Economic development encompasses many regional issues that affect the Island. Housing, transportation, infrastructure, and climate change, for example, all play a role in our ability to attract and sustain businesses and tourists and maintain a cultural continuity. The MVC is mandated by its enabling legislation to promote the "enhancement of sound local economies,” which it carries out through its planning and regulatory activities. 

Documents

• Economic and Municipal Finance Data Reports 2023-2024
  • Aquinnah
  • Chilmark
  • Edgartown
  • Oak Bluffs
  • Tisbury
  • West Tisbury
• Tabulation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Received in Dukes County, 2021-2024
• Edgartown Master Plan 2024
• Tisbury Master Plan 2024
• Oak Bluffs Master Plan 2019
• Oak Bluffs Streetscape Master Plan 2015

Older Reports

Fostering Arts and Culture on Martha's Vineyard (2012)
Agricultural Self-Sufficiency on Martha's Vineyard (2010)
Development Permitting Processes on Martha's Vineyard (2008)
Martha's Vineyard Economic Profile (2008)
Leakage Analysis of the Martha's Vineyard Economy (2007)
Cost of Living Index (2006)
Martha's Vineyard Indicators Report - Measures of Sustainability (2005)

Useful Links

• Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce
• US Economic Development Administration
• US Census Bureau
• US Bureau of Economic Analysis
• US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• USDA’s Rural Development Office
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development
• Massachusetts Department of Revenue
• South Eastern Economic Development Corporation
• Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC)

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