​The Center for Resilient Metro-Region (CRM) at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst offers a highly effective approach for municipalities doing sustainability, resilience, and climate-related planning.  

One of CRM's focus areas is to improve resilience to climate change while identifying and achieving community goals. We believe that climate resilience, smart growth and livable cities, public health, justice, and economic development can be mutually supportive goals and support our most vulnerable populations.

As with all of our work, as a subdivision of state government municipal procurement from CRM is exempt from MGL Chapter 30B Procurement (Section 1 (3) and 1 (4)).

For more information contact:
Wayne Feiden, FACIP
Director CRM and Lecturer of Practice 
Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
​Design Building, UMass Amherst
​wfeiden@umass.edu

Elisabeth M. Infield, PhD (MVP certified provider)
Professor of Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Design Building, UMass Amherst
eminfield@umass.edu

Our climate planning work

​The Center for Resilient Metro-Regions specializes in all types of sustainability, resilience, and climate planning, in addition to our broader strategic planning expertise.  We can draw on our project leads (Wayne Feiden, FAICP and Elisabeth Infield. PhD) as well as other faculty, researchers, and students as needed.
  • Climate vulnerability assessments (including MVP planning)
  • Sustainability, resilience, and climate action and master plans (including MVP 2.0 planning)
  • Planning work and project management on implementation (including MVP Action Grants)
  • Regulatory analysis bylaw/ordinance drafting

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