The Montachusett Regional Planning Commission is in its 40th year of providing technical planning assistance to its 22 member communities. The MRPC is not a federal, state or county agency but rather, it is a regional advisory board consisting of representatives from each member community. Our purpose is to carry out comprehensive regional planning in the Montachusett region, an area of approximately 685 square miles that is home to some 228,000 individuals (2000 Census).