2024 Merrimack Valley Region Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan

Merrimack Valley Planning Commission is working to update the 2008 Regional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Merrimack Valley.

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Plastic Bag Restriction General Bylaw

Please click here for the Notice to Retailers and General Bylaw


Massachusetts Department of Transportation:  Intersection Improvements at Route 1, Central and Glen Streets

MassDOT has issued the bid for this project and the bid opening is on September 20, 2022. Construction is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2023.


Rowley Energy Reduction Plan

As part of the designation process to become a Green Community, the Town completed an Energy Reduction Plan. The Plan identifies energy reduction strategies that can be implemented within municipal buildings in order to meet a target of reducing energy consumption by 20% within 5 years of the Town's baseline year of 2018.

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Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Community

In 2021, the Town of Rowley became a MVP Community certified by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The MVP program provides support for cities and towns in Massachusetts to begin the process of planning for climate change resiliency and implementing priority projects. As part of the designation process, the Town completed a vulnerability assessment and developed an action-oriented resiliency plan. Rowley partnered with the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission to facilitate this project; to provide the latest, most critical research and data that will help inform the decision-making process; and to conduct several Community Resilience Building workshops with key stakeholders and residents.

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