Community Resilience Building Workshop Summary of Findings Report
In September 2016, Governor Charles D. Baker signed Executive Order 569, instructing the State government to provide grant assistance to towns and cities in Massachusetts to complete climate change vulnerability assessments and resiliency planning. In April 2017, the Baker Administration, through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, announced that over $1 million in grant funding would be awarded through the MVP Program. Municipalities are to work with an MVP-certified provider through a community-driven process to identify key climate-related hazards, vulnerabilities, and strengths, develop adaptation actions, and prioritize next steps. Upon completing the program, communities will be designated as an "MVP Program Community" and become eligible for follow-up grant funding and priority status for other State grant opportunities.
Mendon became certified as a MVP community in 2018. Mendon applied for and received an action grant to cover the design costs and part of the construction costs of the Town Hall Campus Restoration project. Click here to visit the Town Hall Campus Project Website.