Melrose Survey Aims To Identify All Of Residents'' Concerns

MELROSE, MA — The city is asking community members to complete the state’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program Survey this week.

According to the survey, it is seeking input on what some of the residents’ largest concerns are when it comes to Melrose and what their priorities would be to alleviate them.

“Your answers will help the City to better understand the challenges community members are facing and what might help our community become more resilient to these events in the future,” Mayor Jen Grigoraitis said in a statement. “This is the beginning of a multi-step planning process funded through a state grant.”

Melrose was designated as a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness in 2018, and was among the first group of municipalities in the state to be given the title. As an MVP community, the city is eligible to receive certain types of grants. In 2019 the city received grant funding to design a green infrastructure solution for the flooding in the City Hall parking lot from severe rainstorms. More recent grants include funding to conduct an analysis of flood exposure and impacts for the Upper Mystic Watershed and the development of green building design guidelines.

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Last year, the city received a grant through the MVP program that is meant to identify climate hazards, assess vulnerabilities, and develop action plans to improve resilience to climate change. This survey is one part of the work being conducted by the five community liaisons. The liaisons are Alex Majors, Andrew Schuyler, Diana Rocha, Maragaret Sheets, and Gerald Levinson.

The city is asking residents to complete the survey online by Friday, March 20.

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