Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MAPC Technical Assistance Program

by James Fuccione | Dec 10, 2018 | News and Updates

The Healthy Aging Collaborative previously shared an opportunity from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to provide technical assistance that enables and assists municipalities in implementing projects that are beneficial to the community. MAPC  will issue...

Wintermission Competition Accepting Applications to Help Improve Public Life in Winter

by James Fuccione | Nov 15, 2018 | News and Updates

8-80 Cities is accepting proposals for Wintermission project partners in three U.S. cities. The organization will support these partners to become national leaders in winter city planning, design, and programming. These cities will become Winter City Vanguards, and...

Age-Friendly Funding Opportunity: MassDevelopment’s ‘Commonwealth Places’

by James Fuccione | Nov 7, 2018 | News and Updates

MassDevelopment’s “Commonwealth Places” is a funding mechanism to advance community-driven placemaking in downtown and neighborhood commercial districts throughout Massachusetts. Placemaking is a process through which people in communities work together to improve...

MassTrails Program Launched at MassDOT ‘Moving Together’ Conference

by James Fuccione | Nov 7, 2018 | Data and Reports, News and Updates

MassTrails seeks to expand and connect the Commonwealth’s networks of off-road, shared-use pathways and recreational trails for all users across Massachusetts by providing matching grants, technical assistance and resources to individuals, municipalities, non-profits,...

MAPC Technical Assistance Program and Invitation to Join ‘MetroCommon’ Advisory Group

by James Fuccione | Nov 1, 2018 | Programs, Systems and Best Practices

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is soliciting ideas for individual community-specific projects and for multi-community projects that will commence in 2018. This presents another opportunity from the Healthy Aging Collaborative’s regional planning...