March 2024 Vol. 7 Issue 1
The Dorchester (DOT) Greenway Moves Forward! · The Southwest Corridor Park Action Plan Moves into the Design Phase · East Coast Greenway Builds Almost 40% of their New Trails in Massachusetts · Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) and For Kids Only (FKO) Afterschool Partner for Climate Education · Get Excited for Bay State Bike Month! · Participate in the 2024 Muddy River Cleanup! · Sociedad Latina Presents Saturday Music Classes for Youth · City of Boston Launches Boston Public Schools Sundays · Opportunities · Job Postings · Grants + Project Funding
November 2023 Vol. 6 Issue 4
Southwest Corridor Park Action Plan: Phase 1 Complete! · I-90 Charrette Summary · Moment of Focus: Hip-Hop Exhibit · Fairmont Indigo Community Development Corporation: Switching the Fairmont-Indigo Commuter Line to electric energy · Emerald Necklace Conservancy + Charles River Watershed Association: Hybrid Visioning Session · City of Cambridge + Somerville + Massachusetts Water Resources Authority: Public meeting to discuss planning for sewer overflow · 13th Annual StreetTalk · Save Arlington Wildlife · Beat the Bay State Challenge · Opportunities · Grants + Project Funding
August 2023 Vol. 6 Issue 3
The Fenway Multiuse Path Connects the Emerald Necklace to Fenway · DOT Greenway Awarded A MassTrails Grant · Tell Us What You Think About the Southwest Corridor Action Plan! · Join us for a Weekend of Biking in September! · Tour de Streets by LivableStreets Alliance · 36th Annual Bike-a-Thon by Bikes Not Bombs · The Neponset River Named a Superfund Site! · Grand Junction Path Updates · "A Day in Charlestown... sometime in the future" · Chill out this summer with Boston Harbor Now! · Hiring and Opportunities
May 2023 Vol. 6 Issue 2
Tour Dorchester Community Gardens on May 20! · What Has the Emerald Network Been Up To? · DOT Greenway · Charles River Area Project · Columbia Road · South West Corridor · A New Park Along the Neponset River Greenway · Overnight Camping on Peddock’s Island is Open! · Lend Your Voice to the City of Boston’s Open Space Plan · Greenways + Art = Our Favorite Things! · Hiring and Opportunities
February 2023 Vol. 6 Issue 1
Please Welcome our new Project Manager, Michaela Grenier! · LivableStreets Staff are Back in the Office! · Tabling at the Dorchester Winter Farmers Market · The South Bay Harbor Trail · Ditch the Flowers this Valentine’s Day, Dedicate a Native Plant! · Endless Options to Support Your Local Artists! · Need Plans for Earth Day 2023? Join Muddy River’s Cleanup! · Hiring and Opportunities
December 2022 Vol. 5 Issue 6
LivableStreets is Growing (again)! · 12th Annual 10-in-1 Talk Was A Success · The Fort Point Community Design Workshop Presents Community-Sourced Ideas · Charlesgate Vision Secures Monumental Funding · Provide Feedback on Large Scale Regional Changes · The Franklin Park Action Plan is Live! · Boston Gives Back: Winter Wonderland · Fenway Flea Winter Market: Skate, Sip, Shop · Small Mart Holiday Market · Kick Snowy Day Boredom By Sharing Your Boston Story · Hiring and Opportunities
October 2022 Vol. 5 Issue 5
Our Team Continues to Expand! · Walkshops Focused on the Charles River · Frederick Law Olmsted Wants You to Get Involved! · The Walking City Trail · Fall-O-Ween Children’s Festival · Head of the Charles Regatta · BikesNotBombs Book Talk · Hiring and Opportunities
September 2022 Vol. 5 Issue 4
A Busy Month, but Plenty of Ice Cream! · Abby Jamiel Steps in as New Program Director! · On the Orange Line Shutdown · Join us for Tour de Streets––walking, biking, ice cream... · Charles River Area Project Charrette · Get more biking in at BikesNotBombs Event! · NACTO in Boston THIS WEEK! · Olmsted Now: Public Dialogue #9 · Boston Open Streets: Dorchester Avenue · Emerald Network Parkfest · Looking for fun things to do around Boston? · One Day Volunteer Opportunity in Emerald Necklace · Recruiting Volunteers for Bike + Pedestrian Counting Study
August 2022 Vol. 5 Issue 3
The Emerald Network Team is Changing! · Ambar is Leaving the Network · Saying Goodbye to Our Summer Fellow · Congratulations to Olmsted Now’s Park Equity and Spatial Justice Grant Winners! · Join us for Tour de Streets 2022! · Mary Ellen Welch Greenway Gets A New Coat of Paint! · Bikes Not Bombs 35th Annual Bike-A-Thon! · Visit Us at Open Streets Boston – We Want To Hear From You · Magazine Park – Summer Nights with DCR + more! · Spend Summer Nights Cooling Down by the Waterfront · Don’t miss NACTO’s Annual Conference…in Boston This Year! · Olmsted Now Public Dialogue: Shared Power + Local Youth · Lend a Hand + Volunteer for Tour de Streets · Project Manager, Transit + Streets · Volunteer for the Boston Nature Center Sanctuary Committee · Boston Parks and Recreation is Looking For Feedback
June 2022 Vol. 5 Issue 2
The Emerald Network Team is Growing! · Congratulations to our Program Director on her Yale Fellowship! · Another Win for the Emerald Network! · Join events in Central Square Park - East Boston, MA! · NOAH's Summer Hip Hip Hurray Series! · Opportunities
April 2022 Vol. 5 Issue 1
