Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program Action Grant Projects

Find descriptions of all action grant projects awarded, as well as summary slide decks and detailed deliverables for completed projects below.

MVP Action Grant Project Descriptions FY18-FY24

FY23 MVP Action Grant Completed Project Summary Slide Deck

FY22 MVP Action Grant Completed Project Summary Slide Deck

FY21 MVP Action Grant Completed Project Summary Slide Deck

FY20 MVP Action Grant Completed Project Summary Slide Deck

FY19 MVP Action Grant Completed Project Summary Slide Deck

FY18 MVP Action Grant Completed Project Summary Slide Deck

Completed Action Grant Projects and Deliverables are organized here by MVP region.

Berkshires & Hilltowns

• Adams

  • Adams & Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership - Mohawk Trail Woodland Partnership Regional Adaptation & Resilience Project (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Assessment and Conceptual Design for Adaptation and Resiliency (FY18)

    • Case Study

• Ashfield

  • Baptist Corner Road Stream Crossing Ecological Improvements (FY22)

    • Case Study

• Blandford

  • Resilient Community-Driven Master Plan + Resilient Regulatory Work (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Blandford Resilient Master Plan Story Map

• Buckland

  • Watershed-Based Assessment and Climate Resiliency Plan for Clesson Brook (FY22)

    • Case Study

• Great Barrington

  • Climate Action, Resilience, and Equity (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Lenox

  • Housatonic Stream Restoration for Regional Flood Resilience Project (FY22)

    • Case Study

• Monterey

  • Replacement of Main Road Culvert over Konkapot River (FY20) 

    • Conceptual Design Report

• Pittsfield

  • Mill Street Dam Removal Project (FY20)  

    • Case Study

  • Churchill Brook and West Street Culvert Replacement Project (FY19)

    • Delineation Report
       

• Plainfield

  • Plainfield Culvert Assessment (FY20)

    • Final Report

• Sheffield

  • Rural Dirt Road Resilience (FY20)

    • Case Study 

    • Final Report

    • Project Website

• Stockbridge

  • Stockbridge Resilient Housing Initiative (FY21)

    • Summary of Findings
    • Recommendations Report

• Westhampton

  • Resilience Building through Community Visioning and Planning (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Williamstown

  • Mohawk Trail Woodland Partnership Forest Stewardship, Resilience & Climate Adaptation (FY21)

    • Case Study

Greater Connecticut River Valley

• Agawam

  • Agawam Stormwater Master Plan (FY21) 

    • Case Study

• Amherst

  • Amherst Climate Action, Adaptation and Resilience Plan (FY20) 

    • Final Report

• Athol

  • Greening Lord Plaza Phase 2 (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Athol & North Quabbin Community Coalition - Lord Pond Plaza Improvement Project (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Belchertown

  • Land Conservation and Restoration of the Scarborough Brook Headwaters for Climate Resilience (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Enhancing Water Supply Reliability: Resilient Water Storage and Water Conservation - Design & Implementation (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Enhancing Water Supply Reliability: Resilient Water Storage and Water Conservation Planning (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • High School Stormwater Harvesting Feasibility Report

  • Town-Wide Road Stream Crossing Assessment and Climate Change Adaptation Plan​ (FY18)

    • Road-Stream Crossing Assessment Technical Memorandum

• Deerfield

  • Healthy Soils, Green Infrastructure Policy and Climate Resiliency Public Engagement in Deerfield (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Healthy Soil Report

  • Flood Resiliency Through Green Infrastructure (FY20)

    • Case Study

    • Culvert Design

    • Treebox Filter Photo

    • Green Infrastructure Designs

    • Climate Change Curriculum at Frontier Regional High School

    • Fact Sheet: Local Policies for Green Infrastructure

  • Reducing Flooding Vulnerability in Deerfield (FY19)

    • Case Study

  • Culvert Redesign and Retrofit and Bylaw Update (FY18)

    • Project Summary

• East Longmeadow

  • Comprehensive Master Plan (FY21)

    • Final Comprehensive Plan

• Easthampton 

  • Emerald Place Resiliency (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Green Infrastructure Planning and Resiliency Design for Cherry Street (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Erving

  • Wheelock Culvert Repair Replacement and Data Redundancy (FY20)

