Program offers ratepayers price stability, greener energy. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is pleased to announce that it has selected Good Energy to provide green municipal aggregation broker services to MAPC member cities and towns. The Cities of Somerville and Newton and the Towns of Arlington and Sudbury participated […]

Washington, DC – Ashland, Framingham, Longmeadow, Lynn, Natick, Norwell and Weymouth have among the top “Complete Streets” policies in the nation, according to rankings announced today by Smart Growth America. Ten Massachusetts communities passed Complete Streets policies in 2015 — the most of any state in the country last year — and seven of those policies were among the […]

Wellesley corridor project will provide strategies to improve roadway.  The Town of Wellesley and MAPC are poised to kick off the next phase of an ongoing study to improve Route 9 this spring. The Route 9 Enhancement Study & Plan is a community-outreach-driven study for the Route 9 Corridor which […]

Local legislators, elected officials & citizens to discuss transportation, economic development, climate change & planning Join the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s South Shore Coalition and Representative Garrett Bradley (D-Hingham) for a Legislative Breakfast on Friday, April 8, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Willcutt Commons Senior Center, located at 91 […]

Housing Production Plan identifies housing needs & demand, establishes goals for future housing development.  Join the Town of Arlington, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), and planning consultant JM Goldson for a public forum on Thursday, April 7, at 6:45 pm in the main meeting room of the Senior Center at 20 […]