[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvlubNyz2Cw] Video: 1st Annual Daffodil Day on Sunday, April 14, 2013 hosted by the Friends of the North End Parks, Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and North End Beautification Committee. Highlights: Ribbon cutting by City Councilor Sal LaMattina Musical performances by the Boston String Academy Spring daffodil poem, read by Grace Abbott See the article and daffodil photos Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTqyQcsd-Q0] Video: Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Staff Updates from the April 9, 2013 Board of Directors Meeting. Timeline Index: 00:00 – Jesse Brackenbury, COO and Acting Executive Director Replacement of Dewey Square Mural Public Art RFQ Update Gala on the Greenway – May 13 and 14, 2013 03:30 Rings Fountain Maintenance – Robert Stigberg, Superintendent Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOmjUbID0ys] Video: Review of 2012 Greenway Programs and Schedule for 2013 presented by Charlie McCabe, Greenway Conservancy Director of Programs (April 9, 2013 Board of Directors Meeting) Have a program idea or want to run an event on the Greenway? Contact info@rosekennedygreenway.org for more information.
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Vj1O9kreA] Brainstorming was on the agenda at the most recent Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors meeting held on April 9, 2013. Starting with the Board Members and then opening the discussion to the public, Chair Georgia Murray, explained that several realities have changed on the Greenway in the past few years such as the Read More…
The Friends of the North End Parks joined with the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and North End Beautification Committee for the 1st Annual Daffodil Day on Sunday, April 14, 2013. The event celebrated the beauty of Spring on the Greenway with daffodils, music, poetry and fun. City Councilor Sal LaMattina led the ribbon cutting Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeU0fL8DDdQ] As the better weather arrives, a recurring issue on the North End Greenway Parks is the lack of shade. In response to feedback including the recent community workshop, the Greenway Conservancy has approved a $15,000 expenditure for 11 new shade umbrellas on the hardscape surface under the pergola area. At the workshop, the Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1C_vIju7s] The Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) presented this week to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors in support of their plan to enhance the plantings on the Greenway. FOTNEP President Nathan Swain described the group’s efforts in coordination with the Conservancy to plant 13,000 daffodils last fall. A Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrggJ-8PVr4] Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) President, Joanne Hayes-Rines, presented to the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors on April 9, 2013 with an update on the neighboring city park in the North End / Waterfront. In particular, Ms. Hayes-Rines focused on a major project this year to irrigate and beautify the Read More…
At this week’s meeting of the Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP), the mood was gloomy after their community-based horticulture plan for the North End Greenway parks was rejected by the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. Still, the volunteer group of neighbors re-committed themselves to upgrade the plantings in and around Parcels 8 and Read More…
Contracts related to the custom carousel by the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy were reviewed and approved at the January 29, 2013 Board of Directors meeting. Linda Jonash, Director of Planning & Design, presented a new contract to the Board for the surrounding park and tree grove as well as follow on contracts for the Read More…
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 Read More…
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, Read More…