Westborough Gets $50K In State Funds For Climate Resilience

WESTBOROUGH, MA — Westborough announced it was awarded $ 50,000 from the state to build a community team and equitably update its climate-resilience priority actions.

The funding comes from the Healey-Driscoll Administration's Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program. MVP grants support the MVP Planning 2.0 process, and Westborough is one of 32 communities participating in the program's new round.

The town will participate for the next two years.

The MVP program, established in 2017, provides funding for climate-resilience planning across the state. Currently, 99 percent of communities in the state are participating in the program, and more than $200 million has been awarded for local planning and projects.

In Westborough, the funding will help support climate resilience by building off the MVP 1.0 plan.

Completion of the MVP 2.0 process will make Westborough eligible for an additional $50,000 for a Seed Project, a nine- to 10-month initiative designed to jump-start community-identified resilience priorities.

Community members interested in getting involved can join Westborough’s efforts by contacting Fred Lonardo at flonardo@westboroughma.gov.

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