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Sustainable Communities-funded Fair Housing Projects

Project Background MAPC secured funding through the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant to prepare a Regional Housing Plan and a Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing. Both projects will…


Housing Choice Plus | Broken Zoning, Unaffordable Homes: What Can Be Done?

…adults, and help the homeowner with additional income through rent. Multi-Family Housing – Metropolitan Boston needs to build an average 16,000 new homes a year to meet demand. But between…


Accessory Dwelling Units | Broken Zoning, Unaffordable Homes: What Can Be Done?

…Choice Bill. Learn more about what that means! Multi-Family Housing – Metropolitan Boston needs to build an average 16,000 new homes a year to meet demand. But between 2010 and…


Walk This Way: Tips for pedestrian etiquette

These days the streets of Boston (and most metropolitan areas) are full of pedestrians connected to smartphones –following the latest news, music, emails, or Facebook post–while tuning out their…


Route 128 Central Corridor Plan

…Key short-term and long-term recommendations the communities wish to pursue. Inventory of the existing transportation system and land uses in the corridor communities. Forecast of the area’s likely population…


Creating a “Park Once” District

…with a car-oriented strip mall area. Creating the type of environment where its easy for people to walk between destinations involves both good urban design and parking policies. If each destination is…


Heat and Cool Your Town More Efficiently with Clean Technologies

…situations.” First, the cost benefits: the average household in Massachusetts spends $1,700 annually on home heating – $2,400 if they live in an area without natural gas. Heating with oil,…


New Year’s resolutions from MAPC

…goal: Check our calendar of events and schedule of public meetings to find upcoming dates of meetings in your area. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates throughout…


MetroFuture Walks & Talks: Tour of Drumlin Farm

On  Friday,August 3, 2012, the MetroFuture Walks & Talks program will visit Drumlin Farm, an active local farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts.  We will get a chance to explore…


Mural Fest at Bartlett Yard

…that these art takeovers will revitalize the yard and invite artists to use it as a gallery exhibition and workshop area. For the mural fest, these local organizers wanted to…