https://www.massachusettsmvpcoalition.org/about daily 0.75 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/01c5c4d2-7eef-486e-be88-6f160ed84990/town+of+auburn+fy21+MVP+grant.png About us - 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: Erica Wood. Bottom: Town of Auburn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/a8d70337-4487-423c-b457-f414ca3d65e7/Photo+Sep+02%2C+6+27+07+PM.jpg About us - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/14337a2f-ef28-49c2-bd5e-b75d55feb54a/CWRA_rower_1024x767_w-logo.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/50bceb92-8b90-4b8e-8717-7d15a812d1c9/Neponset+habitat_restoration_w-logo_1024x767.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/97e65450-16a3-4c8b-90a2-83c1e065f022/MMA+mass_statehouse_dome_MMA_logo-512x384.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/c7afd288-a0c1-44af-af0d-70f2f8d98dd9/Ipswich+river+watershed1.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/5bc4491f-8c99-4830-8eac-1f95d2332b93/MVPC+image.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/1668620020606-CS74YFC3KY4X6YDEC62F/Herringrun13-138%2BRam%2BSubramanian.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/73a62aac-ca4a-485a-8a86-0a948aff195e/MetroPlanningCouncil_website.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/4461c323-86f8-481c-87ca-a5b908ad57e4/Rivers+Alliance.png About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/8484f770-45f6-4d6f-b183-5328601a8ac6/Pioneer+Valley.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/2ec077dd-53f0-4614-af15-8afeaf1e0d92/SE+Regional.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/8bde7ca5-af21-4eb6-8083-2e80adbf9d79/Central+MA+Stormwater.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/d6c18b0f-9b21-4b26-bdcf-4ea278ff5001/495+graphic.png About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/b781a685-dd37-4a7b-b1af-479266d30969/trustees2.jpg About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/8d643419-6cdc-4ad2-aebd-712695a14124/oars+photo.png About us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/a5c57999-0ada-4a2a-91d4-214ac9aef684/Blackstone+Watershed+Collaborative.png About us https://www.massachusettsmvpcoalition.org/take-action daily 0.75 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/35dad8b8-dd69-4e84-afe0-640a11c2f3ca/GOv+baker.jpg Take Action - $100 million/year for MVP In 2018, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a five-year, $2.4 billion Environmental Bond Act, which included $75 million for the MVP program. The 2023 Environmental Bond Bill should include $500 million ($100 million/year) for MVP capital projects. In addition, the state budget should include $10 million/year for community planning to ensure these projects are effective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/29a5fbb6-f78f-4f27-8f56-f1c8c28ed494/Find_My_Legislator_image.jpg Take Action - Come with us to talk with your elected officials Click here to let us know you are interested in meeting with your legislators. Your representatives need to hear from you—their voters—that this funding is critical. Want to act today? Click on the image and enter your street address to find your state representative and state senator. Then call or email both of them and tell them you strongly support including $100 million per year for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program in the next Environmental Bond Bill. Please tell them how it will help your community and thank them for their leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/19d9d78e-7f51-431c-be61-36869bbaed25/Khalil+Kaba_Project+Misik+%282%29.jpg Take Action - Tell Your Story Climate resilience projects will help us protect and improve the lives of people who live in our communities and the places and resources we depend on. Our elected officials need to hear about this funding will help your community prepare for extreme weather, including big storms, coastal flooding, heatwaves, droughts, and other climate challenges. If you want to share your story more widely—please submit it here or email joshua.reynolds85@gmail.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/0af5c5bf-4642-4a6a-bc4b-bd3abc62b89b/Documents+source+pavehq.jpg Take Action - Lobbying Tools Click on the link for a library of tools and documents to help you lobby your legislators. Current documents include: a lobbying deck a sample letter to request a meting other useful documents https://www.massachusettsmvpcoalition.org/home daily 1.0 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/98f27fa7-87f0-4834-be87-5134c077768f/City+of+Medford+MVP.jpg Home - What MVP can do. Massachusetts has already spent $100 million over five years on MVP action grants to make communities safer. See how cities and towns are using those funds effectively—and why we need to substantially increase the MVP program to meet local needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/6e98a8e9-60cd-4f53-b45f-ee300467f2ae/Deerfield+River+flooding+Buckland+Photo+by+Jeff+Brown+Hurricane+Irene.jpg Home - We’re all in this together. When we are successful, Massachusetts communities will have the resources to protect their people and places from extreme weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/d76bd9e8-8325-4fd4-9535-00cba6810af8/2020+The+town+of+Scituate%27s+public+water+supply+reservoir+is+very+low+.JOHN+TLUMACKI+GLOBE+STAFF.jpg Home - You can help. The Healey Administration and your elected officials need to know how you would use state funds to protect people and resources in your community from harm. https://www.massachusettsmvpcoalition.org/mvp-funding daily 0.75 2023-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/0021f6d2-25b3-4477-91ae-3c9dfe0ba228/marley.jpg MVP Funding - Supporting Small Farms Christiane Turnheim approached her colorful bee hives, buzzing gently with hundreds of honeybees in the late afternoon sun. She spoke over her shoulder, “Independent bee keepers ... 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[ read the Christian Science Monitor Article ] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/9c6972f4-e836-4012-a1c5-963209028642/Grant+Profile+Bolton.png MVP Funding - Learn Grant Details View profiles of each grant, including: project type, funding amount project description Search and sort profiles by key criteria Click here to view profiles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/87c00869-9adb-4ebd-bb20-538af3da7a49/mvp+grants.png MVP Funding - Search MVP Grants Click on the image to Go to the Mass MVP Site, then click on the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Grant Programs tab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63751ec84c258a4c4462a2bb/6e530270-6081-4e98-8b79-955da2992260/Copy+of+FY20+New+Bedford.png MVP Funding - Download MVP Materials Nearly every Massachusetts city or town has completed an initial MVP preparedness plan. As of late 2022, the state has provided over $100 million in action grants to fund priority actions. 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