    • Notice of Intent

• Granby

  • Resilient Regulatory Work + Refocusing on Climate Resilience Pathway in Master Plan (FY21)

    • Master Plan Climate Resilience Chapter

• Hampden

  • Hampden/East Longmeadow Infrastructure Assessment and Prioritization of Nature-Based Solutions and Public Outreach and Participation (FY22)

    • Case Study

• Holyoke

  • Urban Forest Equity Plan (FY21)

    • Case Study

  • Impervious Surface Mapping for Resiliency Planning and Implementation (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • The City of Holyoke's Response to Climate Change Displacement (FY18)

    • Final Study

• Leverett

  • Shutesbury Road Culvert Enhancement (FY22) 

    • Case Study
    • Project Drawings

• Monson

  • Chicopee Brook Flood Resilience Improvements (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Energy Resilience for Town Hall-EOC-Police HQ Facility (FY20)

    • Summary Memo

• Montague

  • City Road Flooding Protection Project- Design and Permitting (FY18)

    • Project Summary

• Northampton

  • Restoring the Pine Grove Golf Course for Climate Resiliency (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Protecting Downtown: Northampton's Flood Control Levees (FY19)

    • Case Study

  • Nature-Based Flood Protection to Reduce Vulnerabilities​ (FY18)

    • Conceptual Design Summary

• Palmer

  • RT 181 Culvert Replacement Permitting & Final Design (FY20) 

    • Case Study
    • Route 181 Culvert Designs

  • Comprehensive Master Plan (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Master Plan

• Pelham

  • Severe Weather Mitigation Project (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Resilient Pelham (FY18)

    • Community Climate Adaptation_ Reflections From Our Elders

• South Hadley

  • Queensville Dam Removal Feasibility Study and Buttery Brook Watershed Enhancement (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Climate Resilient South Hadley (FY21) 

    • Case Study

• Southwick

  • Klaus Anderson Road/Johnson Brook Replacement Culvert and Green Infrastructure (FY22)

    • Culvert and Restoration Plans

  • Klaus Anderon Road Culvert Design (FY19)

    • Klaus Anderson Road Culvert Design

• Springfield

  • People-focused Resilient Redesign and Retrofits for community/civic Infrastructure and critical facilities in Springfield MA (improving communication/ building trust and advancing Microgrids) (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Key Finding and Recommendations
    • Communication Strategy Guide
    • Replication Guide
    • Public Employment Equity Plan

  • Community Resilience through Urban Forestry (FY19) 

    • Case Study

Central

• Auburn

  • Leesville Pond Water Quality Protection and Community-Wide Resiliency Improvements (FY21) 

    • Case Study

  • Develop Protection Measures for Vulnerable Drinking Water Supply Areas and Evaluate Green Bridge Design (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Sword Street Concept Design

• Ayer

  • Ayer-Devens Main Streets Regional Pocket Forests Pilot Project (FY23)

    • Case Study

• Berlin

  • Horseshoe Pond Acquisition Project (FY23)

    • Case Study

• Bolton

  • Nashua River Communities Resilient Lands Management Project (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website
    • Project StoryMap

  • Apple Country Ecological Climate Resiliency and Carbon Planning and Assessment Project (FY21) 

    • Case Study
    • Project Website 

• Charlton & Spencer

  • Integrated Water Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Resiliency Plan (FY18)

    • Final Plan (part 1 of 6)
    • Final Plan (part 2 of 6)
    • Final Plan (part 3 of 6)
    • Final Plan (part 4 of 6)
    • Final Plan (part 5 of 6)
    • Final Plan (part 6 of 6)
    • Project Summary
    • Public Meeting Slides

• Devens

  • Climate Action & Resilience Plan​ (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Devens Forward: Climate Action & Resilience Plan

• Fitchburg

  • Generating Resiliency in Downtown Fitchburg with Nature-Based Solutions (FY23)

    • Case Study
    • StoryMap

  • Bolstering Public and Private Action to Improve Flood Resilience in Baker Brook (FY22)

    • Case Study

  • John Fitch Highway - A Resilient Road Corridor (FY21) 

    • Case Study
    • Highway Design Concept

• Harvard

  • Community Climate Action and Land Stewardship Plan: Achieving an Agrarian Sustainability (FY20) 

