Planning101
Creating a more sustainable, equitable, collaborative, and climate-resilient region.
Planning101 is a space for MAPC staff to share their wealth of knowledge on different topics. This blog covers a diverse range of issues that include transportation, clean energy, land use, environment, public health, local government, equity, the innovative usage of public data, and the process of creating digital tools.
Getting to Net Zero: How Your Municipality Can Help Improve the Building Code
The building sector is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Massachusetts. With increasing awareness of the negative […]
How Did We Do as a Region? Call for Feedback on MetroFuture Wins and Challenges
As MAPC ramps up for our regional plan update process, we’re taking a hard last look at MetroFuture – and […]
Q&A with Hortense Gerardo, MAPC’s New Artist-in-Residence
Hortense Gerardo is a practicing playwright, movement artist, screenwriter, and professor of anthropology and performing arts who joined MAPC […]
MAPC’s 2019-2020 Legislative Priorities
The deadline to file bills for the 2019-2020 Massachusetts legislative session was Friday, Jan. 19. Over 5,000 bills were filed […]
Arts & Culture Staff Join Legislative Leadership at Cultural Caucus Kick-Off
Staff from MAPC’s Arts and Culture division joined five other organizations on Wednesday, Jan. 16 to help the Massachusetts Legislature’s […]
MAPC holds first MetroCommon 2050 Listening Session in Salem
MAPC kicks off 2019 with a MetroCommon 2050 Community Listening Session in Salem on January 8th. Hosted at Salem’s Old […]