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Healy administration announces more than $52 million for local flood resilience in Leominster ceremony
Summary
Governor Healy and state officials gathered in Leominster to award Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grants totaling roughly $52.4 million, highlight a new disaster response fund, and pledge continued investment in climate resilience after the September 2023 floods.
Leominster — Governor Healy and her administration onstage in Leominster lauded local emergency responders and announced a new round of municipal resilience funding, saying the state is directing about $52,400,000 in Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) grants to projects statewide and expanding resources to help communities recover from the September 2023 floods.
Rebecca Tepper, identified in the transcript as the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, described the MVP program as “community-centric,” emphasizing that action grants move towns from planning into construction. “I have said many times to my team this last year, I’m done with the plans. Let’s just act,” Tepper said, noting this round includes 71 local implementation projects — including 56 individual municipalities, six regional groups and two tribes — and that 24 projects will…
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