In Plymouth, about $67 million is a big number— and it is the amount of money—between grants and appropriations for various projects—that David Gould’s Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs has brought to the town in the last ten years.
Bobbi Clark has more…
The Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs, or DMEA. as it exists today, was put in place by the previous Town Manager, Melissa Arrighi.
David Gould is the Director of this department:
“The Town of Plymouth has had Natural Resources for quite some time, but never a formal Department of Marine Environmental Affairs until about 10 years ago. In 2012, it was established through a vote of a Consolidation Committee, with the support of the Select Board at the time. And in 2012 the Department was established.”
Gould says the DMEA has taken on projects throughout the town…
“…that were seen as some of the more difficult projects, like dredging and the reconstruction of sea wharf. And, so during that time frame, we’ve always known that we would have to bring in some funding to make those a reality, and so we’ve written a lot of grants, and during that time frame we’ve brought in about $67 million–in between grants and appropriations for various projects.”
And to celebrate ten years of achievements, that range from the Eel River Headwaters Restoration, the Town Brook Footbridge, the former Revere Copper Brownfield Remediation, the T-Wharf Reconstruction, the new Maritime Facility to the Plymouth Harbor Dredging operation, the DMEA has put together a booklet that can be accessed by clicking the link below:
https://my.visme.co/view/g7go8v06-dmea-10-year-book