    • Case Study
    • Harvard Grown Website
    • Project Overview

• Holden

  • Water-Sewer Infrastructure Green Emergency Power Study ​(FY18)

    • Final Study

• Leominster

  • Monoosnoc Brook Bank Stabilization Project (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Project Photos & Renderings 

• Mendon

  • Mendon Town Hall Campus Green Stormwater Infrastructure: Design through Contractor Mobilization (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Integration of Low Impact Development Standards into Local Bylaws and Subdivision Regulations (FY18)

    • Low Impact Development Bylaw Updates

• Milford

  • Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Milford Town Park (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Photos

• Millbury

  • Armory Village Green Infrastructure Project - Phase II (FY21)

    • Case Study

  • Armory Village Green Infrastructure Project (FY19)

    • Case Study

• Northbridge

  • Carpenter Road Causeway Alternatives Analysis and Source Water Green Infrastructure Protection Plan (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Shirley

  • Microgrid Feasibility (FY20) 

    • Case Study

• Shrewsbury

  • Climate Action and Resilience Plan (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Regulatory Update for Sustainable Parking Requirements (FY23)

    • Case Study

• Southborough

  • Planimetric Impervious Surface Mapping Project (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Spencer

  • Green Infrastructure Implementation in Downtown Spencer, Mechanic Street Parking Lot (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Stormwater Management Report
    • Public Meeting Slides
    • Final Plan Part 1 of 6
    • Final Plan Part 2 of 6
    • Final Plan Part 3 of 6
    • Final Plan Part 4 of 6
    • Final Plan Part 5 of 6
    • Final Plan Part 6 of 6

• Sutton

  • Manchaug Village Water Resource Resiliency Action Plan (FY22)

    • Case Study

• Uxbridge

  • Home Brew Dam and Whitin Pond Dam Removal (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Integrated Vector-Borne Disease Control Program (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Integrated Water Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Resiliency Plan (FY19)  

    • Case Study

• Worcester

  • Worcester Senior Center Parking Lot - Nature-Based Solutions (FY20) 

    • Case Study

Northeast

• Acton

  • Climate Action Plan and Electrification Roadmap (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website
    • Final Presentation

  • 53 River Street Dam Removal (FY20)

    • Dam Removal Plans

• Amesbury

  • Open Space and Recreation Plan Update (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Final Open Space and Recreation Plan

• Andover

  • Shawsheen River Watershed Land Conservation Planning and Prioritization for Climate Resilience and Environmental Justice (FY23)

    • Case Study
    • StoryMap

  • Shawsheen River Watershed Land Conservation Planning and Prioritization for Climate Resilience and Environmental Justice (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • StoryMap

• Beverly

  • Bass River District Resilience Plan (FY23)

    • Final Report
    • Appendices

  • Beverly and Salem Climate Action and Resilience Plan (FY20)

    • Case Study

• Boxford, Topsfield, & Ipswich

  • Increasing Regional Flood Resiliency Through Re-Designing Culverts in The Howlett Brook Watershed (FY20)  

    • Case Study
    • Plan Set

• Burlington

  • Vine Brook Watershed and Urban Heat Island Assessment (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Chelmsford

  • Dunshire Drive Culvert Replacement & Deep Brook Stream Restoration: Phase I (FY20)  

    • Case Study
    • Survey Data

• Concord

  • Reforestation and Municipal Tree Resilience (FY19)

    • Case Study

  • Climate Action and Resilience Plan​ (FY19)

    • Case Study

    • Sustainable Concord Climate Action and Resilience Plan

• Essex

  • Impacts of future storminess, greater wave energy, and increased sediment transportation along Castle Neck into Essex Bay (FY19)

    • Final Report

  • Living Shoreline Feasibility Study for Essex Bay (FY18)

    • Final Report
    • Feasibility Evaluation and Concept Design Report

• Essex, Ipswich, & Newbury

  • Assessing Marsh Management Techniques After Natural Sediment Accretion Event (FY18)

    • Effects of a Natural Sediment Event on Salt Marsh Resiliency

• Gloucester

  • Gloucester Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) (FY22)

    • Case Study

    • CARP

  • Watershed and Water Supply Vulnerability, Risk Assessment and Management Strategy​ (FY18)

