Boards and Partners

Planning & Sustainability staffed boards

• Agriculture Commission
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee of the Transportation and Parking Commission
• Central Business Architecture Committee
• Channel Markers Committee
• Community Preservation Committee
• Conservation Commission
• Historical Commission (also known as Historic District Commission)
• Planning Board
• Zoning Board of Appeals

Planning & Sustainability serves on

• Transportation and Parking Commission
• Energy Commission

Planning & Sustainability community partners (partial list)

• Healthy Hampshire, through Northampton's Mass in Motion grant a regional collaborative effort focusing on equity, healthy eating, tive living, and healthy and safe physical environments. Northampton is the lead community and serves as fiscal agent.
• Ward 3 Neighborhood Association: traffic calming and historic preservation
• Ward 4 Neighborhood Association: planning for the future of the Smith College Lyman Estate
• Leeds Civic Association: managing the Saw Mill Hills Greenway-Roberts Hill, Mill River Greenway-Leeds, and Beaver Brook Greenway.
• Broad Brook Coalition: managing the Broad Brook-Fitzgerald Lake Greenway.
• Friends of the Mineral Hills: managing the Mineral Hills Greenway.
• Friends of Northampton Trails managing and expanding of the city's network of hiking and share use trails.
• Meadow City Conservation Coalition: managing the Connecticut River and Meadows Greenways..
• Northampton Community Rowing: managing the Connecticut River Greenway riverfront park.