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Archive | February, 2020

FY21 Assessments

FY21 Assessments for each Franklin County Town, as well as all members of the Franklin County Emergency Communications System (FCECS), are available. These assessments support the budgets for the General Fund and Fee for Service Program budgets voted by the Council on January 30, 2020.

Although this information has been mailed to each Town, we hope posting it here will be useful to Administrators, Town Coordinators, Finance Committees and other Departments as they plan FY21 budgets and Town Meetings. Call Claire McGinnis x111 or Bob Dean x108 with questions.

Franklin County town assessments

FCECS assessments

Registration is now open for MHP’s Western MA Housing Conference

Registration is now open for the Massachusetts Housing Partnership’s Western MA Housing Conference, Thursday, April 16, 2020 at the Hadley Farms Meeting House, 41 Russell Street, Hadley, MA 01035.

Geared towards officials, volunteers and employees, this one-day conference will address housing challenges facing small towns and rural communities in Central and Western Massachusetts.

Topics & agenda:

  • Findings from the Rural Policy Plan
  • Using data to support your housing needs
  • Housing rehabilitation
  • Affordable home-ownership opportunities
  • Distressed and abandoned properties
  • Senior housing
  • Community outreach and coalition building

A full agenda will be made available by the end of February.

Registration details:

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Cost to attend is $30 for municipal planners/volunteers/non-profit organizations and $50 for for-profit organizations.

All training materials will be provided electronically before the event.

Click Here to Register

Contact Katie Bosse at kbosse@mhp.net or 857-317-8517 for more information about this or any other MHP-sponsored events.