    • Final Strategy

• Groveland

  • Johnson Creek Watershed Flood Resiliency Project (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Final Report

• Haverhill

  • Little Dam Removal and River Restoration (FY22)

    • Case Study

  • Little River Dam Removal Feasibility Study (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Ipswich

  • Ipswich River Sewer Interceptor Bank Bio-stabilization Project (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Ipswich River Sewer Interceptor and Siphon Risk Mitigation and Resiliency Improvements Design (FY20)  

    • Case Study
    • Drawing Set

• Lawrence

  • Flood Study and DPW Yard Adaptation Plan (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Lincoln

  • Town of Lincoln Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (L-CAP) Proposal (FY23)

    • Case Study

• Littleton

  • Watershed Projection for Climate Resiliency - Brown's Woods Acquisition (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Lowell

  • Claypit Brook Climate Resilience Stormwater Management Capital Improvement Plan (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Final Report and Capital Improvement Plan

• Lynn

  • Barry Park Green Infrastructure Project (FY22)

    • Case Study

  • Strawberry Brook Green Infrastructure Implementation (21)

    • Case Study

  • Strawberry Brook Watershed Flood Relief (FY20)  

    • Case Study
    • Green Infrastructure Plan

• Lynnfield

  • Richardson Green Conservation Acquisition (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Manchester-by-the-Sea

  • Sawmill Brook Central Pond Restoration Project Phase 2: Permitting and Final Design (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Permitting and Design for Ecological Restoration and Habitat Management to Increase Resiliency (FY18)

    • Sawmill Brook Central Pond Restoration Summary Report

• Methuen

  • Searles Pond/Bloody Brook Corridor Resilience Planning (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • StoryMap

• Nahant

  • Increasing the Resiliency of Short Beach on Nahant to Sea Level Rise: Access Point Restoration and Modification Plan (FY20)  

    • Case Study

• Newbury & Newburyport

  • Plum Island: Exploring the Fiscal and Economic Implications of Sea Level Rise (FY20)

    • Final Report
    • Project Website

• Newbury

  • Controlling Flood and Addressing Future Climate Impacts Through the Replacement of the Orchard Street Culvert (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Assessing Storm Energy Reduction by the Vegetated Salt Marsh Platform (FY18)

    • Final Report

• Newburyport

  • Resilient Critical Infrastructure: Adapting a Wastewater Treatment Facility, Underground Electric Lines and Public Rail Trail to Future Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge (FY21)

    • Case Study

  • Resilient Critical Infrastructure: Adapting a Wastewater Treatment Facility, Underground Electric Lines, and Public Rail Trail to Future Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Part 1 (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Wastewater Treatment Plant Climate Resilience​ (FY18)

    • Case Study
    • Wastewater Treatment Plant Technical Memorandum Climate Change Resilience

• Peabody

  • Resilient North River Canal Corridor Phase 2 (FY20)

    • Final Report and Plans (Part 1 of 2)
    • Final Report and Plans (Part 2 of 2)

  • Lawrence Brook Watershed Risk Assessment​ (FY18)

    • Preliminary Design Report

  • Improving Flood Resiliency of North River Canal in Peabody (FY18)

    • Project Summary

• Pepperell

  • Sucker Brook Continuity Restoration (FY22) 

    • Case Study

• Salem

  • Ocean Ave. West Pump Station Flood Mitigation (FY20) 

    • Conditions Assessment

  • Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management in City Projects (FY19)

    • Case Study

  • Sanitary Sewer Trunk Line Relocation Assessment​ (FY18)

    • Project Summary

• Salisbury

  • Resilient Ring’s Island: Preventing a Neighborhood from Being Stranded by Flooding (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Project Summary Slides
    • Project Website
    • Fact Sheet

  • Resilient Ring’s Island: Preventing a Neighborhood from Being Stranded by Flooding (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Project Summary Slides
    • Project Fact Sheet

• Saugus

  • Saugus Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Stow & Hudson

  • Assessing the Health of Lake Boon - a Key to Climate Resiliency in Stow & Hudson, MA - and beyond (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Swampscott

  • Beach Access Resiliency and Accessibility Improvements (FY20) 

