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FY 2024 Budget: How MAPC Priorities Fared

FY2024 Budget: How MAPC Priorities Fared MAPC thanks Governor Healey for approving a FY2024 budget that increases or maintains funding for key MAPC priorities, including the District Local Technical Assistance […]

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MAPC Invites Proposals for the FY2024 Accelerating Climate Resilience Municipal Grants

MAPC Invites Proposals for the FY2024 Accelerating Climate Resilience Municipal Grants The 101 municipalities in the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s region are invited to apply for funding for one-year projects […]

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Harnessing Community Science to Better Understand Urban Heat Island Challenges in the MetroWest

Earlier this month, 41 volunteers set out from Framingham State University (FSU) to collect temperature and humidity data along seven different routes, spanning 80 square miles. They conducted temperature data […]

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Community Liaison Model: An Emerging Best Practice for Community Engagement at the Intersection of Climate and Public Health

Community Liaison Model: An Emerging Best Practice for Community Engagement at the Intersection of Climate and Public Health Written by Julia Nassar, Clean Energy and Climate Planner II, and Sharon […]

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MAPC Statement on new Climate Bank

MAPC Statement on new Climate Bank June 13, 2023 – The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in Boston released a statement in support of the state’s new Climate Bank, established […]

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Report Shows Greater Boston is Susceptible to Unpredictable Stormwater Flooding

Report Shows Greater Boston is Susceptible to Unpredictable Stormwater Flooding The vast majority of flood claims from March 2010 storms were outside of FEMA flood zones, according to analysis May […]

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Metropolitan Area Planning Council Awards More Than $400k to 15 Local Projects

Metropolitan Area Planning Council Awards More Than $400k to 15 Local Projects Arlington, Ashland, Beverly, Boston, Cambridge, Carlisle, Everett, Framingham, Gloucester, Holliston, Ipswich, Lynn, Maynard, Middleton, Milton, Natick, Quincy, Randolph, […]

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Codes for Climate: Reducing GHG Emissions through Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code and Specialized Code

Codes for Climate: Reducing GHG Emissions through Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code and Specialized Code   About the Stretch Code and Specialized Code  At the end of 2022, Massachusetts adopted an […]

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MAPC’s Katherine Antos to join the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs

MAPC’s Katherine Antos to join the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Antos, energy and environmental policy expert, to lead decarbonization and resilience for the Commonwealth BOSTON […]

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DOE Funding Opportunity for MAPC Municipalities to Invest in Clean Energy Projects – Apply Now!

DOE Funding Opportunity for MAPC Municipalities to Invest in Clean Energy Projects – Apply Now! Written by Clean Energy and Climate Intern Yaritza Peña and Senior Clean Energy Specialist Brooks […]

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