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Ashland, MA

Town meeting attendance doubles in Ashland, MA

The town of Ashland, MA used representative community input gathered from surveys to make town meetings more inclusive and engage residents typically ...

Charlemont, MA

Town Builds its own Fiber Network to Increase Broadband Access and Close the Digital Divide

Charlemont, Massachusetts collaborated with its local utility provider to build its own fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. The network is meant to incr...

Amherst, MA

College town utilizes multi-language vaccine communications to reach residents during Covid-19

With a diverse population including transient college students, many with English as a second language, Amherst, MA faces unique engagement and commun...

Marthas Vineyard, MA

Marthas Vineyard utilizes microgrid & solar to power the electrification of its bus fleet

With increasing demand for a reliable, cleaner and quieter bus fleet, Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) developed new infrastructure and a sin...

Marlborough, MA

Streamlining Clean Water Act Compliance Like a Big City on a Small Town Budget

A small city, Marlborough, MA (pop. 40k) is utilizing data and technology to streamline its Industrial Pre-treatment Program (IPP) and Fats, Oils, and...

Chelsea, MA

Chelsea, MA's low-cost strategy to bring multiple departments' workflows online for remote work

The town of Chelsea had one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in MA, and must support remote work for its staff and online licensing and request...

Boston, MA

Mobile air quality monitoring van equips city with data to enact policy & infrastructure change

Tufts University in collaboration with 5 community-based organizations and support from Harvard School of Public Health and Beth Israel Hospital, cond...

Boston, MA

Construction, truck traffic & health: a study in Mission Hill

A multi week study was carried out using a state-of-the-art mobile monitoring van outfitted with numerous instruments for monitoring and measuring a s...

Cambridge, MA

Customizable Platform Empowers Permitting & Licensing Staff

After years of working with a traditional permitting vendor, Cambridge became frustrated with software bugs and limited control. The City began lookin...