<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program is pleased to announce a new grant program for communities within the Mass Bays Program area (i.e., communities on Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay). Please see the attached grant announcement for more information. The RFP is posted at Comm-PASS. </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Information sessions are being held in each of the five regions of the Mass Bays Program (Upper North Shore, Salem Sound, Boston, South Shore and Cape Cod).</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>For the Cape Cod region, an information session will be held on Friday, November 5, 2010, from 10 am to 12 noon, at the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), 3010 Main Street, Barnstable, MA 02630, Phone 508-362-4226. </B> APCC is the host organization for the Cape Cod region of the Mass Bays Program. The meeting is co-hosted by the Barnstable County Coastal Resources Committee, which is the local governance committee for the Cape Cod region.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Directions to APCC</FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">From Cape Cod:</FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Take Route 6 to Exit 6 (Hyannis). At the end of the off-ramp, turn onto Route 132 North and drive about ¾ mile north to Route 6A. Turn right onto Route 6A eastbound and drive about 1.8 miles. Look for the Barnstable House on your left; it is a 2-story white colonial house with a sign. Park here and enter through the right-hand entrance. APCC is located on the second floor. The meeting will be held in the first-floor meeting room. </FONT></P><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"></FONT><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR></FONT><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Jo Ann Muramoto, Ph.D.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Mass Bays Program Regional Coordinator, Cape Cod</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Senior Scientist,</FONT><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Association to Preserve Cape Cod</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">3010 Main Street, P.O. Box 398</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Barnstable, MA 02630</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">P: 508-362-4226</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">F: 508-362-4227</FONT></DIV><I style="font-style: italic; "><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></I></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>