From: Louise Sullivan <lsullivan@pvpc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 2:37 PM
To: planningboard@townofholland.necoxmail.com
Subject: Municipal Vulnerability Grants Available
 
MUNICIPAL VULNERABILITY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS AVAILABLE

Last Friday, the Governor announced the second year of funding for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program. 
 
Planning grants are available to all communities that have not yet participated in the program. The grants support creation of a community climate vulnerability workshop and action plan. If communities do not have a current Hazard Mitigation Plan, the grant will also provide funds to develop the plan. The grant requires a contribution of staff time (some of which grant funds may support) but does not require a cash match. Communities that complete the planning grant will be eligible for future implementation grants.
  
DEADLINE FOR PLANNING GRANTS: FRIDAY, MAY 11

Implementation grants are available to communities that are already certified as MVP communities. Municipalities currently working on MVP designation that have completed the stakeholder workshop, and determined their priority adaptation actions through the CRB process, and have notified EEA of workshop completion, are also eligible for implementation funding. 

DEADLINE - IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS: FRIDAY, MAY 18
  
Click Here for Details on the Request for Response for both the Planning and Implementation Grants
 
Please note that the first of eight information sessions on the MVP Program is Wednesday, April 18. Dates for additional sessions have not yet been announced
You're invited to join
Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton
  
When: Wednesday, April 18, 2018
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  
Where: MassWildlife Field Headquarters
1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA 01581
  
For a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program
Information Session and Town Hall
  
To RSVP or for Questions please contact Meg Colclough in EEA Public Affairs: 617.626.1110
At this session, you will learn more about MVP Planning Grants and EEA's new Action Grants.
 
Participants will also have the opportunity to talk with state officials and other cities and towns about the impacts of extreme weather and climate change.This is the first in a series of information sessions and Town Hall discussions that will be held around the state following an announcement of a $5 million dollar program expansion in 2018. If you are not able to attend this week's session, more dates and locations will be announced in late April and May.
Questions?
Contact Emily Slotnick at eslotnick@pvpc.org
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