Weymouth, Massachusetts

5 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 The city has relied on the use of grants as a way to increase amenities without adding to its residents’ tax bill. Over the past half decade, they have utilized grants to finance projects of all shapes and sizes. Most recently, the town received a $100,000 grant to be used for energy conservation for its schools, and they have also received several grants to help improve the town’s environmental footprint through upgrades to municipal buildings, as well as adding electric vehicles and EV chargers. “The green community grants are actually a tiny portion of the grants that we’ve accessed since we’ve been here, but they do total about $1.3 million,” Hedlund explains. “We’ve got so many