This video shows the joint meeting of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors and Greenway Leadership Council, held on May 1, 2012 at Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress Street. Per the agenda, Chair Georgia Murray introduced the meeting and Executive Director Nancy Brennan presented the “Greenway Evolution” and “Milestones of the Public / [...]
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Video: Greenway Conservancy Reform Bill Discussed at State House Public Hearing
Video: The State’s Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on March 12, 2012 regarding proposed legislation, An Act Relative to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. (More on the bill here.) Testifying at the hearing was the sponsor of the proposed legislation State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz (00:45) followed by the Greenway Conservancy Board [...]
Fox TV Interviews Rep. Aaron Michlewitz on Proposed Greenway Conservancy Legislation
State Representative Aaron Michlewitz appeared on Fox TV today to answer questions about his proposed legislation to continue funding the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy “with strings attached.” Watch the video interview embedded or at the Fox TV Boston website. A public hearing is scheduled on Monday, March 12, 2012 at 1:00 pm on this [...]
Poll Results on Greenway Conservancy: Make it Public or Increase Transparency
Read the Related Article on the Embattled Greenway Conservancy Note: This is not a scientific poll. The results are representative only of self-selected NorthEndWaterfront.com website visitors. This poll is now closed. A new poll is up and running in the right sidebar on the home page. Go there now and vote!
Video: 2012 Programming Plan for Greenway Conservancy
Video: Greenway Conservancy Director of Business Operations, Jesse Brackenbury, presents the plan for programs scheduled on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway this year. This video was recorded on February 7, 2012 at the Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors & Leadership Council meeting, held at 185 Kneeland St., Boston. Following the review of the upcoming events [...]
Video: Greenway Conservancy Defends Its Public / Private Model
In response to the recent media storm and subsequent inquires from State officials, the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy defended its public/private model at a Board meeting held on February 7, 2012. As seen in this video of the meeting, Chair Georgia Murray presents the “facts as we know them” listing the group’s accomplishments and [...]
Video: Transparency Policy Discussion & Vote at Greenway Conservancy Meeting on February 7, 2012
In response to a request by the State Attorney General’s office and bolstered by recent media coverage on transparency issues, the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy voted to approve a new transparency policy at its February 7th Board meeting. This video contains the discussion and vote of the transparency policy. The 2-page policy document is [...]
Agenda: Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board Meeting on February 7, 2012
News and agenda from the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy: A pdf version is also available here.
The Greenway Conservancy Strikes Back!
Not content to take the medicine the State offered in its letter yesterday to move forward with a phase-out of government funding, the Greenway Conservancy came out swinging with a multi-colored slideshow defense, insisting that it needs to keep its public funding. The Conservancy has been under fire given revelations of excessive salaries and transparency [...]
The Axe Comes Down: State Plans To Pull All Funding From Greenway Conservancy
The State’s regulator and owner of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway parks, MassDOT, issued a strident and clear set of conditions to the Greenway Conservancy as part of a lease extension coming up in 2014. MassDOT Secretary Richard A. Davey reminds the Conservancy that it was always supposed to be self-sustaining through private funds. Instead, [...]
Greenway Conservancy Exposed – We Knew That, But Thanks Herald
I have to hand it to the Boston Herald this week with multiple cover stories on transparency issues at the Greenway Conservancy. The GC is a private non-profit that leases the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway public parks and is largely funded with taxpayer dollars. There is nothing like an insulting, errant email to motivate a [...]
State Grants $250,000 For Custom Carousel On Greenway; Community Giving Campaign Launched
The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy announced today that MassDevelopment, a State agency, has granted $250,000 in support of a custom carousel on the Greenway. In addition, the Conservancy has launched a Community giving campaign to fund the $2.9 million project, of which $1.6 million has been pledged by a private donor. The custom carousel [...]
Greenway Conservancy Asks City of Boston to Clear Occupy Boston From Dewey Square
Is this the beginning of the end for Occupy Boston? A letter from the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has been leaked on OB’s website asking the City of Boston to “remove the occupiers from the Greenway.” This is a major change to the Conservancy’s initially supportive position (See Occupy Boston “Messy But Democracy at [...]
Post-Crackdown Occupy Boston: War of Words and Money; Greenway Mobile Food Fest Postponed
After 141 arrests early Tuesday morning and the clearing by Boston Police of the 2nd encampment of Occupy Boston on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, a war of words has ensued about the measure of force used (or not), who’s right/who’s wrong and how much is being spent on police overtime and the cost to [...]
