Prioritized Communities

Prioritized Communities. As established by St. 2022, c. 179, § 84, the Department will prioritize the following ten Prioritized Communities, being the first ten communities to have filed home rule petitions with the general court in the following order: Order Filed Town Filing Date Arlington Lexington Brookline Acton Concord Cambridge Lincoln Newton West Tisbury Aquinnah (2) Letter of Withdrawal. Any Prioritized Community that will not apply to participate in the Demonstration Project must submit a letter of withdrawal to the Department not later than September 1, 2023, and will no longer be considered a Prioritized Community. (a) This letter must be: 1. signed by an authorized representative of the city or town; and 2. affirm the city or town's intention not to participate in the Demonstration Project. (b) The Department will post Letters of Withdrawal to its website.