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MetroFuture Walks & Talks: The Somerville Maple Syrup Boil Down

One of the strategies outlined in MAPC’s MetroFuture regional plan is the creation and strengthening of local food programs. Somerville, Mass., is one of the many cities and towns in our region that have embraced this concept. This coming Saturday, March 3, Friends of MetroFuture will check out the local food scene at the Maple Syrup […]

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From the ground up: Finding innovative ways to promote energy efficiency

The original version of this blog post appeared on the ACEEE blog. Local municipalities and community organizations are adopting policies, strategies, and partnerships that promote energy efficiency, save money, and reduce pollution–despite a lack of comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation at the federal level. This increased level of activity in promoting energy efficiency at […]

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Congratulations to MAPC's Christian Spanring!

Congratulations to Christian Spanring, MAPC’s GIS Developer, who was recently awarded with the Somerville Community Corporation’s Norris Weston Award! SCC honored Christian for all of the amazing work he has done on the inTeractive Somerville website.  inTeractive Somerville is a website developed by former MAPC intern Michael Messina – it allows users to give their input on the […]

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MAPC Open House Recap

Thank you to everyone who showed up on Tuesday night for MAPC’s 3rd annual Open House! Visitors toured three floors of offices in MAPC’s  Downtown Crossing building and met many members of the MAPC staff. Along the way, they earn raffle tickets by participated in games and activities. Raffle prizes this year included “Baskets O’ Localness,” which were packed […]

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