About the MVP Campaign
Photo credit: Charles Krupa, North Attleboro
We Need More Climate Adaptation Funding
Massachusetts created the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) grant program in 2017 to help cities and towns in Massachusetts identify and manage climate hazards such as flooding, heat, and drought.
Funding for this essential program is dwarfed by the scale of the challenge. We have come together to annual MVP funding to $100 million in the next Environmental Bond Bill.
Scale Funding to Fit the Need
We are regional planning agencies and watershed associations who work with cities and towns on climate resilience. We came together for a single reason: to increase MVP funding to $100 million per year in the upcoming Environmental Bond Bill.
Photo credits. Top: AP Winslow Townson. Bottom: Town of Auburn.
Coalition Partners
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Charles River Watershed Association
Contact: Jen Ryan jryan@crwa.org
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Central Mass Regional Stormwater Coalition
Contact: Kerry Reed kr@framinghamma.gov
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Ipswich River Watershed Association
Contact: Wayne Castonguay wcastonguay@ipswichriver.org
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Massachusetts Municipal Association
Contact: Josie Ahlberg jahlberg@mma.org
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Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Contact: Katharine Lange katharinelange@massriversalliance.org
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Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
Contact: Jerrard Whitten jjwhitten@mvpc.org
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Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Contact: Leah Robins lrobins@mapc.org
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Mystic River Watershed Association
Contact: Julie Wormser julie.wormser@mysticriver.org
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Neponset River Watershed Association
Contact: Kerry Snyder snyder@neponset.org
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OARS
Contact: Alison Field Juma afieldjuma@oars3rivers.org
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Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Contact: Patrick Beaudry pbeaudry@pvpc.org
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Southeast Regional Planning and Economic Development District
Contact: Bill Napolitano bnap@srpedd.org
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The Trustees of Reservations
Contact: Linda Orel lorel@thetrustees.org
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495/MetroWest Partnership
Contact: Jason Palitsch jason@495partnership.org
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Blackstone Watershed Collaborative
www.blackstonecollaborative.org
Contact: Stefanie Covino scovino@clarku.edu