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Springfield, MA
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Have you read Anna Laird Barto's third and final installment of her @DailyHampGaz series on the Clean Water Act's impact on the health and well-being of our region's environmental crown jewel - the Connecticut River?
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Congrats to Pioneer Valley Regional Ventures Center @PVPlanning on its $750,000 @NatlParkService grant to support preservation sites in #westernmass. @othersidema @XploreWesternMA @VisitWesternMA nps.gov/orgs/1207/paul-bruhn…
July had us all thinking about the power of water but protecting life's most essential resource has been a core component of PVPC's mission for decades.
More on that, plus other encouraging updates, in this month's Pioneer Valley Progress Report.
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PVPC is thrilled and grateful to the @EPAnewengland for providing our agency with $500,000 to assess and guide the cleanup of polluted parcels in South Hadley and Ware in order to put these places back to work for our regional economy!
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TY to @MassGovernor Healey and her @MassDEP for providing Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke with nearly $1mm for water pollution control projects that will keep the Connecticut River clean!
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The Healey-Driscoll Administration has announced online resources for individuals and communities affected by this month’s excessive rainfall and flooding across western and central Massachusetts. @MassEMA @MassGovernor #westernma
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The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission was awarded $500,000 by the @EPAnewengland to assess areas deemed hazardous across Hampshire County.
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.@PVPlanning Looking forward to exploring these policy options as we work to end persistent poverty in Western Massachusetts. Large portions of Springfield and Holyoke have seen persistent poverty for several successive decades. census.gov/library/publicati…
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MA builders & developers! Join a VIRTUAL workshop on June 28-30 to learn about critical @EPA stormwater regulations in our state.
Sponsored by NepRWA, the @PVPlanning and @theCWPInc
#stormwater #builders #developers #engineers
From great updates to share on our work in Ludlow and Chesterfield, to our regional effort to help keep our waterways clean, we had a lot to cover in June's Pioneer Valley Progress Report.
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Check out this great advice for large parking lot owners from the Connecticut River Stormwater Committee, recently published in @BusinessWest413.
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MA builders & developers! Join a VIRTUAL workshop on Thurs., June 22 to learn about critical @EPA stormwater regulations in our state.
Register at bit.ly/3PvbITV
Sponsored by NepRWA, the @PVPlanning and @theCWPInc
#stormwater #builders #developers #engineers
TOMORROW: Don't forget Chesterfield residents, businesses, and surrounding community residents and representatives are invited to learn about and provide input on the Town of Chesterfield Hazard Mitigation Plan!
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EPA has announced its’ FY 2023 Brownfields awards, and it’s their largest ever investment in #Brownfields communities. Congrats to all of the awardees, in particular @townofware_ma, @ChelseaGov_MA, @SpfldMACityHall, @FranklinCOG, @PVPlanning, and Claremont, NH.
🧵 EPA is awarding $315 million 💸 to #brownfields communities across the country to revitalize dangerous and polluted sites into more sustainable and environmentally-just places.
ALT Graphic with a photo of brownfield site. Reads: Revitalizing Coummunites EPA is investing $315 million — the largest investment ever in brownfields communities — to clean up polluated land across the country.
Did you catch May's Pioneer Valley Progress Report last week? Check out updates on our regional grant program workshop series, expanding passenger rail options, a big announcement for rural Massachusetts, and more!
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Still plenty of great opportunities to participate in this year's @MassBikePV Bay State Bike Week!
Check out the link below to look up events to educate and celebrate all things biking in the Valley.
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❤️ running into #westernma friends in the State House! Thanks @Pat_Beaudry and @PVPlanning for your advocacy!
America's pastime is back and so is another edition of the Pioneer Valley Progress Report, featuring plenty of updates from around the region - including last month's Western MA Passenger Rail Commission hearing doubleheader! conta.cc/3UpTTWB
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Great to see @TownSouthHadley continuing their work to become more #AgeFriendly + #DementiaFriendly! @PVPlanning @masscoa @AARPMA @WWLP22News
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