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Statewide tool updated for easier data viewing, downloading, and usability

Posted on September 2, 2025 at 10:46 am. Written by Tim Viall

Statewide Data Tool Updated for Easier Viewing, Downloading, and Usability By Tim Viall, Media Relations Manager September 2, 2025 – DataCommon – an open data resource that provides information on demographics, […]

MAPC, BUSPH Receive Funding to Host Symposium on Heat Resilience

Posted on March 20, 2025 at 2:28 pm. Written by Tim Viall

MAPC, BUSPH Receive Funding to Host Symposium on Heat Resilience March 20, 2025 – BOSTON – The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) has been awarded $125,000 from Doris Duke Foundation […]

MAPC Promotes Jessie Partridge Guerrero to Director of Data Services

Posted on April 4, 2024 at 11:34 am. Written by Tim Viall

MAPC Promotes Jessie Partridge Guerrero to Director of Data Services Boston – April 4, 2024 – The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) has named Jessie Partridge Guerrero as the agency’s […]

Are Strip Malls Key to Solving Greater Boston’s Housing Woes?

Posted on January 14, 2022 at 3:16 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Click to view interactive map Could the humble strip mall hold the keys to unlocking a thriving economic future for the suburbs of Greater Boston? New research released this week […]

Evictions and COVID-19: The Responsibility of the Large Landlord

Posted on December 22, 2020 at 12:20 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

The possibility of a pandemic-related “eviction tsunami” has been widely discussed of late, as is the role that federal and state policy must play stemming it. Less prominent has been […]

The Diversity Deficit: MAPC Releases New Research on Greater Boston Municipal Employee Diversity

Posted on July 13, 2020 at 6:06 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

The Diversity Deficit MAPC Releases New Research on Greater Boston Municipal Employee Diversity The people who work in Greater Boston cities and towns are overwhelmingly whiter and older than the […]

New study finds off-street residential parking overbuilt across Metro Boston

Posted on July 24, 2019 at 12:30 am. Written by Elise Harmon

Amanda Linehan Communications Director Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 617-933-0705 [email protected] 30% of off-street parking spaces at apartment buildings sit empty during peak demand, new research finds Boston – New […]

Housing Production and School Enrollment: Not as Simple as the Birds and the Bees

Posted on November 6, 2017 at 12:05 pm. Written by Karen Adelman

Please read brief for substantiation and full discussion Step into a community meeting about a new housing development, and you’re likely to hear a conversation about school enrollment. The question […]