On May 28, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council adopted MetroFuture as the official plan for the Boston Region.  MAPC is now completing the detailed implementation strategies that will make this plan a reality.

Approximately 150 people joined us at a MetroFuture Strategy Dialogue to learn about the plan’s draft recommendations and to provide their input.  Click on the links below to download the notes from each conversation.

North: June 24, North Shore Community College, Danvers. 
Click here to download notes (pdf)

South: June 25, Thayer Public Library, Braintree
Click here to download notes (pdf)

Inner Core: July 9, Arlington Senior Center
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West: July 14, Framingham Memorial Building
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Whether you participated in a Strategy Dialogue or not, you can learn about and comment on MetroFuture's draft strategies by visiting the Implementation Strategies section of this website!

MetroFuture's draft recommendations include:

• How to create more stable systems of municipal finance and governance;
• New policies to support compact growth in appropriate locations;
• Transportation reforms that will link transportation and land use planning;
• Land use and infrastructure policies to protect water, energy, and natural habitats;
• Educational improvements to improve equity and regional economic competitiveness;
• And many more…