Local communities receive stimulus funds to improve energy efficiency and conservation

Six communities in the Greater Boston area are eligible to receive money from the federal stimulus package for energy efficiency and conservation projects.

Massachusetts communities of over 35,000 people will divide the $28.2 million allocated from the stimulus plan, meaning that Arlington, Brookline, Framingham, Marlborough, Newton, and Waltham are among the communities eligible for the funds.

Each community can accept or reject the funds, but several of the communities have already said they will use the funds.

"It's extraordinary, and we're very grateful," Framingham Town Manager Julian Suso told the Boston Globe. "There is a broad range of opportunity for utilization of these funds. We look forward to that and applaud the support for those needs."

For more info, check out this story in The Globe.