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Tewksbury

  • Stormwater Analysis for Nature-Based Solutions and Community Co-Benefits (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website
    • StoryMap
    • Hazard Mitigation Climate Resilience Plan

• Westford

  • Westford Tree and Invasive Species Inventory and Management Plan with Tree Planting Plan (FY23)

    • Case Study

• Woburn

  • Shaker Glen Extension Restoration and Flood Mitigation (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Horn Pond Brook Improved Fisheries Habitat and Flood Control (FY19)

    • Case Study

 

Greater Boston

• Arlington

  • Wicked Hot Mystic (FY21)

    • MVP Case Study
    • Mystic River Watershed Association Case Study
    • Heat Watch Report
    • Executive Summary
    • Final Report
    • Final Report Appendices A-D
    • Final Report Appendices E-L
    • Final Report Appendices M-Q

  • Mill Brook Corridor Flood Management Demonstration Project (FY18)

    • Arlington MVP Case Study
    • Arlington Finished Project Photos

• Belmont

  • Stormwater Flood Reduction and Climate Resilience Capital Improvement Plan (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Capital Improvement Plan

• Boston

  • Heat Resilience Planning Study (FY21)

    • Case Study

  • Moakley Park - Resilience Preliminary Design, Technical Analysis, and Pre-Permitting (FY19)

    • Grant Summary
    • PowerPoint Slides
    • Final Report Part 1
    • Final Report Part 2
    • Final Report Part 3

  • Climate Ready Zoning and Design Guidelines​ (FY18)

    • Coastal Resilience Guidelines

• Braintree

  • Smith Beach Green Infrastructure Project (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Design Plan Set

  • Armstrong Dam and Ames Pond Dam Removal Final Design and Permitting (FY19) 

    • Case Study

• Brockton

  • Integrated Water Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Resiliency (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Resiliency: Salisbury Brook & Salisbury Plain River Final Report
    • Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Resiliency: Salisbury Brook & Salisbury Plain River Final Report Appendices
    • Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Resiliency: Trout Brook Final Report
    • Executive Summary (English)
    • Executive Summary (Cape Verdean Creole)
    • Executive Summary (Haitian Creole)
    • Executive Summary (Spanish)

• Brookline

  • Urban Forestry Climate Resiliency Master Plan (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Brookline Urban Forest Climate Resiliency Master Plan

  • Climate Resiliency Policy Audit-Amendments and LID and Design Guidelines​ (FY18)

    • Climate Resilience Design Guidance
    • Climate Resilience Planning Tools

• Cambridge & Metro Mayors

  • Building Resilience to Climate Driven Heat in Metro Boston (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Regional Heat Preparedness and Adaptation Plan

• Cambridge

  • Completing a watershed-wide analysis to optimize and coordination regional stormwater management in the Mystic River Watershed (FY19)  

    • Case Study
    • Final Report: Watershed-Wide Analysis to Optimize and Coordinate Regional Stormwater Management in the Upper Mystic River
      • Final Report: Appendices A - D
      • Final Report: Appendices E - L
      • Final Report: Appendices M - Q

  • Climate Change Preparedness & Resilience Catalyst Project​ (FY18)

    • Adaptive Capacity Report for CRLS, War Memorial and Library
    • Cambridge Community Center Resilience Hub Business Plan
    • Margaret Fuller House Resilience Hub Business Plan
    • Resilience Toolkits Final Report
    • Flyers
      • Business Flooding Flyer
      • Business Heat Flyer
      • Resident Flooding Flyer
      • Resident Heat Flyer
    • Toolkits
      • MVP Toolkit Homeowners
      • MVP Toolkit Large Business
      • MVP Toolkit Renters
      • MVP Toolkit Small Business

• Canton

  • Climate Change Vulnerability and Resiliency Assessment Study (FY20) 

    • Case Study 
    • Final Report 
    • Final Report Appendices A - D
    • Final Report Appendices E - F
    • Final Report Appendix G
    • Final Report Appendix H
    • Final Report Appendix I
    • Final Report Appendix J

• Chelsea

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation Project (FY21)

    • Case Study

• Chelsea & Everett

  • Island End River Flood Resilience Project (FY20) 

    • Case Study 
    • Equitable Climate Resiliency Framework 
    • Island End River Draft Design Drawings (June 2021)

