21 communities.
One watershed.
We partner on climate challenges no single municipality can solve alone
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The Resilient Mystic Collaborative is a partnership among neighboring communities in Greater Boston’s Mystic River Watershed working to protect our people and places from climate-intensified risks.
We are data-driven.
We start with research to develop priority, cost-effective projects that make a difference on the ground.
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We are action-oriented.
We focus on regional projects and policies no one community can do alone.
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We are pragmatic and optimistic.
We look for solutions that prepare our communities for more heat, storms, and flooding while making our neighborhoods more livable and equitable.
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We are mutually supportive.
We share knowledge, resources, and a love of place. The 21 communities that make up the Mystic River Watershed together are the size of Brooklyn, NY. We come together to not come apart.
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We have the structure needed to succeed and learn.
Together we have crafted the vision, capacity, and regional decision-making needed to stay together for the long run.
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Community Support
“Our socioeconomic realities magnify the staggering consequences that flooding, heat, and other natural disasters will reveal, exceeding any community’s ability to prepare for by itself.”
Alex Train, Assistant Director, Chelsea Planning and Development Department
“Our community decided that the number one thing we need to do with respect to coastal flooding is the creation of a Mystic River regional coalition.”
Oliver Sellers-Garcia, Director, Somerville Office of Sustainability and Environment.
“RMC’s model of bringing municipalities together to act as partners is a transformative way of approaching climate resilience.”
Kalila Barnett, Barr Foundation Climate Resilience Program Officer
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Look at Us Getting Recognized!
“Awarded to the Resilient Mystic Collaborative (RMC) in recognition of the incredible partnership of the 20 communities in the Mystic River Watershed working together to protect their people and places from climate-intensified risks.”
Environmental Business Council of New England Award for Leadership by a Non-Profit Organization
RMC “fills a critical void in Massachusetts, which lacks a cohesive governance structure for implementing regional adaptation projects.”
American Society of Adaptation Professionals 2020 New England Regional Adaptation Leadership Award
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