Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District

What Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District does

Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD) is a public, non-profit regional planning agency created by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1968. It serves 27 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts — 4 cities and 23 towns — providing coordinated planning services that individual municipalities cannot efficiently deliver on their own. SRPEDD is one of 13 legislatively designated regional planning agencies in Massachusetts and hosts the Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMMPO), one of 13 federally required MPOs in the state, which allocates approximately $26 million annually in federal transportation funding across the region.

SRPEDD's service portfolio spans six core areas: comprehensive planning and housing research, environmental and climate resilience planning, economic development, transportation planning, homeland security, and a Data Center providing interactive population, economy, housing, education, and environmental justice datasets. Technical capabilities include GIS-based regional transportation modeling, aerial drone surveying, a Virtual Building Tour program for emergency preparedness, and the ASHE Response Tools for homeland security situational awareness. The agency is governed by a Commission of local officials from member municipalities and supports multiple standing committees including JTPG, RESC, SERCCOT, and SRAC.

SRPEDD is funded through state appropriations and municipal dues from its 27 member communities, with no commercial pricing model. Services are provided to member municipalities at no direct charge as part of membership. The agency also competes for federal grants — including FHWA's PROTECT program ($100,000 to $5 million for planning, $5 million to $25 million for implementation) — and partners with MassDOT, FHWA, and regional stakeholders on transportation and infrastructure initiatives. The agency has 11-50 employees and is headquartered at 88 Broadway in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Name

Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District

Legal name

Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District

Website

https://srpedd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SRPEDD is a legislatively created regional planning agency serving 27 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts with transportation, land use, environmental, economic, and homeland security planning services, funded through state appropriations and municipal dues.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Taunton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Funding and Municipal Dues: SRPEDD operates as a public, non-profit regional planning agency funded through government appropriations and dues from member municipalities. Created by the Massachusetts Legislature along with 12 other regional planning agencies across the state to undertake regional planning and deliver cost-effective planning-related technical assistance to municipalities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SRPEDD is a regional planning agency that delivers comprehensive planning, transportation, environmental, economic development, housing research, and homeland security planning services to 27 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts. It is a public, non-profit entity created by the Massachusetts Legislature to provide cost-effective technical assistance and regional coordination to its member municipalities.

Product overview

SRPEDD is a regional planning agency providing a comprehensive suite of planning services to 27 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts. The organization operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Services span comprehensive planning, housing research, environmental planning, economic development, transportation planning, homeland security, and a data center. These services work together to help communities solve problems, achieve goals, and improve quality of life through collaborative and transparent planning processes.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Comprehensive Planning
• Housing & Research
• Environmental Planning
• Economic Development
• Transportation Planning

Named customers27 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSRPEDD works with MassDOT on transportation planning, including the Resilience Improvement Plan (RIP), transportation improvement programs, and project funding allocations for the 27-community region.
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFHWA provides funding through programs like PROTECT (Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation Program) with grants ranging from $100,000 to $5 million for planning and $5 million to $25 million for implementation projects.
• Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMMPO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSMMPO is one of Massachusetts' thirteen Metropolitan Planning Organizations, responsible for the federally required metropolitan transportation planning process for the 27 communities in the SRPEDD region.
• Joint Transportation Planning Group (JTPG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJTPG is the advisory body to SMMPO, sharing responsibility for allocating federal funds for transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian projects in Southeastern MA.
• Southeast Region Homeland Security Advisory Council (SRAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSRAC is the regional homeland security council that SRPEDD collaborates with on emergency preparedness, cybersecurity training, and homeland security initiatives.
• Regional Economic Strategy Committee (RESC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRESC is a committee focused on regional economic development strategy for the SRPEDD region.
• South East Regional Coordinating Council on Transportation (SERCCOT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSERCCOT is a transportation coordination council for the southeastern Massachusetts region.
• Member MunicipalitiescoreOthersSRPEDD serves 27 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts: Acushnet, Attleboro, Berkley, Carver, Dartmouth, Dighton, Fairhaven, Fall River, Freetown, Lakeville, Mansfield, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, New Bedford, North Attleborough, Norton, Plainville, Raynham, Rehoboth, Rochester, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton, Wareham, and Westport.
• Resilient Taunton Watershed Network (RTWN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRTWN meets on the second Tuesday morning of every other month and focuses on watershed resilience and climate adaptation for the region.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Old Colony Planning Council: OCPC is another of Massachusetts' 13 regional planning agencies, serving 17 communities in the South Shore region. It shares SRPEDD's legislatively mandated role in transportation, comprehensive planning, and economic development for member municipalities.
• Berkshire Regional Planning Commission: BRPC is the Massachusetts regional planning agency serving 32 communities in Berkshire County. It shares SRPEDD's legislative mandate and provides analogous comprehensive planning, transportation, environmental, and economic development services.
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC): MAPC is the regional planning agency for Greater Boston, serving 97 cities and towns. Like SRPEDD, it is legislatively created and houses a federally required Metropolitan Planning Organization, making it the closest functional peer within Massachusetts.
• Cape Cod Commission: The Cape Cod Commission is a Massachusetts regional planning and regulatory agency serving the 15 towns of Cape Cod. It performs the same core municipal planning, transportation, and environmental functions as SRPEDD within a defined geographic region.
• Northern Middlesex Council of Governments: NMCOG is a Massachusetts regional planning agency serving nine communities in the northern Middlesex region. It performs the same comprehensive planning, transportation, and economic development functions under a similar legislative framework as SRPEDD.
• Pioneer Valley Planning Commission: PVPC is one of Massachusetts' 13 legislatively created regional planning agencies, serving 43 communities in western Massachusetts with the same comprehensive planning, transportation, and economic development mandate as SRPEDD.
• Merrimack Valley Planning Commission: MVPC is one of the Massachusetts legislatively created regional planning agencies, serving 15 communities in the Merrimack Valley. It provides the same comprehensive planning, transportation, and community development services as SRPEDD to its member municipalities.
• Franklin Regional Council of Governments: FRCOG is a Massachusetts regional planning and COG serving 26 towns in Franklin County. It is structurally analogous to SRPEDD, providing planning, transportation, emergency preparedness, and community development services under a cooperative governance model.
• Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission: CMRPC is a Massachusetts regional planning agency serving 40 communities in the central region of the state. It performs the same transportation, land use, and community development planning functions as SRPEDD under the state's regional planning framework.

Others

• National Association of Regional Councils (NARC): NARC is the national membership organization for regional councils and MPOs, providing advocacy, training, and best-practices support to agencies like SRPEDD. It is an ecosystem-level peer and convening body rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/srpedd_news
• Facebookfacebook.com/events
• Instagraminstagram.com/srpedd

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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