• Dedham

  • Neponset Watershed Regional Adaptation Strategy and Flood Model (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Dedham Climate Action & Resiliency Plan​ (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Sustainable Dedham Climate Action & Resiliency Plan

• Easton

  • Wetland Restoration - Removal of Abandoned Structures (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Photos

• Everett

  • Island End River Flood Resilience Project (FY22)

    • Case Study

• Foxborough

  • Advancing Green Infrastructure in Foxborough for Enhancing Climate Resilience through Planning and Design (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Design Memo
    • Master Plan

• Framingham

  • Walnut Street Neighborhood Flood Mitigation - Permits & Easements (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Walnut Street Neighborhood Flood Mitigation - Design & Permitting (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Design Drawings

  • Walnut Street Neighborhood Flood Mitigation & City Stormwater Utility Feasibility Studies (FY20) 

    • Case Study
    • Summary Report

• Hull

  • Assessment of Shoreline Resiliency Alternatives for Marginal Road (FY20)  

    • Case Study
    • Final Report

• Lexington

  • Upper Mystic River Regional Stormwater Wetlands (FY21) 

    • Case Study
    • Presentation on Lexington & Reading Constructed Wetland Designs
    • Lexington Constructed Wetland 75% Design
    • Reading Constructed Wetland 75% Design
    • Woburn Constructed Wetland 30% Design

• Malden

  • Malden River Works for Waterfront Equity and Resilience (FY22)

    • Case Study

  • Malden River Works (FY21) 

    • Case Study
    • Project presentation
    • Malden River Works 25% Design Documents

• Medford

  • Conceptualization and Community Building for Equitable, Community-Driven Resilience Hubs in Medford (FY21)

    • Case Study

  • Equity-Centered Process for Climate Action and Adaptation Planning (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Press Release on Draft Report for Public Comment
    • Draft Report: Medford Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

  • Suitability Assessment for Equitable, Community-Driven Resilience Hubs in Medford (FY20)

    • Case Study
    • Project Summary Presentation
    • Final Report: Resilient Medford Resilience Hubs (English)
    • Final Report: Resilient Medford Resilience Hubs (Arabic)
    • Final Report: Resilient Medford Resilience Hubs (Creole)
    • Final Report: Resilient Medford Resilience Hubs (Portuguese)
    • Final Report: Resilient Medford Resilience Hubs (Spanish)
    • Final Report: Resilient Medford Resilience Hubs (Vietnamese)

  • Flood Mitigation Strategy Feasibility Analysis and Conceptual Design (FY19)

    • Flood Mitigation Strategy Feasibility Analysis and Conceptual Design
    • Case Study

  • Drainage Model and Conceptual Strategies to Reduce Future Flooding in South Medford (FY18)

    • South Medford Flood Reduction Strategies

  • Open Space Plan Update (FY18)

    • Final Plan (part 1 of 4)
    • Final Plan (part 2 of 4)
    • Final Plan (part 3 of 4)
    • Final Plan (part 4 of 4)

• Melrose

  • Melrose, Malden, and Medford Building Resilience Efficiency, and Affordability Project (FY22 - 23)

    • Case Study

  • Working Across Boundaries to Minimizing Stormwater Flood Damage in the Upper Mystic Watershed (FY22)

    • Case Study

  • City Hall Parking Lot Green Infrastructure Project (FY20)  

    • Case Study

• Millis

  • Flood Resiliency Plan (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Video

• Natick

  • Building Relationships and Resilience with MetroWest Environmental Justice Neighborhoods (22-23)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Building Resilience across the Charles River Watershed Phase II (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website
    • Charles River Watershed Model Report
    • Charles River Watershed Model Report Appendices

  • Building Resilience across the Charles River Watershed (FY21) 

    • Case Study 
    • Charles River Watershed Model Report
    • Charles River Watershed Model Report Appendices

  • Tree Planting Plan to Mitigate Heat Islands and Reduce Runoff​ (FY18)

    • Mitigating the Heat Island Effect

  • Water Conservation Campaign (FY18)

    • Water Use Report Examples

  • Low Impact Development Regulation Development and Zoning Bylaw Inclusion​ (FY18)

    • Presentation on Natick Stormwater Bylaw
    • Natick Stormwater Bylaw - Approved October 2019

