$100K state grant to boost Amherst’s ‘goal of being carbon neutral by 2050’ - MassLive.com

AMHERST — The town recently received a $100,000 state grant that will boost its “goal of being carbon neutral by 2050,” according to Town Manager Paul Bockelman.

The money is from the Municipal Vulnerabilities Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant program offered by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

The funds will be used to “hire technical assistance, interpreters/translators, and to engage a community liaison in the development of a Climate Action, Adaptation and Resiliency Plan,” Bockelman said in a statement.

“This grant will provide additional resources to build out our Climate Action Plan and ensure vulnerable communities are able to engage in the process that impacts their lives most directly,” Bockelman said.

Amherst in 2005 became the first community in Western Massachusetts to create a Climate Action Plan, Bockelman said.

The town’s sustainability coordinator, Stephanie Ciccarello, said some of the money would be used to retain a consultant “in developing a strategic pathway for emissions reductions that transcends municipal operations by engaging the residential, business and institutional communities.”

She said those tasks would be coordinated with Amherst’s Energy and Climate Action Committee.

“We see this as the beginning of a committed process that strategically identifies goals, lays the pathways for implementation and monitors success in a way that incorporates sustainability into all aspects of the Town, its municipal and school operations, and the community at-large,” Committee Chair Laura Draucker said in a statement.

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