Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The Healey-Driscoll administration on Oct. 8 announced the award of nearly $1.1 million aimed at reducing stormwater pollution to coastal waters and supporting coastal habitat restoration efforts.
The funding is from the Coastal Habitat and Water Quality grant program, which is awarded to projects that assess, collect and treat stormwater runoff to protect coastal waters and habitats as well as beaches and shellfish beds, with an emphasis on green stormwater infrastructure projects.
Coastal Habitat and Water Quality grants also bolster land restoration planning and data collection and engineering to support restoration activities. The program is administered by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and the Office of Coastal Zone Management.
Grants ranging from $38,268 to $250,000 were awarded to the towns of Cohasset, Duxbury, Kingston, Mashpee, Weymouth and Yarmouth, as well as the Association to Preserve Cape Cod, the Charles River Watershed Association, and the Mystic River Watershed Association.