Page 2 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2023 Resilient Mystic Collaborative communities secure $12.9M in federal community grants for 9 projects Advocate Staff Report W hen President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, into law on December 29, 2022, the $1.7 trillion spending bill included nine grants for Resilient Mystic Collaborative (RMC) cities and towns totaling almost $13 million. These earmarks bring the total grant funding for RMC community projects to $30.4 million since its founding in 2018. For ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE 45 Years Serving the North Shore! 454 Regular Unleaded $2.999 MidUnleaded $2.979 Super $4.099 Diesel Fuel $4.579 KERO By Container Only Heating Oil at the Pump DEF $4.759 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN A A Sun. 9AM-5PM each of the last two federal budgets, Congresswomen Katherine Clark and Ayanna Pressley and Congressman Seth Moulton were able to help fulfi ll multiple requests for Community Project Funding for projects with demonstrated local support that fi t within specific existing federal grant programs. These grants included four for RMC communities in Fiscal Year 2022, and nine in Fiscal Year 2023. Congresswoman Clark secured funding for climate resilient projects in Arlington, Malden, Medford, Revere and Woburn. Congressman Moulton secured a $2 million grant for Reading. “We couldn’t be more grateful to Congresswomen Katherine Clark and Ayanna Pressley and Congressman Seth Moulton and their staff for securing such robust funding for our communities,” said Executive Director Patrick Herron of the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA), which partners with RMC. “These investments will make our cities and towns safer, more equitable, and more beautiful.” “Since its beginnings the Resilient Mystic Collaborative has been focused on projects that make a diff erence for the people most affected by climate change,” said Director of Waterfront & Climate Justice Initiatives John Walkey of the local nonprofi t GreenRoots. “It’s why GreenRoots is so excited to support and partner with the RMC and its members to help secure almost $14 million in federal grants to fund these projects.” Each of the municipalities that championed these climate resilient projects is an RMC foundCoastal fl ooding in Rumney Marsh during a December Storm (Photo courtesy of Loretta LaCentra) A fl ooding boatyard in Revere will soon be a community center. (Photo courtesy of Loretta LaCentra) Future Site of Community Center (Photo courtesy of Loretta LaCentra) ing member. The RMC is a Mystic River watershed–wide voluntary partnership focused on regional climate resilience. Convened by MyRWA in September 2018 and led by senior staff from 20 cities and towns and nongovernmental partners, the RMC focuses on managing fl ooding and extreme heat on a regional scale and increasing the resilience of our most vulnerable residents and workers to extreme weather. These projects are the result of years of analysis and design by both individual communities and multiple municipalities working collectively. The list of FY2023 Community Project grants secured by RMC communities is summarized below: Malden: Malden River Works Project ($1,334,610) This funding will be used to transform Malden’s Department of Public Works yard on the Malden River to incorporate a public, climate-resilient riverfront park. It will reduce Malden’s climate vulnerability by building green stormwater infrastructure to reduce surface fl ood risk, increasing the tree canopy by planting over 100 new trees to mitigate urban heat island eff ects, restoring the natural riverfront landscape and building an elevated greenway path to serve as a fl ood barrier in the event of sea level rise. “The Malden River Works Steering Committee is inclusive of the diverse Malden popGRANTS | SEE Page 13 Prices subject to change Ask about our Heating Oil Condicioner! FLEET
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