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Plan General para el Mejoramiento del Sudeste de Framingham

Click here to view this page in English. El Consejo Metropolitano de Planificación Urbana ha sido contratado por el gobierno municipal de Framingham para proveer asistencia técnica durante el proceso […]

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Scituate/Duxbury Coastal Climate Resiliency Plan

Background The towns of Scituate and Duxbury lie within the MAPC’s South Shore Coalition Subregion, along the southeastern Massachusetts coastline. Several of the prominent geographical features of this region – […]

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Managing Neighborhood Change Toolkit: Long-Term Affordability Strategies

Municipalities can implement multiple strategies to create and preserve long-term affordability. In so doing, thye promote opportunities for lower-income residents of neighborhoods where investments are being made to stay and […]

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Managing Neighborhood Change: How To Measure Neighborhood Change

Communities where neighborhood change is anticipated can prepare by identifying the appropriate indicators and measuring them over time to determine which strategies or interventions are needed to manage change that […]

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Managing Neighborhood Change Toolkit: Anti-Displacement Literature Review

MAPC’s first phase of neighborhood change research included a literature review of academic and non-academic reports released in the past decade that outline anti-displacement polices and strategies grounded in successful […]

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Managing Neighborhood Change: Anti-Displacement Strategies Toolkit

MAPC’s Managing Neighborhood Change: Selected Anti-Displacement Strategies in Practice toolkit supports MetroFuture’s Housing Choices goals and strategies for the MAPC regionby providing information on anti-displacement best practices and examples of […]

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North Suburban Planning Council Priority Mapping Project

About the Project The NSPC Priority Mapping Project provided an opportunity to promote dialogue about land use issues that transcend municipal boundaries. Local perspectives are key to identifying local and […]

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Reimagining Railroad: Strengthening Connections Downtown

During the summer/fall of 2013, the City of Gloucester engaged the community in creating a Downtown Work Plan that identified many shared community values linked to having an active and authentic […]

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Farmers Market

Background The Farmers Market Project is one of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Mass in Motion (MiM) initiatives that focuses on healthy eating. The goal of the project is […]

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Low Impact Development Toolkit

State standards and EPA’s Phase II rules have made stormwater a critical development issue, and many cities and towns are now considering local stormwater bylaws to expand and centralize local […]

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