Air quality analysis—Gary Roux
Assistance accessing and interpreting data readily available on the Internet, including U.S. Census, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, MA Department of Education, and more—Molly Goren-Watts
Bicycle/pedestrian planning—Jeffrey McCollough
Brownfields cleanup assistance – Erica Johnson

Built environment and health—Becky Basch

Ity/County Health Improvement Planning – Becky Basch

Climate action and clean energy—Catherine Ratt é

Data research, analysis, and report writing—Molly Goren-Watts
Economic development planning—Lori Tanner
Economic and demographic analysis at various geographic levels (neighborhood to regional)—Molly Goren-Watts
Emergency preparedness planning—Chris Goshea
Environmental justice planning—Jeff McCollough, Catherine Ratté
Farmland preservation—Becky Basch, Patty Gambarini
Fee-for-service consultation including demographic analysis, socio-economic analysis, needs assessment, program evaluation, and reporting—Molly Goren-Watts

Food security—Catherine Ratt é, Becky Basch
Geographic Information System—Todd Zukowski, Jacob Dolinger
Grant proposal writing – Catherine Ratté
Grants administration
Growth management—Ken Comia
Guidance in data-driven decision-making processes and development of indicators to guide strategic work—Molly Goren-Watts

Hazard mitigation—Mimi Kaplan
Highway corridor planning—Gary Roux
Historic preservation—Shannon Walsh
Historic resource surveys—Shannon Walsh

Homeland security--Todd Zukowski

Housing planning and development—Ken Comia
Housing rehabilitation program administration—Shirley Stephens
Land use and zoning—Ken Comia
Local pavement management—Amir Kouzehkanani
Mapping and graphic design- Todd Zukowski
Mapping of Census 2010 data at the municipal, census tract, and block group level—Molly Goren-Watts
Monitoring and development of regional economic, health, education, transportation, and social well-being indicators—Molly Goren-Watts
Municipal operations—Eric Weiss

Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Climate Adaptation – Emily Tully

Open Space Recreation Planning – Mimi Kaplan

Parking studies—Gary Roux
Pavement and sidewalk management—Amir Kouzehkanani

Planning Board Assistance – Ken Comia

Policy analysis and health impact assessments for public and private sector decision-making—Molly Goren-Watts
Procurement assistance for state and federal compliance – Erica Johnson
Public facility and infrastructure improvements – Erica Johnson, John O'Leary
Regional data on PVPC’s website—Molly Goren-Watts
Regional Transportation Plan —Gary Roux
River protection—Patty Gambarini
Roadway safety audits – Gary Roux, Khyati Parmar
Scenic byway planning and project development—Patty Gambarini
Sidewalk inventory and condition assessment—Jeff McCollough
Socioeconomic studies at various geographic levels on topics ranging from foreclosure trends to the impacts of the Community Preservation Act within the region—Molly Goren-Watts
Sustainability—Catherine Ratt é
Tax-advantaged housing rehabilitation
Traffic counting—Amir Kouzehkanani
Training in accessing, manipulating, analyzing, and interpreting data—Molly Goren-Watts
Transit planning—Dana Roscoe
Transportation Improvement Program —Dana Roscoe
Transportation planning studies—Gary Roux
Travel demand modeling/forecasting—Gary Roux, Rana Al-Jammal
Urban design—Corrin Meise-Munns

Water supply protection—Patty Gambarini

Local Technical Assistance

PVPC offers local technical assistance (LTA) to member communities in many planning areas. Typical LTA projects include review of development proposals or zoning amendments, use of the PVPC library, information from the Data Center, traffic counts on local roads, and assistance with local grant applications.

Larger projects, such as preparing a master plan, a new zoning bylaw, or a zoning map, are charged individually on a fee-for-service basis. Often PVPC works with member communities to secure federal and state grant funds in order to make the work possible.

LTA Specifications:

LTA requests must be made by a member community’s commissioner or alternate, or by another bona fide municipal official or body, such as a city planning board, historic commission, or town engineer.
Communities with professional staff are eligible for two free person days of assistance per request; communities without professional staff are eligible for three free person days of assistance per request.
Each LTA request must be different in substance (no continuations of ongoing projects).

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