Colrain
Town Info
- Contact Info
- 55 Main Road
- Colrain, MA 01340-5500
- PHONE: 413-624-3454 FAX: 413-624-8852
- E-mail: colrain@mtdata.com
- Hours & Days Open
- 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Monday through Thursday
- Monday Evenings 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Closed for Lunch 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
- Selectboard Meetings
- Mondays, 7:00 p.m.
FRCOG work in Colrain during 2005
- Staff worked with the Town to prepare the Town's Commonwealth Capital application and supporting materials.
- Staff secured funding to complete a Corridor Management Plan for the Route 112 Scenic Byway.
- Staff prepared a Scope of Work for assisting the Planning Board with a Cluster Bylaw to help protect open space.
- With the assistance of the Colrain Natural Hazard Mitigation Committee, staff completed a Local Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Town to address hazards such as flooding and severe winter storms, including the creation of floodplain and other GIS mapping of critical facilities (e.g. schools, nursing homes, police and fire stations, and shelters).
- Staff secured a grant and began work on a Strategic Plan for Renewable Energy for the Pioneer Valley.
- Staff developed an emergency resource directory for first responders throughout Western Massachusetts.
- Staff updated state databases containing information on critical infrastructure and facilities in the region.
- Staff assisted in the development of a mutual aid agreement between the 101 towns of Western Massachusetts.
- Staff completed a pedestrian assessment survey and provided a map of the existing pedestrian facilities to the Town.
- Staff provided the Town with bicycle parking racks as part of Transportation Demand Management Program Share the Road in the Connecticut River Valley.
- Staff conducted one MassHighway requested, and three FRCOG requested traffic counts. The FRCOG request counts were in support of its Regional Traffic Count Program.
- Staff completed the 2005 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Project Listing, a prioritized listing of regionally-significant economic development projects, which included four Colrain projects.
- Staff fulfilled a data request for the Colrain Preservation Committee.
- Staff completed the reporting requirements to maintain the Town's eligibility for the Economic Development Incentive Program through the Franklin County Economic Target Area.
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