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Barnstable County received a $950,000 grant from the Department of Environmental Protection to provide implementation support for the Section 208 Plan Update.

New legislation filed by Gov. Charlie Baker for the commonwealth to accept certain responsibilities under the federal Clean Water Act comes at an important time for Barnstable County towns.

The approaches and outreach techniques developed as part the Cape Cod Area-wide Water Quality Management Plan Update will be used for a similar watershed-based effort in Massachusetts.

At the December 3, 2015 meeting of the Cape Cod Commission, a request to extend the Town of Barnstable Downtown Hyannis Growth Incentive Zone (GIZ) until October 6, 2017 was…

GRANT TO HELP EXPLORE POTENTIAL OF WATER-RELATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTThe Cape Cod Commission and Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce were awarded a $180,000 economic development planning grant by the Baker-Polito Administration’s Seaport Economic Council.…

FOREST COVER AND DEVELOPMENT ON CAPE CODhttp://capecodcommission. org/bart Even as they stay put, trees are at work. For homeowners, they represent added property value.

The Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association (http://www. apa-ma.

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a three-year, $780,000 grant to the Cape Cod Commission and partners to develop a tool and public outreach program to investigate the…

Written by Leslie Richardson, Chief Economic Development Officer, Cape Cod Commission With its compact scale reinforced by lovely historic structures, shaded streets, and unique independent businesses, Orleans Village Center is the…

2015-2016 Cape Cod AmeriCorps member Ben Howard, who will be working with the Commission this year.