2024 Accomplishments and 2025 Goals!
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) is the regional planning agency for Martha’s Vineyard Island and the Elizabeth Islands (together, comprising the County of Dukes County). The mission of the MVC is twofold: (1.) To assist our region’s 7 towns (Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, & West Tisbury) with planning expertise; and (2.) Protect […]
Martha’s Vineyard Public Food Forest Plan
The MVC has partnered with landscape designer and MV Vision Fellow, Mary Sage Napolitan, to secure a grant through the MA Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program to create a Public Food Forest Plan for the island. Public, perennial food forests (diverse, layered plantings of food producing trees, shrubs, and perennials that mimic the structure of a […]
Implementation Actions from the Community Wildfire Protection Plan
In February 2024, the MVC released a Community Wildfire Protection Plan to promote resilience, adaptation, and response across Dukes County. See below for updates about implementation actions:
Supply Chain and Carrying Capacity Study
MVC Task Force began phase one of a supply chain/carrying capacity study with afocus on water related components through a Planning Assistance for States (PSA)agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers – Engineering and Research DevelopmentCenter.
The MVC Makes Progress on Land Use Projects
A few updates from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) on various Land Use projects and initiatives:
MVC Energy Planner
Kate Warner, the MVC Energy Planner continues to work with Eversource on grid modernization and resilience with support from the Town Energy Committees, County, and Vineyard Power. In addition, she continues discussions with Steamship staff about transitioning their fleet. This fall, work began on an Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Program (ETIPP) grant that will provide strategies […]