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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hello everyone, my name is Tyler Godin. I am a regional planner at the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) and the MRPC is currently working on a Staffing and Best Practices Study for the Town of Harvard’s
Agricultural Advisory Commission. One of the major issues the Harvard AgCom is facing is finding personnel or other forms of staffing or volunteer assistance to help accomplish their ambitious goals. They are eager to learn how other AgComs find personnel
or help. They’re also interested in grants/funding sources that can support their AgCom and agricultural community, regionalization opportunities and any best practices for AgComs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If anyone has any information on the following please let me know<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">AgCom volunteer/staff recruitment<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Funding/grants to support AgCom staff. This can be state, federal, or private/non-profit.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Regionalization opportunities<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Seed funding for agricultural organizations<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Best practices for AgComs<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please feel free to forward this to anyone else who may not be on this listserv that you think could help in some way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Tyler Godin, Regional Planner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC)</span></b><br>
464 Abbott Avenue<br>
Leominster, MA 01453<br>
Phone: 978.855.0647<br>
Fax: <a href="tel:+19783482490"><span style="color:#0078D7">978.348.2490</span></a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:tgodin@mrpc.org"><span style="color:#0070C0">tgodin@mrpc.org</span></a><span style="color:black"><br>
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