Category: Equity

New Resources for Equitable Net Zero Planning

Posted on March 10, 2020 at 11:06 am. Written by Elise Harmon

New Resources for Equitable Net Zero Planning Prioritize Net Zero Actions and Implement Equity with our Frameworks In response to the climate crisis, cities and towns across the globe have made commitments to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by maximizing reductions in energy use and supplying buildings, transportation, and infrastructure with renewable sources of […]

Equity-Forward Economic Development in Uphams Corner

Posted on March 3, 2020 at 4:23 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Equity-Forward Development in Uphams Corner Across the Boston region and the United States, neighborhoods are experiencing significant economic changes. In some cases, residents can ride the wave of the economic surge and see their lives improve. Unfortunately, not all are lifted by this wave: many have been limited by a history of racial, legal, and […]

New Focus in Community Health Needs Assessments: The Social Determinants of Health

Posted on February 4, 2020 at 9:00 am. Written by Kit Un

New Focus in Community Health Needs Assessments: The Social Determinants of Health Community health needs assessments (CHNAs), commonly performed by hospitals and other institutions, identify and describe factors that affect a given area’s health. Lately, there’s been a shift: CHNAs increasingly focus on the social determinants of health. This is making the assessments more useful […]

Cities and Towns to Beacon Hill: We Need Additional Revenue for Transportation

Posted on November 13, 2019 at 9:31 am. Written by Elise Harmon

Greater Boston Mayors and Managers support 15 cent increase to the gas tax and other funding mechanisms to advance equity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support transit oriented development WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – Today, three broad coalitions of municipal officials from throughout Eastern Massachusetts called on the Commonwealth to raise significant new revenue and dedicate […]

MAPC Releases Transportation Finance Recommendations

Posted on October 7, 2019 at 2:42 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Photo by Rob Sheppard Transportation, the backbone of a thriving economy, is crucial to every aspect of life in Massachusetts, connecting workers to jobs, businesses to markets, students to schools, and residents and visitors to cultural and recreational resources. A reliable, affordable, and well-connected transportation network is particularly essential to advancing the region’s equity goals: […]

MAPC Wins Planning Awards

Posted on December 21, 2018 at 4:30 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Last week, the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-MA) presented MAPC with two awards: the Social Advocacy Award for and the Metropolitan Mayors’ Coalition Regional Housing Task Force and the Outstanding Planning Project Award for MassBuilds, a visual database of development in the Greater Boston region. Earlier this month, MAPC’s Clean Energy team […]

State of Equity Policy Agenda Draft Released

Posted on February 12, 2018 at 9:52 am. Written by Elise Harmon

MAPC took the next step to promoting a more equitable region last Wednesday with the release of a draft of our 2018 State of Equity in Metro Boston Policy Agenda. We hope that the plan serves as a tool to advance policy change in the Boston region and that it serves as a roadmap not […]

2017 Fall Council Meeting and Drive Electric Vehicle Event Recap

Posted on October 26, 2017 at 2:57 pm. Written by Kit Un

On Wednesday, October 25th, MAPC held its annual Fall Council Meeting at the Quincy Marriott. The meeting brought together over 100 Council Members, staff, and officers; with special guests from the Mann family and City of Quincy’s Mayor Thomas P. Koch. We were delighted to have presented Michelle Ciccolo with the Mayor Theodore Mann Regional […]

Newton's Community Solar Share Initiative: Sometimes, the Answer is Hidden in Plain Sight

Posted on January 26, 2017 at 12:06 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Typically, low income households pay a higher percentage of income for electricity than those in other income brackets. In Boston, for example, median-income households spend 2.8 percent of their total income on electricity on average, whereas low-income households spend 6.7 percent of income on electricity. At the same time, disadvantaged households often do not have […]

MAPC’s Metro Mayors Community Safety Day on the Hill

Posted on May 6, 2014 at 5:27 pm. Written by Karen Adelman

April 30, 2014, Boston: Exuberance was in the air as over 250 youth, mayors, law enforcement and municipal officials, legislators and community advocates gathered in Nurses Hall at the State House. It was the Community Safety Day on the Hill, an annual rally organized by MAPC’s Metro Mayors Coalition focused on addressing youth violence prevention […]