Reimagine MCI Concord Wins 2025 APA-MA Award!
The American Planning Association Massachusetts Chapter has awarded Reimagine MCI Concord the 2025 Medium-Sized Community Planning Project Award!
In January 2024, Governor Maura Healey announced that MCI-Concord – the state’s oldest men’s correctional facility – will be decommissioned, and the state property will be sold and redeveloped. The Town of Concord and the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) enlisted Agency for a “sprint” planning and visioning process for the facility. This redevelopment offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine a site with a complex history, transforming it into a place that serves and uplifts current and future communities. Over a quick 5 month process, we worked with the client team, stakeholders, and our incredible 7-firm team to thoughtfully reimagine the site’s future. The resulting Plan presents a range of site scenarios created with input from Concord residents, workers, individuals connected to the former prison, and surrounding communities, and also offers guidance on cultural and historical storytelling.
The Town of Concord is now moving forward on the implementation steps laid out in the plan to inform their town zoning. To learn more about the exciting process and see how you can get involved, click here .