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Jul
30
Tue
2019
Webinar: Planning & Implementing Climate Smart Parks in Massachusetts
Jul 30 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

This webinar will discuss climate-smart parks in Metro Boston, covering the available tools, data analysis, and planning and design strategies for successful implementation. The Trust for Public Land and Metropolitan Area Planning Council developed and implemented a Climate Smart Parks data analysis and mapping tool to help Massachusetts towns plan and design urban parks and green infrastructure installations to support urban climate resilience. The metro-Boston city of Medford will showcase these tools and strategies in action with a real-world climate-resilient green infrastructure case study developed and implemented through the Metro Mayors Program.

Presenters
  • Brendan Shane, Director of Climate, The Trust for Public Land
  • Darci Schofield, Senior Environmental Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
  • Alicia Hunt, Sustainability Director, City of Medford, MA

Learn more: https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain/soak-rain-new-england-webinar-series

Apr
25
Tue
2023
Equity in Clean Energy Webinar: Equitable Community Engagement @ Zoom (Virtual)
Apr 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Clean Energy Department is hosting a webinar on equitable community engagement for its Equity in Clean Energy webinar series. This event will provide an introduction to equitable community engagement in planning, followed by brief introductions from each of our guest speakers and the community engagement work they do in their communities. We will be joined by: 

    • Niri Kumar, Natick Resident
    • Marlees Owayda, Cambridge Community Engagement Manager
    • Lindsay Diaz, Cambridge Community Engagement Team Co-Leader
    • Gail Latimore, Executive Director, CSNDC – Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation

Register Here!

Questions? Please contact:
Francelis Morillo Suarez
fmorillosuarez@mapc.org

Mar
6
Wed
2024
Accelerating Climate Resilience Webinar: Equitable Engagement with Community Liaisons @ Zoom (Virtual)
Mar 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Accelerating Climate Resilience Webinar: Equitable Engagement with Community Liaisons @ Zoom (Virtual)

In collaboration with MAPC’s Public Health Department, the Equitable Engagement with Community Liaisons webinar will explore how cities are using community-led planning to broaden and deepen engagement with residents. You will hear about projects in three Massachusetts cities leading with equitable community engagement: 

  • Shawn LuzSustainability Coordinator, City of Framingham 
  • Emily SullivanClimate Change Program Manager, City of Somerville 
  • Richard HardingManager, BIPOC Men’s Health and Community Engagement Cambridge Public Health Department 

Register to Join Us