Learn more about the Listening Session here.

Oct
8
Tue
2019
MARPA-DLS – Statewide Conference for Municipal Officials and Staff @ College of the Holy Cross Hogan Campus Center
Oct 8 @ 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and members from all the Massachusetts Regional Planning Agencies (MARPA) welcome you to join them at the 2019 Annual Statewide Conference for Municipal Officials and Staff, co-hosted by the Division of Local Services. The event titled “21st Century Municipalities – Challenges & Opportunities” will be hosted at Holy Cross College on Tuesday, October 8, 2019.
Attendees will hear from Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito in the morning, as well as a panel discussing the clear economic benefits of communities adapting to the fast-paced changes prevalent in modern municipal management.
We will then break into sessions focused on Community Compact Best Practice areas so you can learn from your colleagues around the Commonwealth.
At the conference you will learn about a range of key subject areas facing communities in the 21st Century, including:
  • Climate Resiliency
  • New Challenges of Running A Municipality
  • Intergenerational Opportunities: Becoming an Age Friendly Community
  • Cybersecurity
  • Regionalization of Services

The attendance fee is $20. Pay via Paypal, credit card, cash, or check. Register here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07egjmqq6k10d0c333&oseq=&c=&ch=

Mar
10
Tue
2020
POSTPONED: MAPC Winter Council Meeting @ atac
Mar 10 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am
POSTPONED: MAPC Winter Council Meeting @ atac | Framingham | Massachusetts | United States

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT

Dear Friends of MAPC:

Out of an abundance of caution, MAPC has decided to postpone the Winter Council Meeting scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, March 10) in Framingham.  Over the next few days, we will assess the situation and decide how to reschedule the Council Meeting and Legislative Panel on Housing, Transportation, and Climate.  We will consider rescheduling as a virtual event, which will provide Council members and allies the opportunity to learn the latest about what is going on at the State House, without having to participate in a crowded event that might make some people uncomfortable.

I realize we sent out a note earlier this morning reminding people about the Council Meeting, and I apologize if this update causes any confusion.  Still, we feel the wisest course is to postpone the meeting, and to reschedule in a different format.

Please stay tuned, and stay safe!

Best regards,

Marc Draisen

Executive Director

Sep
22
Tue
2020
On this Land: Reframing Public Memory @ Zoom
Sep 22 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

How do monuments and memorials shape our understanding of place—and what we choose to forget? And how might we reframe public memory to address the harmful legacy of colonialism in our region? This artist panel will consider how remembering and forgetting of Indigenous peoples and colonial history shaped the landscape and collective consciousness of Greater Boston—and the necessary role of Indigenous artists in shaping more just public spaces.

Sep
29
Tue
2020
Future Histories: The Case for Creative Commemoration @ Zoom
Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Reclaim? Recontextualize? Relocate? Remove? What should we do with monuments that no longer reflect our shared history and collective values (or never did to begin with)? This conversation among artists, designers, and educators will explore how creative commemoration can help us see the past and present in a new light—and chart a path toward more just futures. 

Nov
9
Tue
2021
Special Council Meeting @ Zoom
Nov 9 @ 9:30 am – 10:00 am

Special Council Meeting

Tuesday, November 9, 2021
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

This Special Council meeting is being conducted remotely via Zoom video conference, consistent with Governor Baker’s Executive Order of March 12, 2020 and as extended by S.2475, signed by Governor Baker on June 16, 2021. S.2475 also allows town councils, state boards, and other bodies to hold remote public meetings until April 1, 2022. To provide public access to the meeting while limiting the potential for abuse of videoconferencing technology (i.e. Zoom Bombing), members of the public may view the proceedings at www.youtube.com/MAPCMetroBoston.

Click here to view the agenda.

Mar
2
Wed
2022
Winter Council Meeting @ Zoom
Mar 2 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

2022 Winter Council Meeting

Wednesday, March 2, 2022
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Click here to register

Members of the public may also view the Council Meeting at www.youtube.com/MAPCMetroBoston.


Please join the Metropolitan Area Planning Council for our Winter Council Meeting on Wednesday, March 2!
We are excited to announce that we’ll be joined by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson, and Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga for a New Mayors Panel beginning at 10 a.m.
We will also award the Robert Davidson Staff Achievement Award to three staff members who have demonstrated exceptional leadership at MAPC: Assistant Director of Municipal Collaboration Amy Reilly,Operations Coordinator Patrice Faulkner, and Senior Planner Raul Gonzalez.
Our Agenda Includes:
  • Business meeting beginning at 9 a.m., including key votes on MAPC’s Mid-Year Budget and Assessment Funds.
  • City Caucus breakout session for Executive Committee Elections
  • Screening of short film Homes for All.
  • Robert Davidson Staff Achievement Award
  • New Mayors Panel beginning at 10 a.m., featuring Mayor Wu, Mayor Ballantyne, Mayor Nicholson, and Mayor Verga!

Click here to register

Members of the public may also view the Council Meeting at www.youtube.com/MAPCMetroBoston.

Oct
25
Wed
2023
Fall Council Meeting @ TBD
Oct 25 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am

Save the date for the upcoming Fall Council Meeting. The location of the meeting is to be determined. In the meantime, please register using the link below.

Join us for our business meeting, regional collaboration, and the awarding of the Mayor Theodore Mann Regional Leadership Award.

Register