North Shore Regional Planning Receives $68,000 Grant

The Hamilton Wenham Chronicle reports that 6 North Shore communities are collaborating on a regional project to address regional issues, including housing, transportation and open space protection.

Hamilton, Wenham, Beverly, Danvers, Ipswich and Salem won a total of $68,000 in funding for “MetroFuture: Making a Greater Boston Region.”  Project activities will include holding public forums to identify local and regional priority housing and economic development districts, priority preservation areas, regionally significant transportation improvements and regional growth centers. The project will start in late summer and conclude by December 2010.

The Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development awarded a $40,000 Regional Strategic Planning Grant which will be matched by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council with an additional $28,000 for public engagement.

For more information, visit www.mapc.org/subregions/nstf or click here to read the entire Hamilton Wenham Chronicle article.