Lowell Volunteer Hub
A centralized volunteer hub connecting residents with local opportunities, nonprofit organizations, community resources, and civic engagement pathways throughout Lowell.
Volunteer HubHelping residents stay informed, get involved, and improve their communities.
Project Merrimack
Project Merrimack creates simple tools that help residents stay informed, get involved, and improve their communities.
Why these programs exist
Residents should not have to search across scattered websites, social media posts, and email lists to understand what is happening or find ways to help. Project Merrimack builds practical tools that make local information and community participation easier to access.
Lowell Volunteer Hub helps residents find ways to get involved.
Merrimack River CSO Alerts help residents stay informed about local waterways.
Practical tools for stronger communities
Project Merrimack focuses on simple, reliable civic systems that make community participation easier to find, understand, and act on.
Merrimack River CSO Alerts
An email alert system that helps residents know when combined sewer overflow events have affected the Merrimack River after heavy rain or snowmelt.
View CSO alertsPlatform Beta
Explore Lowell alerts, news, events, volunteer opportunities, and river conditions in one place.
Open Platform BetaBuilt around resident needs
Project Merrimack develops practical tools that help people better understand what is happening in their communities and find clear ways to get involved.
Whether someone wants to volunteer, stay informed about local waterways, or participate in neighborhood initiatives, our goal is to make community engagement easier and more accessible.
We focus on building systems that are useful, easy to understand, and designed to create long-term value for residents throughout Lowell and the Merrimack Valley.