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Experts, Leaders Convene for Symposium on Heat and Health Actions

Experts, Leaders Convene for Symposium on Heat and Health Actions By Oliver Song, Environment Intern and Marine Gapihan, Clean Energy and Climate Intern June 27, 2025 – On June 18, […]

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Ready for Summer Heat: MAPC Launches Cool Communications Campaign

Ready for Summer Heat: MAPC Launches Cool Communications Campaign By Sharon Ron, Assistant Director of Public Health June 17, 2025 – As Massachusetts communities brace for another hot summer, MAPC […]

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What to Know Before Creative Sector Advocacy Week

What to Know Before Creative Sector Advocacy Week Written by Tim Viall, Senior Communications Specialist Pictured above, state leaders, legislators, and supporters gathered for Creative Sector Day in 2024  April […]

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Four Semifinalist Artists Announced for Lex250 Monument

Four Semifinalist Artists Announced for Lex250 Monument The artists are developing concepts to honor the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. LEXINGTON – February 26, 2024 – Following a […]

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Eleven Communities Selected for the 2023 “Making it Public” Art Program

Eleven Communities Selected for the 2023 “Making it Public” Art Program Acton, Brockton, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Concord, Devens, Erving, Greenfield, Holyoke, Middleborough, and Revere make up next cohort BOSTON – February […]

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Boston, Cambridge and Somerville Launch Regional Effort to Protect and Plan for Arts Spaces

Boston, Cambridge and Somerville Launch Regional Effort to Protect and Plan for Arts Spaces Making Space for Art is supported by a $140,000 Technical Assistance Grant from MAPC BOSTON – […]

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MAPC Awards More Than $800k in “Accelerating Climate Resilience” Grants to 13 Municipal Projects

MAPC Awards More Than $800k in “Accelerating Climate Resilience” Grants to 13 Municipal Projects The cities/towns of Arlington, Beverly, Cambridge, Chelsea, Malden, Medford, Milton, Natick, Norwood, Reading, Scituate, Stoneham, Watertown, […]

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MAPC Launches “MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together”

Flanked by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, MA-07, and scores of public officials and stakeholders from across Greater Boston this week, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) officially unveiled a land use […]

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MAPC Launches “MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together”

Screenshot of the MetroCommon 2050 Digital Hub. Click to open. MAPC Launches ‘MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together’ New long-range land use and public policy plan offers a vision and […]

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The Fallacy and Futility of Fixity

Clouds rolling into Ptown on July 2. The Fallacy and Futility of Fixity Reflection by Dan Koff, Regional Arts and Culture Planner It was June 30, 2021, and the show […]

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