Federal Grants Awarded to MAPC

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Federal Grants Applied for, and Awarded

In January 2023, the State Legislature expanded District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) funding to Regional Planning Agencies (RPAs), through the new Grant Assistance Program (GAP), to strengthen resources for pursuing federal funds under new major investment programs like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law /Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act (BIL/IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Since this time, MAPC departments have been hard at work:

  • Serving as the lead applicant in conjunction with many municipalities, community organizations, and other partners within our region in applying for many different federal grant opportunities that would serve the Greater Boston region.
  • Providing information about the diverse federal grant opportunities to municipalities, and providing technical assistance.
  • Applying to federal grant opportunities as the primary applicant to further MAPC's support of the municipalities within our region.

Below you will find information on grants that MAPC (often in conjunction with others) has been awarded. We encourage you to check this page often, as we will continue adding to it when MAPC receives grants.

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HUD PRO Housing Award

Congestion Relief Grant

Federal Funding Opportunities Center

Is your community interested in applying for a federal grant but lack staff capacity to do so?
Please contact:
[email protected] and
Norman Abbott ([email protected])

Awarded - Congestion Relief Grant

Awarded Entities: MAPC

Awarded Amount: $21.6 Million

Granting Authority: Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

Description: The Congestion Relief Grant, one of seven issued throughout the country, will significantly expand the Bluebikes regional bikeshare system and launch a new shuttle network to expand public transit in several key Boston neighborhoods. The Bluebikes expansion will add nearly 400 new bikes to the system, a quarter of them electric bikes (e-bikes), as well as new stations throughout the system.

The grant will also fund research into ways of reducing driving and encouraging transit use and will help launch a new mobile app that will allow transit riders to book trips across the system in one place.

Read MAPC's Press Release for More Information

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MAPC Press Release about Award

Congestion Relief Grant

Congestion Relief Grant Awards (includes MAPC's)

Questions?

Please contact MAPC's Director of Transportation, Eric Bourassa ([email protected]) with questions and to learn more about this awarded grant.

 

Awarded - Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing)

Awarded Entities (Applied Together): MAPC (as lead), Boston, Cambridge, Everett, and Newton

Awarded Amount: $3 Million

Granting Authority: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Description: A new HUD grant program focused on supporting communities in actively removing barriers to affordable housing. This $3 million grant received, is to explore innovative building methods to build new homes. The grant will fund the creation of a regional strategy to research and incentivize the use of innovative offsite construction methods to meet housing, climate, and economic development goals.

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Award Announcement from HUD

MAPC's Project Profile

How to Get Involved

If you are interested in joining the grant project or want to learn more, contact Andrea Harris-Long, MAPC’s Manager of Housing & Neighborhood Development, at [email protected].

Media Coverage and Activities

Housing costs so much to build. What if they did it on an assembly line?
June 26, 2024 | The Boston Globe 
Note: you need a subscription to be able to access the article

 

MAPC, Partner Municipalities, and HUD PRO Check Presentation
July 2, 2024

To celebrate and announce the award, HUD hosted a well-attended public announcement and check presentation in Cambridge City Hall on July 2. The event was emceed by MAPC Deputy Executive Director Lizzi Weyant, and speakers included HUD General Counsel Damon Smith, Congressman Jake Auchincloss, Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria, John Sisson, Director of Community Development in Newton, and MAPC Executive Director Marc Draisen. An informative roundtable discussion was held after the public announcement that was attended by Representative Marjorie Decker, several Cambridge city councilors, representatives from all partner municipalities, local community development corporations, and our HUD Regional Administrator Juana Matias.

Ten people, including Lizzi Weyant and Marc Draisen from MAPC, leaders from HUD and the City of Boston, stand behind a large check symbolizing the HUD PRO award given to MAPC and local communities. They are smiling facing the camera, and standing in front of a wooden staircase.
HUD PRO Award recipients, HUD representatives, and elected leaders.
MAPC Executive Director, Marc Draisen, is standing behind a dark podium speaking to a room of people. He is a wearing a dark colored suit, white shirt, and a dark colored tie, and he is wearing glasses and has white/gray short hair. He is standing in front of a wooden staircase.
MAPC Executive Director Marc Draisen.
MAPC Deputy Executive Director, Lizzi Weyant, standing behind a dark brown podium speaking into the mic. There is a wooden staircase behind her. She is wearing a pink shirt with a black blazer over it, and has curly brown/gray hair.
MAPC Deputy Executive Director Lizzi Weyant.
A man with short white hair, wearing glasses, and a dark colored suit, white shirt, and a dark colored tie stands behind a dark podium speaking. He is standing in front of a wooden staircase.
John Sisson, Director of Community Development in Newton.
A room full of people attending the press conference, all facing one way.
A room full of people standing and mingling with one another at the press conference.
A room full of people attending the press conference.
Damon Smith, HUD General Counsel is standing behind a dark podium, speaking to a room of people. Behind him is a wooden staircase. He is wearing a dark suit, white shir, and a dark colored tie.
Damon Smith, HUD General Counsel.
A man with short, black hair, wearing a dark colored suit, white shirt, and a dark colored tie, stands behind a dark colored podium speaking. He is in front of a wooden staircase.
Congressman Jake Auchincloss.
Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria stands behind a dark podium speaking. He is wearing a dark colored suit and a white shirt. He has short, dark hair. He is standing in front of a wooden staircase.
Mayor Carlo DeMaria, City of Everett.
Yi-An Huang, City Manager, City of Cambridge, stands behind a dark podium speaking. He is wearing a dark colored suit, a white shirt, and a dark colored tie, and he has gray/black short hair. He is standing in front of wooden stairs.
Yi-An Huang, City Manager, City of Cambridge.