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Regional Policy Plan
The Regional Policy Plan serves as a blueprint for Cape Cod's future, outlining strategies to direct growth to appropriate locations, protect natural resources, and promote economic resilience. Since the first edition in 1991, the RPP has undergone several updates, including major revisions in 2009 and 2018. The 2025 Regional Policy Plan was approved by the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, and adopted by the Barnstable County Commissioners as a county ordinance on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
Regional Policy Plan
Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative
The Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative is a science-based, information-driven planning process to engage stakeholders and enable action to protect and restore Cape Cod's freshwater resources.
Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative
Regional Housing Strategy
The Regional Housing Strategy addresses the housing supply, affordability, and availability issues facing the region by identifying appropriate areas for housing development and crafting policies and strategies to further its goals.
Regional Housing Strategy
Vision Zero Action Plan
Vision Zero is an effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Cape Cod's roadways. The Cape Cod Vision Zero Action Plan, a pathway to a safer future, includes a systematic crash analysis and set of solutions to tackle the root causes of all crashes, emphasizing those involving bicyclists, pedestrians, and other non-motorists. The Cape Cod Commission developed the Vision Zero Action Plan for Cape Cod through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program, an initiative designed to improve road safety and address traffic fatalities nationwide.
Vision Zero Action Plan
Data Cape Cod
Data Cape Cod was first created by the Cape Cod Commission to provide local and regional datasets to support planning efforts, economic development, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now an ongoing effort, the initiative increases transparency around economic progress in the region and enhances information access to support data-driven decision-making in our 15 communities.
Data Cape Cod
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
The CEDS is a five-year strategic plan for moving Cape Cod's economy toward a sustainable future.
CEDS 2024
Cape Cod Climate Initiative
The Cape Cod Climate Initiative is a community-focused, information-based effort to address the region’s contributions to and threats from climate change.
Climate Initiative
208 Plan Update
The 208 Plan Update is a framework to restore embayment water quality on Cape Cod.
208 Plan
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Cape Cod Commission certifies Yarmouth Local Comprehensive Plan
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