Welcome to 2022 and Towards the Olmsted’s Bicentennial of the Emerald Necklace · Read Our Letter to the Editor in the Boston Globe · The Emerald Network is Growing! · Partners Doing Amazing Work · Events · Opportunities
February 2020 Vol. 4 Issue 1
Celebrating Great Progress in 2019 · StreetTalk 10-in-1: Watch Program Director Ambar Johnson's Full Talk! · DOT Greenway: No CPA Funding but Hope is Not Lost · Massive Development Project Suffolk Downs Highlights · Issues Faced Across the Developing City · Northern Strand Community Trail to be Completed · Mystic River Crossing Bridge Hits a Gondola Shaped Snag · Join Boston Parks to Envision a Better Moakley Park · Honor Black History Month with Food and Greenways
October 2019 Vol. 3 Issue 4
Upcoming Opportunities To Experience The Network · Application For CPA Funds Submitted For DOT Greenway · Neponset River Greenway Named One Of Great Places In America · Emerald Network at MassTrails Conference · Funding Secured for Beacon Street Bridleway Feasibility Study · Featured Greenway: Roslindale Arboretum Gateway Path · Our Greenways in Fall
August 2019 Vol. 3 Issue 3
Upcoming Opportunities To Experience The Network · MassDOT Launched State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans · Use LimeHero and Contribute To the Emerald Network · Featured Greenway: Mystic and Malden River Greenways · Boston's Hidden Shore -- The South Boston Harborwalk · Updates
April 2019 Vol. 3 Issue 2
Upcoming Opportunities To Experience The Network · Roslindale Gateway Path Receives CPA Funding · Charlesgate Alliance Receives CPA Funding For Charlesgate Park · New MassDOT Plans For Connecting Charlesgate To The Charles River Path · Featured Greenway: Beacon Street Bridle Path · Taking A Historical Park Into The Next Century: Franklin Park · Updates
January 2019 Vol. 3 Issue 1
Celebrating Great Progress in 2018 · StreetTalk 10-in-1 Videos Are Live · Medford Greenway And Local State Park Projects Receive Boost From DCR Partnerships Matching Funds Program · LivableStreets Partners With Greater Ashmont Main Street On Dot Greenway Project · Northeastern Design Studio Students Envision Innovative Public Spaces Along Columbia Road · Featured Greenway: Chelsea Greenway · A Greenway Makes Progress: An Interview With East Boston Greenway Coordinator Michelle Moon · New Resources
October 2018 Vol. 2 Issue 4
Register Now for our StreetTalk 10-in-1 · Mayor Walsh Unveils Plan to Increase Access & Open Space Along Waterfront · Roslindale Gateway Path Receives Funding · Public Access to Belle Isle Marsh Increases with New Path · Watertown-Cambridge Greenway Under Construction · Gateway East in Brookline Making Progress · A Greenway Gets its Start: Fairmount to Mattapan Feasibility Study Gets Under Way · Columbia Road: Local Voices
July 2018 Vol. 2 Issue 3
Upcoming Opportunities to Experience the Network · Freshly Paved Paths Open Along Circuit Drive in Franklin Park · FY19 Capital Budget Includes Four Emerald Network Projects · South Bay Harbor Trail Construction Contract Awarded · Celebrate the Emerald Necklace Conservancy's 20th Anniversary · Emerald Network Summer Intern · Blue Bikes at Tour De Streets · Featured Greenway: Charlestown Lower Mystic Greenway · The Other Emerald Necklace: Exploring Cleveland by Bike
April 2018 Vol. 2 Issue 2
Register Now for Our StreetTalk at Boston Public Library · Mayor Walsh Announces New Funding for GreenLinks · Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Area Businesses Endorse Business Improvement District · MassTrails Program Will Support Funding and Construction Across State · Plans for Mystic River Pedestrian Bridge Take Shape · Funding Opportunity for Organizations in Boston · Malden River Walk: A Resident & A Planner Sound Off · Featured Greenway: Roxbury-Fenway Connector
January 2018 Vol. 2 Issue 1
Thank You for a Great Year! · Community Path Extension Is Coming to East Somerville · Governor Baker Sets the Stage for 150 More Miles of Trails · Statewide Funding Opportunities · New: Emerald Network Resource Library · Biking in Chicago, America's Leading Bicycling City · Watertown-Cambridge Greenway
October 2017 Vol. 1 Issue 3
Thank You for Joining Us at Tour De Streets · Mount Hope / Canterbury Chosen for Neighborhood Slow Streets in Boston · Watertown to Receive $25 Million for Infrastructure Improvements · Greenway Progress Along the Mystic River · *new* Resource: Wayfinding Guide · Greenway Champion - Lisa Beatman · Neponset River Trail
July 2017 Vol. 1 Issue 2
Join Team Emerald Network! Register for Tour De Streets Today · Check Out Our Improved Website · Imagine Boston 2030 Party and Showcase · Roslindale Gateway Path at 10% Design · Watertown-Cambridge Greenway Funded · Neponset Trail Extension Now Open · Governor Baker Announces Trail Funding Increase · Meet Our Youngest Greenway Advocate: 10 Year-old Nia Negron · East Boston Greenway
March 2017 Vol. 1 Issue 1
Introducing the Emerald Network Newsletter · Go Boston 2030 Action Plan Prioritizes Key Greenway Projects · Imagine Boston 2030 Report Supports Investment for Greenways · "Fulfilling the Promise": Columbia Road Series Kicks Off March 29