Category: Planning – Page 24

Learning cluster discussions: Sustainable Communities Consortium Meeting, Fall 2012

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 1:45 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Planning and Preserving Urban Green Infrastructure This session featured a number of innovative projects, with goals ranging from increased access to fresh foods to improving water quality, neighborhood livability, and […]

Finding the right words: Community engagement in Quincy

Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:24 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Last Thursday evening, MAPC and the City of Quincy hosted a meeting with residents, property owners, and business owners in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy to talk about a vision for […]

Transportation World In Crisis?

Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:56 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

If you’ve heard a lot about the federal government’s new two-year transportation funding program but aren’t sure what it means for Massachusetts, Transportation for America is here to translate this […]

MAPC Book Club

Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:39 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Parking lots are a mainstay of the 21st century city. With an estimated 600,000,000 passenger cars worldwide and 500,000,000 parking spaces in the US alone, lots take up huge amounts […]

Play it to PlanIt: Online gaming meets community planning in NoQuWo

Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:34 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

North Quincy & Wollaston (NoQuWo) area residents can sign up now to play NoQuWo: Neighborhoods on the move, the online game that will help plan the future of their community. This […]

Planner jargon de-coded: What is a Megapolitan?

Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:55 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

The concept of megapolitans in the U.S. is the subject of a new book and has cropped up recently in articles about the future of planning. What do they mean by […]

MetroFuture Walks & Talks: Tour of Drumlin Farm

Posted on April 4, 2012 at 1:02 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

On April 26th Friday,August 3, 2012, the MetroFuture Walks & Talks program will visit Drumlin Farm, an active local farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts. We will get a chance to explore […]

MetroFuture Walks & Talks: The Somerville Maple Syrup Boil Down

Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:11 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

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 […]

MAPC Open House Recap

Posted on February 2, 2012 at 12:48 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

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 Open House: Come one, come all…

Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:39 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Calling all of Metro Boston’s residents, community leaders, planning students, city/town officials, energy buffs, bike advocates, data geeks and more. Come one come all to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s […]