• Norwood

  • Traphole Brook Flood Prevention and Stream Restoration Project (FY22) 

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Quincy

  • Coastal Flood Mitigation Storm Drainage Improvements - Phase I: Engineering & Public Outreach (FY20)  

    • Case Study
    • Final Report

• Revere

  • Regional Saugus River Watershed Vulnerability and Adaptation Study (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Gibson Park Resiliency Design and Permitting (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Design Report

  • Coastal Resilience Feasibility Study for the Point of Pines and Riverside Area (FY21) 

    • Case Study
    • Final Report
    • Final Report Appendices

• Scituate & Cohasset

  • Mapping Storm Tide Pathways in Scituate and Cohasset: Assessing Coastal Vulnerability to Storms and Sea Level Rise (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Storm Tide Pathway Report

• Scituate

  • Comprehensive Wastewater Treatment Resilience Feasibility Study ​(FY18)

    • Final Study

• Sherborn

  • Sherborn's Climate Activation and Resilience Plan- A Model for Climate Mobilization for the MetroWest Region (FY23)

    • Case Study

• Somerville

  • Critical Regional Infrastructure and Social Vulnerability in the Lower Mystic Watershed (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Detailed Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Green Infrastructure, Public Education and Communication​ (FY18)

    • Communication Materials Memorandum
    • Green Stormwater Infrastructure Feasibility Study
    • Green Stormwater Infrastructure Flooding and Water Quality Benefits Analyses
    • Green Stormwater Infrastructure Planning & Guidance Document
    • Stormwater System Modeling for Improved Communications and Development of Green Infrastructure (part 1 of 4)
    • Stormwater System Modeling for Improved Communications and Development of Green Infrastructure (part 2 of 4)
    • Stormwater System Modeling for Improved Communications and Development of Green Infrastructure (part 3 of 4)
    • Stormwater System Modeling for Improved Communications and Development of Green Infrastructure (part 4 of 4)

• Walpole

  • Culvert Assessment and Green Infrastructure Survey (FY19) 

    • Case Study
    • Integrated Water Infrastructure Climate Resiliency Plan

• Waltham

  • Designing a Resilient Chester Brook Corridor (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Bringing Climate Resilience to Beaver Brook (FY22-23)

    • Case Study

  • Resilient Stormwater Action and Implementation Plan (FY20-21)

    • Case Study
    • Final Report
    • Executive Summary Poster

• Watertown

  • Equity-Based Community Greening Program (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Weston

  • Weston Ahead Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (FY20-21)

    • Case Study
    • Climate Action Toolkit for Homeowners
    • Climate Action Plan

• Weymouth

  • Fort Point Road Coastal Infrastructure Resilience Project​ (FY18)

    • Executive Summary
    • Fort Point Coastal Infrastructure Improvements

• Winthrop

  • Belle Isle Marsh: Evaluating Nature Based Solutions to Protect Abutting Communities and Critical Shorebird Habitat from Coastal Inundation (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Climate Vulnerability Assessment 

  • Climate Resilient Land Use and Zoning (FY19) 

    • Case Study
    • Winthrop Flood Resilience Checklist for Residential Properties
    • Winthrop Flood Resilience Checklist Addendum
    • Winthrop Flood Resilience Checklist Mapping Tool
    • Climate Resilience Land Use Strategies Resource
    • Resilience Checklist  
    • Local Policy Scan Template

• Winthrop

  • Ingleside Park Feasibility Study and Permitting​ (FY18)

    • Final Report

• Wrentham

  • Eagle Dam Removal Phase II (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Climate Resilience and Low Impact Development Regulatory Integration and Green Infrastructure Master Plan (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Eagle Dam Removal (FY19) 

    • Case Study
    • Eagle Dam Removal Technical Feasibility Study
    • Public Outreach Summary

Southeast

• Carver

  • Climate Change Water Resource Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategy Assessment (FY18)

    • Integrated Management Plan

• Dennis

  • Pound Pond, Dennis: Flood Mitigation and Storm Drainage Improvements (FY22)

    • Case Study

• Duxbury

  • Duxbury Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan (FY19)

    • Case Study

• Edgartown

  • Edgartown Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan (FY19) 

