Grant Awards Invitation

The team was invited to attend the Community Clean Energy Resiliency Project Implementation Grant Awards at BCYF Curtis Hall Community Center in Jamaica Plains, MA. Our very own Sponsor, Amy, was in attendance and was recognized for her hard work. The team was fortunate enough to hear Maeve Valley Bartlett, Secretary of the Office of Environmental Affairs as well as Brian Swett, Chief of Environment and Energy of the City of Boston. They each spoke about the efforts in addressing climate change in MA as well as the first round grant winners.

Secretary Maeve Valley Bartlett

Poster of all Awardees & Grants Received

Being able to attend such an event was really a great experience for myself and my teammates. We were able to get a visual of each winner from the poster board at the event, which included (in order): Berkley and Taunton, Boston, Greater Lawrence Sanitary District, Northampton, South Essex Sewerage District, and Springfield. The total grant award was $7,401,500.

Listening to each person speak about the different impacts that the grant money they received will have on their communities was also very exciting to hear. I felt as though all the hard work that the team has been putting in through survey creation and conducting interviews almost came to life. I say this because each winner had a chance to speak and hearing each individual speak correlated with the interviewees we spoke to. It was almost like the positive feedback that we received from the interviewees.