Reminder: in one week, our Consortium for Scenario Planning and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (@mapcmetroboston) are holding a virtual peer exchange at 12 p.m. ET!

On Saturday, more than 400 people attended Celebrating Disability Pride, hosted by CHA in collaboration with @cambhealth, @MAPCMetroBoston, and numerous City of Cambridge departments.

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. @MassDOT and the @MBTA are also running a survey regarding water transportation, available at: https://t.co/N0uub7Jon6 Open houses are being held in communities from Hingham to Gloucester through the month of October.

MBI celebrated @MAPCMetroBoston's apartment Wi-Fi program at O’Brien Towers in Quincy. This project has been years in the making & is a step forward to expand digital access in MA. Thank you to the @CityofQuincy & MAPC for their continued partnership.

Beginning on September 1, the HIP match will be back to a $40/60/80 match depending on household size, connecting Massachusetts SNAP recipients to healthy, local produce and food while supporting local farmers and food producers.

We would like to thank the Legislature and @MassGovernor for passing a supplemental budget that restores the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) benefits back to their full benefit levels depending on household size. Learn more at: https://t.co/AVf3stDQB4 @DTA_Listens @maura_healey

We'll have a table at the event's resource fair & be sharing details on Landline - MAPC's vision to connect our greenways + trails into a seamless network. Learn how bicycling & pedestrian infrastructure can build community, improve personal health, & address the climate crisis.

We're excited to join the @museumofscience for Pedal Power 2025: Celebrating Community Through Biking 🚲 Saturday, August 23 | 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. FREE museum admission with promo code (see below or follow the link). Learn more at:

MAPC's Assistant Director of Clean Energy Jeremy Koo wrote to the Globe, along with @SomervilleCity Mayor @katjballantyne, in response to the July 2 article, "Fewer than 1 in 10 Bostonians are getting the cheapest power the city offers."

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"Data filed with the @Mass_DPU indicate that since the launch of the Boston Community Choice Electricity in 2021, the average customer on the standard, or default, plan has saved approximately $800 compared with Eversource basic service." Via @BostonGlobe https://t.co/S1iqXCVj2W

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Our Acting Executive Director Lizzi Weyant testified in support of @MassGovernor's Environmental Bond Bill. It includes policies & programs we have long supported, like the MVP grant program and funding to repair & safeguard water infrastructure. Summary: https://t.co/6XwldnTK2O

(2/2) Find a summary of other priorities on our Planning 101 blog. The FY26 budget is moving alongside multiple other funding bills that have implications for municipalities. Questions can be directed to our Government Affairs team.

(1/2) On July 4, @MassGovernor signed the FY26 budget - a $60.9B package. It includes level funding for the District Local Technical Assistance program & decreased funding for the Senator Charles Shannon Community Safety Initiative - key MAPC line items. https://t.co/vF7L1BlSYU

"..coastal resiliency are all critical to ensuring that we can achieve our shared housing and economic development goals." @MassEEA @maura_healey

"MAPC welcomes this once-in-a-generation proposal from the Healey-Driscoll Administration to create a more resilient Commonwealth," said MAPC Acting Executive Director Lizzi Weyant. "Significantly increasing investments in the MVP program, water infrastructure, and..."

Today, @MassGovernor introduced the Mass Ready Act, a historic bill that proposes nearly $3B in bond authorizations to strengthen infrastructure and protect Mass. communities against increasing extreme weather events. Read the Governor's press release: https://t.co/b7KUPbvUeu

Sick of endless war? Warmonger Lindsey Graham sends our brave troops to die in foreign hellholes while cashing checks from the military-industrial complex. Paul Dans is fighting for AMERICA FIRST and putting a stop to foreign wars. Click below to join our fight:

.@BernJordanCG was honoured to address the 101 municipalities of Greater #Boston @MAPCMetroBoston. Each is impacted by global realities and has an important role to play in #Canada-#US relations. Thank you @MayorWu and @KimDriscollMA for your steadfast friendship of Canada.

On May 15, join MAPC, the @CityOfBoston, Net Zero Logistics, and @MassCEC for a webinar on our recently launched resource, "E-Cargo Bikes: Strategies for Municipal Delivery Transition." 🚲 Register at: https://t.co/YXrjviLFgK

(2/2) "...which wrote the report with Housing Navigator Massachusetts, Inc, a nonprofit that created a statewide centralized affordable housing search tool." via @BostonGlobe. Data Opens Doors report StoryMap available here: https://t.co/MRgU6cWBky #mapoli