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Townboard.org was created to help meet the training and information needs of volunteer land-use board members in Massachusetts (Planning and Appeals Boards, Conservation Commissions, Boards of Health, Sewer Commissions and Water Commissions). It has an official start-up date of September 1, 1999, when you will be able to view upcoming training opportunities for all these boards in one place.

This calendar is hosted by University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension, Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program and the Local Capacity Building Project. Major funding came from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Contributors to this project include the following Advisory Committee members:

• The Massachusetts Federation of Planning and Appeals Boards
• The Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions
• The Massachusetts Association of Municipal Conservation Professionals
• The Massachusetts Audubon Society
• The Massachusetts Association of Health Boards
• Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
• The Massachusetts Health Officers Association
• The New England Water Works Association
• Coastal Zone Management
• The New England Water Environment Association
• The Citizen Planner Training Collaborative
• The Massachusetts Clean Water Council
• The Massachusetts Water Pollution Control Association
• The Tri-town Health District (Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge)
• The UMass Amherst School of Public Health
• The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
• The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• UMass Extension

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