    • Case Study

• Fairhaven

  • Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (FY23)

    • Case Study

• Fall River

  • South Watuppa Pond Green Infrastructure Blue Water Restoration (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Water Supply Risk & Resilience Assessment and Distribution System Hydraulic Model Update (FY20) 

    • Case Study

  • Regional Interconnection Evaluation (FY21) 

    • Case Study

• Falmouth

  • Conceptual Design of Flood-Resiliency Improvements for Sewer Infrastructure (FY22)

    • Case Study

  • Coonamessett River Restoration Project: Construction of Phase 2 (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Project Photos

  • Coastal Resiliency Planning for the Surf Drive Area (FY19)

    • Case Study

• Gosnold

  • Cuttyhunk Land Conservation Project (FY20)  

    • Case Study

• Lakeville, Middleborough, Freetown, Rochester, Taunton, & New Bedford

  • Assawompset Pond Complex Watershed Management and Climate Action Plan (FY21)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Marshfield

  • Long-term Coastal Resiliency Plan (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Mashpee

  • Watershed-based Solutions to Increase Resilience to Harmful Algal Blooms in Santuit Pond in a Warmer and Wetter Climate (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

• Mattapoisett

  • Pine Island Pond Watershed Lands (PIPWL) Project (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Project Summary Slides

• Nantucket

  • Resilient Nantucket: Designed for Adaptation (FY20)

    • Case Study

• New Bedford

  • New Bedford Green Infrastructure Master Strategy and Implementation Roadmap (FY22-23)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • New Bedford Harbor MC-FRM Evaluation and Resilience Design Guideline Development (FY20)

    • Case Study

  • Comprehensive Climate Adaptation and Resilience Action Plan and Interactive Community Dashboard​ (FY18)

    • NB Resilient Plan

• Oak Bluff

  • Vulnerability Assessment and Permit Level Design of Coastal Resilience Improvements for Dukes County Ave Pump Station (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • North Bluff Preservation Project (FY19)

    • Case Study

• Oak Bluffs, Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Gosnold, Tisbury & West Tisbury

  • Martha's Vineyard and Gosnold Climate Action Plan, Phase II (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Development of an Island-wide Specific Adaptation Strategy (FY20)

    • Case Study

• Plymouth

  • Subterranean Resiliency: Predicting, Assessing and Mitigating Saltwater Intrusion (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website
    • Project Facebook Page
    • One Water Living Observatory Website

• Plympton

  • Building a Municipal Resilience Portfolio: Assessment of Critical Land in the Winnetuxet Corridor in Plympton (FY21) 

    • Case Study

• Provincetown

  • Permit Level Design of the Ryder Street Outfall Relocation and Drainage Improvements (FY21) 

    • Case Study

• Rehoboth

  • Culvert and Green Infrastructure Concept Design and Dam Resiliency Assessment (FY19)

    • Case Study

• Sandwich

  • Dynamic Adaptation Pathways and Prioritized Resilient Design Solutions for Historic Sandwich Village (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website
    • 7th and 8th Grade Climate Change and Coastal
    • Adaptation Strategies and Vision of Sandwich Village ArcGIS Map
    • Important Features in Sandwich Village ArcGIS Map
    • Coastal Resilience Program StoryMap

  • Communicating the Local Benefits of a Resilient Coast (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Sandwich Climate Change and Coastal Resiliency Curriculum Framework

  • Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment-Adaptation Planning ​(FY18)

    • Final Presentation
    • Final Report

• Swansea

  • Public Water Supply Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment​ (FY18)

    • Structural Condition Assessment

• Wareham

  • Climate Change Flood Vulnerability Assessment-Adaptation Planning​ (FY18)

    • Final Report

• Wellfleet

  • Regional Low-Lying Road Assessment and Feasibility (FY22-23)

    • Case Study
    • Project Website

  • Herring River Restoration Project Phase 1 Final Construction Plans and Bid Specifications (FY22)

    • Case Study
    • Photos

• Westport

  • Assess and Plan for Climate Threats to East Beach Corridor (FY19)

    • Case Study
    • Final Report

• Yarmouth

  • Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan (FY23)

    • Case Study

  • Yarmouth Clean Energy Resiliency for Regional Septic Processing & Transfer Station (FY20)  

    • Case Study