MassHCIC Summer All-Stars

On Tuesday, May 28th the Select Board heard a presentation from Rob Brennan, Board member of the Massachusetts Housing and Climate Innovation Center (MassHCIC) on the organizations Summer All-Stars program and signed on as a municipal partner for the 2024 season.

The program is based on the same concept of as the Cape Cod Baseball League - bring promising talent from colleges and universities across the country to the Cape for 8 weeks in the summer and let them hone their skills for the next step in their careers. Instead of playing baseball the MassHCIC Summer All-Stars will be working as a cohort to identify and catalogue resources that may be serve in the future as platforms for deploying, testing, or evaluating the efficacy of promising innovations in the areas of housing and climate and compile the information into a "Innovation Opportunity Atlas."

Undergraduate and graduate students from Boston College, Harvard University, Wentworth Institute of Technology and the University of Kansas will stay with host families on Cape for 8 weeks and work with staff members in participating towns to identify and access Town-owned built and natural resources. The Town is contributing $2,500 towards the student/host stipend.

Pickleball Court Update

The new pickleball courts off Stepping Stones Road are finished and ready for limited public play. 

Students from the Monomoy Regional Middle School will be on the courts from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday through Friday through June 14th. The public is welcome on the courts after 3:15 p.m. weekdays and at anytime on the weekends through June 16th. Member play will officially start on Monday, June 17th. Registration for member play is available through the Recreation and Beaches website. The courts will be reserved for Member play only Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

50th Anniversary Open House

The Council on Aging is kicking off its 50th year of serving our community's older adults with an Open House on Thursday, June 6th, from 4-6 p.m. at the Center for Active Living, 193 Stony Hill Road.

Stop by for a tour of the building, learn about the programs and services offered by the COA, connect with with others, and celebrate 50 years of community care. Light refreshments will be served.

Coastal Resilience Week

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Sea Grant is sponsoring a range of community-building events across the region from June 8 through June 15, 2024, as part of its Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week. Events throughout the week include a coastal resilience fair, film screenings, resilience-themed pub trivia nights, a climate anxiety webinar, trail walks, and a pre-concert storytelling event at the Cape Cod Symphony, all of which provide opportunities to hear from and interact with scientists and other experts in the field.

A family-friendly kick-off event on June 8^th from 1 to 4 p.m. at Mashpee Commons’ Naukabout Beer Garden features games, kids activities, face painting, food trucks, a bike repair and maintenance clinic, local artists and informational tables loaded with helpful tips and resources from more than a dozen Cape Cod resilience-oriented organizations.

On Monday, June 10^th join WHOI Sea Grant Coastal Process Specialists for a tour of the Morris Island trails on a Monomoy National Wildlife Trail Walk at 4 p.m. This approximately two hour walk will follow along dune and salt marsh habitats where erosion is quickly changing the landscape. The walk is free but reservations are required and space is limited.

For a complete listing of events and registration details visit the Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week website.