Palmer Environmental and Market Research

Palmer Reconnaissance Report : Connecticut River Valley Reconnaissance Survey : Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Inventory Program

Creator: Department of Conservation and Recreation; Pioneer Valley Planning Commission; Franklin Regional Council of Governments

Description: "The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and its regional partners, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC), have collaborated to bring the Heritage Landscape Inventory program to twelve communities in the Connecticut River valley region of Massachusetts. The goals of the program are to help communities identify a wide range of landscape resources, particularly those that are significant and unprotected, and to provide communities with strategies for preserving heritage landscapes."

Creator: Peg Barringer, Alice Davey, Department of Housing & Community Development, Massachusetts Downtown Initiative, FinePoint Associates, Three Rivers Downtown Task Force, Three Rivers Chamber of Commerce, Palmer Redevelopment Authority.

Description: To conduct a market assessment for the Three River Main Street District to help inform revitalization efforts and develop a business recruitment brochure/marketing tool that can be used in conjunction with the planned business recruitment program.

Description: Segment 1 contains data from Belchertown to Bondsville (Palmer), and segment 2 contains data from Bondsville (Palmer) to Rutland.

Creator: Town of Palmer; Master Plan Steering Committee; VHB (consultent); Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Description: The Town of Palmer is undertaking the development of a Comprehensive Master Plan in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws. The Town's existing Master Plan is severely outdated as it was last completed in 1975 — prior to the adoption of the Town's first zoning bylaw in 1980. Though the Town has been operating under an Executive Order 418 Community Plan since 2005, this too is inadequate for current planning purposes.

Notes: Master Plan was unanimously adopted by the Planning Board on August 2, 2021