New Challenges

New Challenges

Each new year brings with it a combined sense of excitement and anxiety about what the future may hold. These competing forces are very much at the top of my mind as the calendar flipped to 2024. On the plus side, among other things, there is a great chance that 2024...
New Challenges

Firing on All Cylinders

Most of the work we do daily is profoundly local. APCC works with members, local officials and partnering organizations to bring about change and to improve our environment, essentially making our communities better places to live. It is not unusual that our efforts...
New Challenges

New name, same great work.

The APCC program formerly known as the Restoration Coordination Center (RCC) will now be known as the Ecosystem Restoration Program. This rebrand, unlike that of Twitter to X, conveys what we are all about. The land and water of Cape Cod are really a series of small,...
New Challenges

Community Engagement is a Must

While APCC is not a housing advocacy organization, we recognize that the utilization of the already disturbed, underdeveloped, and underutilized portions of Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC) provide an opportunity for redevelopment that would go a long way toward infusing...
New Challenges

This Takes My Breath Away

The relative calm and enjoyment of the beginning of the holiday season ended abruptly for me Monday night. The cause was not all the Cyber Monday emails, it was the jaw dropping revelations by Holtec about the ongoing decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power...
New Challenges

An Appeal

It is the time of year when you can expect to receive a letter from me asking you for the money needed to sustain our operations for the year ahead. The collective generosity of our membership represents roughly 40 percent of our operating budget and provides the...