This webinar with the Mass Cultural Council provides an overview of how abandoned municipal buildings have been adapted into artist and creative spaces, featuring projects in Harwich, Easthampton and Dedham. Recommended audience: Planners, all members

This webinar discusses how communities can use opioid settlement funds for prevention and recovery services that involve arts and culture. Recommended audience: Chief municipal officials

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Glasgow, the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (in Bonn, Germany) and the University of Costa Rica has been developing a trans-national comparative study across coastal areas in Costa Rica, Northern Germany, Scotland (UK), and Massachusetts (USA) to…

Developed by Mass Cultural Council with support from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development – Rural Affairs. Rural Municipalities Toolkit

Representatives from the Mass Cultural Council discuss how select boards can support arts and culture initiatives and advance economic development in their communities, while local officials from Orleans and Carlisle present local case studies. Recommended audience: select board members

This webinar discusses how to build public support for culture, celebrate different traditions and talents, and promote economic opportunity within cities and towns. Recommended audience: Planners, all members

This webinar offers insights and discusses challenges related to developing and using a new municipal brand, and how it can positively impact economic development. Recommended audience: Communications officials, chief municipal officials

This webinar discusses programs available via the Mass Cultural Council and how municipalities can support and promote the arts through community initiatives. Recommended audience: Chief municipal officials, all members

This webinar with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute discusses the Challenge Process and other timely programming to help bridge the digital divide. Recommended audience: Chief municipal officials, select board members

This webinar discusses what the EOHLC and AGO have learned from their preliminary review of proposed local zoning amendments, and how what they’ve learned may be helpful to communities in their compliance efforts. Recommended audience: Chief municipal officials, select board members, councillors, all members

This webinar by the Massachusetts Select Board Association explores recent developments in several property tax programs for low-income homeowners and renters. Recommended audience: Select board members, chief municipal officials, assessors, finance directors

This webinar discusses key points of the MBTA Communities law related to compliance and enforcement, as well as the distinction between the MBTA Communities law, Chapter 40B, and Chapter 40R. Recommended audience: Chief municipal officials, select board members, councillors, all members

This webinar reviews the Cannabis Control Commission’s newly promulgated regulations and their impact on host communities.

This webinar discusses the implications of the Cannabis Control Commission’s draft regulations on host community agreements and social equity.

This webinar discusses the “why” behind affordable housing and the importance of building complete neighborhoods, while offering tools for responding to common questions and concerns raised about community developments.

Issued by the Mass. Dept. of Housing and Community Development in Oct. 2022

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Presented by The Massachusetts Select Board Association

A Massachusetts Select Board Association webinar covered affordable housing and resources available to municipalities for developing new housing.

This webinar provides an overview of the federal broadband funding landscape and the steps municipalities can take to close the digital divide and expand broadband access.

This webinar covers how a wide-ranging cannabis law enacted in 2022 is likely to affect host community agreements and community impact fees, as well as how municipalities can best position themselves in the changing environment.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recognizes that municipalities need a streamlined, easy-to-use way to interface with state government when seeking opportunities for state resources to support local services. The Community Grant Finder provides a central location to learn about state grant opportunities for cities and towns, regardless of which state agency manages a grant program. https://www.mass.gov/lists/community-grant-finder

Presented by the Massachusetts Select Board Association

Presented by MMA Human Services Council

2022 MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show webinar: Attendees learned how the city of Brockton and others have embraced placemaking, and discovered some funding sources and tools that can help engage with citizens on this important topic.

2022 MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show webinar: Attendees learned about draft guidance related to new requirements in Section 3A of Chapter 40A for “MBTA Communities” from the Department of Housing and Community Development.

2022 MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show webinar: Panelists shared eight key insights into what needs to be addressed to create vibrant, equitable and competitive cities and towns for the future.

Presented by the Massachusetts Select Board Association