Equity Partner • Help the municipal project manager select a Planning Vendor and select municipal staff to serve on the Core Team • Lead learning sessions about equity and climate justice • Provide guidance and support in recruiting Community Liaisons • Lead onboarding of Community Liaisons • Help the Core Team think through, plan, and execute inclusive and equitable outreach and engagement • Assist in developing Seed Project ideas with an eye to how they are advancing equity goals Grantee/Municipal Staff • Complete a contract with the Commonwealth and maintain all necessary reporting • Procure a Planning Vendor based on the provided vendor qualifications • Recruit municipal staff to participate in the Core Team • Work with an EEA-procured and assigned Equity Partner to ensure equity and Environmental Justice is central to the process • Help to recruit Community Liaisons • Participate in working sessions and meetings of the Core Team • Help implement community outreach and engagement • Participate in learning sessions about equity and climate justice • Identify/procure an Implementation Vendor to lead or support the implementation of the Seed Project; work with the Implementation Vendor and community stakeholders to implement the Seed Project (Step 9) • Reflect on the MVP 2.0 process, and submit the MVP 2.0 Final Submission form with all associated deliverables to the MVP team (Step 10)
