Massachusetts cities and towns are being forced to make increasingly devastating cuts to essential services for residents.

Explore the MMA’s new report, A Perfect Storm: Cities and Towns Face Historic Fiscal Pressures, to understand why.

• A Perfect Storm: Cities and Towns Face Historic Fiscal Pressures (3M PDF)

As a result of all these factors and more, municipalities have been keeping budgets balanced by cutting or reducing essential services, which impacts schools, libraries, roads, public safety, and an overall shrinking of community vibrancy.

In the coming weeks, the MMA will be discussing the report’s findings in detail with members and other civic partners. Later this fall, the MMA plans to release a set of policy recommendations to put cities and towns back on the path toward long-term financial sustainability.

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