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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:e">Fellow Planners & other Interested Parties:</span><span style="font-family:e;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:e">The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is again offering Massachusetts municipalities technical assistance to improve their land use practices. Through the procurement available at the
links below, EEA is making grant funding available to the Commonwealth’s municipalities and Regional Planning Agencies in support of their efforts to plan, regulate (zone), and act to conserve and develop land consistent with the Massachusetts Sustainable
Development Principles. Grants are available for diverse land use planning related work with a preference given to zoning that results in permanent land conservation and mitigation of climate change through zoning and other regulations that reduce energy
use and greenhouse gas emissions. Proposals are due on July 3<sup>rd</sup>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:e">Full details can be found in the procurement available on EEA’s webpage
<a href="https://www.mass.gov/service-details/planning-assistance-grants">here</a> or on the CommBuys
<a href="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-25-1042-ENV-ENV01-103809&external=true&parentUrl=close">
page</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:e">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Kurt Gaertner, Asst. Secretary for Environmental Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">100 Cambridge St, 9<sup>th</sup> Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Boston, MA 02114<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 857-338-5935<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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