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MAPC Wraps Up Spring Legislative Breakfasts

Posted on June 2, 2023 at 2:42 pm. Written by Tim Viall

MAPC Wraps Up Spring Legislative Breakfasts June 2, 2023 – MAPC just wrapped up hosting six legislative breakfasts with seven of our subregions over the course of the spring. We host these breakfasts […]

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

Posted on March 30, 2023 at 11:49 am. Written by Tim Viall

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 […]

MAPC Statement on Extension of Remote and Hybrid Meetings

Posted on March 30, 2023 at 11:16 am. Written by Tim Viall

MAPC Statement on the Extension of Remote and Hybrid Meetings March 30, 2023 – “The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) would like to thank Governor Healey for signing the supplemental, […]

Supporting Households as Federal Extra COVID SNAP Benefits Ends

Posted on March 15, 2023 at 5:27 pm. Written by Tim Viall

Supporting Households as Federal Extra COVID SNAP Benefits Ends Written by Jessika Brenin, Public Health & Food Systems Planner II, and Heidi Stucker, AICP, Assistant Director of Public Health During […]

MAPC Statement on Police Body-worn Camera Adoption in Greater Boston

Posted on March 3, 2023 at 10:27 am. Written by Tim Viall

MAPC Statement on Police Body-worn Camera Adoption in Greater Boston March 3, 2023 – The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) today released a statement calling on the region’s police departments […]

MAPC Statement on Monterey Park Shooting

Posted on January 23, 2023 at 11:28 am. Written by Tim Viall

MAPC Statement on Monterey Park Shooting Monday, January 23, 2023 – “The board and staff of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in Boston today join with others across the […]

STUDY: App-Based Food Orders Most Likely Outnumber Ride-Hailing Trips in Mass., with Major Impacts on Traffic, Climate & Low-Wage Workers

Posted on December 13, 2022 at 8:26 am. Written by Tim Viall

STUDY: App-Based Food Orders Most Likely Outnumber Ride-Hailing Trips in Mass., with Major Impacts on Traffic, Climate & Low-Wage Workers Dark stores, emissions from delivery vehicles, and third-party app fees […]

MAPC Issues Statement Supporting Clean Heat Commission Report

Posted on December 1, 2022 at 9:10 am. Written by Tim Viall

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) commends Governor Baker, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), and the Commission on Clean Heat on yesterday’s report release on reducing […]

MAPC Issues Statement on Economic Development Spending Package H. 5374

Posted on November 4, 2022 at 3:31 pm. Written by Tim Viall

MAPC Issues Statement on Economic Development Spending Package H. 5374 BOSTON – Nov. 4, 2022 – “Yesterday the Massachusetts legislature voted to approve an economic development spending package (H. 5374), […]

MAPC issues statement on updated stretch energy code

Posted on October 6, 2022 at 9:57 am. Written by Tim Viall

Oct. 3, 2022 – Boston – The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in Boston today issued the following statement in response to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER)’s final […]