Campus & Community Connections

1. Stephanie Ciccarello,
Amherst Sustainability Coordinator
April 24, 2013

2. - Located in the Pioneer Valley of Western
Massachusetts
- Land Area of 27.7 square miles
- 23 miles from the City of Springfield, MA
- Population of 37,819 (2010 census)
- Home to Amherst and Hampshire Colleges
and the University of Massachusetts

3.  Affordable housing
 Support of the town’s Master Plan
 Collaboration/Shared Resources – ArcGIS
 Shared vision/collaboration re:infra-structure
 Participation in the same programs
 Collaboration on new initiatives
 Access to interns
 Future collaborations – solid waste reduction

5. Atkins Corner Roundabout:
Support for development of
a village center
New home for the Hitchcock Center
for the Environment: creation and
expansion of a cultural village

8. NURide – partnership with MASSRides

10. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Climate Action Plan
Green Communities Application
The Town of Amherst
Climate Action Plan

11.  Stephanie Ciccarello
 Sustainability Coordinator
 4 Boltwood Avenue
 Amherst, MA 01002
 ciccarellos@amherstma.gov
 (413) 259-3149