495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership, Inc.

Leaders for Regional Prosperity

The 495/MetroWest Partnership, through a unique public-private collaboration with businesses, municipalities, and other stakeholders, is the regional leader for creating an environment that prepares for and cultivates sustainable growth. We accomplish this by coordinating, educating, and advocating for solutions to regional constraints and limited natural resources.

2013 Annual Conference

Ten Years of Collaboration - Decades of Results

with Stephen Crosby, Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chair

Morning of June 11, 2013

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2012 Annual Conference

Continued Collaboration for Regional Prosperity

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray address the annual conference.

On June 1, nearly two hundred attendees at the Partnership's annual conference heard firsthand from Lieutenant Governor Murray, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki, and Secretary of Transportation Richard Davey on the state's ongoing initiatives on behalf of the 495/MetroWest region.

In addition, Mayor Arthur Vigeant welcomed attendees to Marlborough and Partnership Executive Director Paul Matthews presented the organization's annual report, which was released at the conference.

For more details on the event, read our latest Newsletter.

I-495/Route 9 Interchange Improvement Study

MassDOT initiated the I-495/Route 9 Interchange Improvement Study in September 2011 and is expected to complete the study by December 2012. It is being conducted in collaboration with a Study Advisory Group, on which the Partnership participates. The purpose of the study is to identify improvements to address the traffic congestion and safety issues surrouding the interchange of I-495 and Route 9 in the Towns of Westborough and Southborough. This study is possible thanks to federal funding secured by Congressman Jim McGovern as well as a generous state match, which allowed the scope of the study to also include the I-495/I-90 interchange on the border of Westborough and Hopkinton.

More details are available in this overview of the Study and on the MassDOT project website. The Partnership is hosting a meeting on the project on March 27 at 8:30AM in our second floor conference room. Please contact Jessica Strunkin with questions or to RSVP.

495/MetroWest Development Compact Plan Released

The 495/MetroWest region of the state has seen tremendous success in economic development and job creation over the past thirty years. There is every indication the region can continue its success in economic development and job creation for the next twenty years. In order to ensure that success, however, significant steps need to be taken to make the next twenty years of economic development more sustainable for the region.

The Patrick-Murray Administration partnered with the 495/MetroWest Partnership, the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, MetroWest Regional Collaborative, and Mass Audubon in a development compact plan for this region. The Plan is intended to create a shared framework for developing state, regional and local strategies for the growth, development and land preservation in the 37 cities and towns within the study area. Read More

Lighting the Way: A New Era of Clean Energy Solutions

Over the past several years there has been a flurry of activity around energy issues, the sheer volume of which has left energy policy stakeholders (notably municipal governments and the private sector) scrambling to stay abreast of all the news, opinions, and policy/regulatory changes.

This guide is intended to organize some of the important components of this activity into a document that will help frame these issues and will be easy to digest.

This guide will review:

* What are the benefits and barriers of energy efficiency/conservation practices.

* Municipal planning for energy efficiency and conservation.

* The Commonwealth's recent regulatory and policy changes related to energy use.

* NSTAR programs related to energy efficiency and conservation.

"Collaboration is one of the most effective tools we can use to cut down on energy usage and reduce carbon emissions as a community," said Penni McLean-Connor, NSTAR's Vice President of Customer Care. "By working together with our neighbors in the 495/MetroWest region, we can help pave the way for a new era of clean energy and expanded efficiency in Massachusetts."

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