Wellesley now officially a Climate Leader Community

May 4, 2025

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has certified the first group of Climate Leader Communities, and Wellesley is among them.

These 19 municipalities are eligible to apply for grants of up to $1.15M each for emissions reduction projects.

Climate Leader Communities is the follow-up to the Green Communities program enacted in 2010 and of which Wellesley has been a member. Wellesley has secured grants for such projects as an LED retrofit project in the Department of Public Works Water and Sewer Garage and for buying hybrid police vehicles.

From left to right, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll; Marybeth Martello, Wellesley Sustainability Director; Janet Mosely, Wellesley Sustainability Analyst; DOER Commissioner Elizabeth Mahony.
From left to right, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll; Marybeth Martello, Wellesley Sustainability Director; Janet Mosely, Wellesley Sustainability Analyst; DOER Commissioner Elizabeth Mahony.

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