As part of the Municipal Vulnerabilities Project 2.0, the Town of Chelmsford is soliciting input from community members about your top concerns and wishes. You are invited to respond to the following survey
The MVP2 Team is distributing this postcard with a QR code for the survey.
The MVP 2.0 program is a grant program run by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. It funds communities throughout Massachusetts to identify climate vulnerabilities and invests in resilience. The MVP 2.0 program expands on the work communities have done to date and supports communities with new methods, tools, and resources for building climate resilience. In particular, MVP 2.0 is a way for the community to revisit resilience priorities with a focus on equity and translate those priorities into action through project development and implementation.
For a complete overview of the MVP 2.0 purpose and process, peruse the following official document.
Chelmsford has built a MVP Core Team to lead the MVP 2.0 work in the community. The Core Team focuses on ways to make Chelmsford more resilient to climate change impacts such as flooding and extreme heat, including ways to support community needs for a stronger and healthier community day-to-day. Topics the Core Team may address could include access to healthy food, housing, transportation, parks and open space, reducing flood risk, or ways to stay cool during heat waves. The Core Team will lead conversations to understand community needs and to help develop a project that will address those needs and support community resilience. Chelmsford is looking for individuals who can work individually and as a team to make an impact for their community.
Evan Belansky, Director of Community Development for the Town of Chelmsford, has pulled together an MVP 2.0 team. Importantly, the team includes Community liaisons, people who live or work in the community and who are from and/or have strong relationships with Environmental Justice or other priority populations. They may have a formal role within the community, such as an outreach coordinator for a community-based organization, or an informal role, such as someone who is well-connected and respected within their neighborhood or community.
Grant funding will be used to compensate Community liaisons for their contribution to the process.
Based upon socio-economic data the following are examples of targeted CL’s.
- Senior living alone
- Single female household with children
- Disabled person (living alone)
- Minority (Indian / other) who speaks English as second language.
- Renter and the above criteria
The following link provides an overview of the MVP 2.0 purpose and process: download (mass.gov)
If you would like to learn more about the MVP 2.0 program and team formed in Chelmsford please let Evan Belansky know.
ebalansky@chelmsfordma.gov 978-250-5231