Regionalization Conference

The Third Annual Regionalization Toolkit Conference was held Thursday, September 1, 2011 at the Hogan Conference Center at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. The conference sponsored by the Division of Local Services, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments & the Massachusetts Association of Regional Planning Agencies, featured a broad array of municipal service sharing examples and best practices. Below please find the conference brochure and presentation materials.

2011 Regionalization Toolkit Conference Brochure and Registration materials 
 

Map of Participating Communities   

Morning Workshops: 

• Beyond Municipal Boundaries: Overcoming Differences for Better Services 
• Economic Development: Growing the Tax Base:
  495/MetroWest Development Compact
  • Presentation  file size 8MB
  • Handout   

• Innovation in Green Communities
  • Presentations
    • Assessing the Shelburne Falls Collaborative Composting Program  file size 5MB
    • Shelburne Falls Compost Collaborative  file size 4MB   Lowell Green Restaurant Certification Program  file size 2MB
  • Handouts: Lowell Green Restaurant Certification Program  and Checklist 
    
• A New Look at Sharing Veterans' Agents:
  West Suburban Veterans' District
  • Presentation  file size 1MB
    
• Municipalities as Host Agencies:
  Regional Housing Services Office
  • Presentation  file size 3MB
    

Afternoon Roundtable Discussions:
 

• The 411 on Regional 911
   
• Into the Cloud: Municipal Open Source Financial Management Software
  
• Nuts & Bolts of Inter-Municipal Agreements:
  Regional Dispatch Center Notes
  • Presentation 
    
• Rx of Public Health: Regional Health District Planning Today:
  Promoting Public Health Regionalization in Massachusetts
  • Presentation  file size 1MB
    

2009 and 2010 Regionalization Toolkit Conference materials