Planning Services

Municipal Assistance (MA) Program

Forty free hours of technical assistance for each community, every year.

Forty (40) Hours of Free Technical Assistance to Every Community, Every Year

A new round of SRPEDD Municipal Assistance (MA) is available for FY25!

As we do every fiscal year, SRPEDD is happy to provide 40 hours of free technical assistance to each of our communities. This tradition – known as our “Municipal Assistance (MA)” Program – provides a variety of options for SRPEDD staff to help move your work forward.

For example, some communities simply use their MA time to complete one or two bite-sized projects, such as GIS mapping or a drone flight. Others use their 40 hours (20 each to your community’s two Commissioners) to request that SRPEDD assist with zoning questions on an ongoing basis. Still others use all 40 hours to jump-start a larger project or as matching funds for grant applications.

This last option is becoming more and more frequent – and more and more powerful. For example, in FY20 and FY21, the town of Wareham used a total of 80 hours of MA as in-kind match to help secure a $60,000 redevelopment study funded by District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). In recent years, several other communities have also used their 40 MA hours to get the ball rolling on larger projects, including Open Space and Recreation Plans, Master Plans, Complete Streets work, and Culvert Assessments.

For more information, please contact Grant King at gking@srpedd.org. Or simply ask a staff member to help you fill out the FY25 application form.

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FY25 MA Application

FY25 Municipal Assistance Tracker

City/Town	Project	FY25 Estimated Hours
Acushnet	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
Attleboro	Build-Out	20
Carver	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Dartmouth	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Fairhaven	Open Space and Recreation Plan (Supplement)	40
Freetown	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
Mansfield	Open Space and Recreation Plan (Supplement)	40
Middleborough	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
New Bedford	Solar Ordinance (Supplement)	40
Plainville	Master Plan (Supplement)	20
Rochester	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
Somerset	Route 103 Corridor Study (Supplement)	40

FY24 Municipal Assistance Tracker

City/Town	Project	FY24 Estimated Hours
Dighton	Economic Development Plan (Supplement)	40
Carver	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Fall River	Viva Fall River Tourism Mapping (Supplement)	40
Freetown	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
Mansfield	Open Space and Recreation Plan (Supplement)	40
Marion	Open Space and Recreation Plan (Supplement)	20
Middleborough	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Norton	Section 3A Compliance (Supplement)	40
Plainville	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
Rochester	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
Somerset	Slade's Ferry Zoning and Design Guidelines (Supplement)	40
Swansea	Route 6/Route 118 Economic Development Plan (Supplement)	40
Taunton	Route 140 Corridor Plan (Supplement)	40
Westport	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40

FY23 Municipal Assistance Tracker

City/Town	Project	FY23 Estimated Hours
Attleboro	Prospective Zoning Work	20
Dighton	Economic Development Plan (Supplement)	40
Carver	Open Space and Recreation Plan (Supplement)	40
Fairhaven	Alden Road Study (Supplement)	40
Lakeville	Zoning Map Updates	20
Mansfield	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Marion	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Mattapoisett	Master Plan Plan (Supplement)	40
Middleborough	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	20
Norton	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Plainville	Master Plan (Supplement)	40
Rochester	Agriculture/PPA Planning (Supplement)	20
Seekonk	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40
Somerset	Prospective Zoning Work	20
Swansea	Comprehensive Plan (Supplement)	40
Taunton	Route 140 Corridor Plan (Supplement)	40
Wareham	Village Redevelopment Plan (Supplement)	40
Westport	Housing Production Plan (Supplement)	40