Video: Greenway Conservancy FY11 Year-in-Review and 2012 Outlook
Nancy Brennan, Executive Director of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, reviewed the past fiscal year and 2012 outlook at the Greenway Conservancy’s annual meeting held on October 4, 2011.
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Boston Police Clear Occupy Boston Protesters From Second Camp on Greenway Park
Resulting in scores of arrests but no injuries, Boston Police cleared the second Occupy Boston encampment on the Greenway last night. Blogger Garrett Quinn took the video above and describes the sequence of events: “As darkness fell and tension rose the protesters made their defensive preparations. All the tents were moved into a tight circle [...]
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Video: NYC High Line Park Horticulture Designer Speaks at Greenway Conservancy Annual Meeting
At this week’s annual meeting of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the group invited a guest speaker from the Friends of the High Line, an innovative public park in New York City. Patrick Cullina is a well-known and respected horticultural designer, photographer and lecturer whose specialty is public horticulture. He is Vice President of [...]
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Occupy Boston “Messy But Democracy at Work” According to Greenway Conservancy
Video: Greenway Conservancy Board Chair Georgia Murray talks about “Occupy Boston” and their establishment of a Tent City on the Greenway parks. At Tuesday’s annual meeting of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the Board discussed how Occupy Boston is getting along on the Greenway. After establishing Dewey Square their home base over the weekend, [...]
North End Resident Tapped to be Greenway Conservancy’s New Director of Development
News release from the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy: North End Resident Tapped to be Greenway Conservancy’s New Director of Development The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy is pleased to welcome Jodi Wolin as the organization’s new Director of Development. A seasoned fundraiser with a great deal of experience working for non-profit organizations, Wolin took [...]
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Public Art is a New Focus for the Greenway Parks
The new head of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board, Georgia Murray, wants to bring more public art to the Greenway. Surveys by the Conservancy and Greenway Leadership Council have shown strong support for public art, especially now that planned development proposals have been withdrawn. Introductory research and planning for public art dominated the [...]
Greenway Reform and Transparency Legislation Filed by State Representative Aaron Michlewitz
Press Release from the Office of State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, January 2011. Contact Blake Webber, 617-722-2488. State Representative Aaron Michlewitz Files Legislation Reforming Greenway Calls for more transparency, greater role for Leadership Council State Representative Aaron Michlewitz filed legislation this month that would change the way the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy operates and how they [...]
Greenway Community Forum Reflects on Status of Boston’s Newest Parks
GLC Chair Ann Thornburg (standing far right) leads the discussion at the forum. From the left, GLC member Donna Freni, Boston Harbor Association Executive Director Vivien Li, Boston Parks Commissioner Toni Pollak, New England Aquarium Executive Director Bud Ris, GLC Member Dan Nuzzo, Greenway Conservancy Director of Business Operations Jesse Brackenbury and Director of Public [...]
Greenway Conservancy 2010 Annual Meeting Highlights
This is a first-hand report with highlights from the Annual Meeting of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, held at the Metro Center at 101 Federal Street on October 5, 2010. Introductions were made by Board of Directors Chair, Peter Meade, and Executive Director, Nancy Brennan. Dorothy Terrell, Governance Committee Chair, announced a slate of [...]
Taking Stock: Greenway Signs & Chairs
New “stuff” has been springing up on the Greenway parks, including fancier signs, tables and more chairs. The bustling North End parks were an early recipient of tables and chairs last year. Unfortunately, some of the North End chairs have tended to go missing, a problem raised by Greenway Leadership Council members at the last [...]
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Conservancy Issues RFP For Food Vending in North End & Wharf District Greenway Parks
The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for food vending carts at four locations on the North End and Wharf District Parks. Submissions are due April 2nd and vendors are expected to start operating on June 1st. (View the RFP.) According to the RFP excerpt below, these are the [...]
Greenway Conservancy Rolls Out New Blog
The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has introduced a new blog this week that can be accessed at: http://blog.rosekennedygreenway.org. “Here you will find information about the progress of the Greenway – from horticultural updates to news about our Greenway district neighbors.” One post provides an update on the parks: Cold Weather Park Work, Planning for 2010, [...]
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