About MAPC

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is a regional planning agency serving the people who live and work in Metropolitan Boston.

Our mission is to promote smart growth and regional collaboration, which includes protecting the environment, supporting economic development, encouraging sustainable land use, improving transportation, bolstering affordable housing, ensuring public safety, advancing equity and opportunity among people of all backgrounds, and fostering collaboration among municipalities.

MAPC's 101 member communities are represented on the local level through eight subregional groups, staffed by appointed officials from each city or town and led by one MAPC staff coordinator.

View a map of our region.