Boston Park Advocates's blog

Boston parks are stages for our lives. We watch, we walk, we sit, we run. We swing, we slide, and sometimes hang upside down. We play, we compete, we win and loose. We commune. We perform. We celebrate.

And sometimes we do things that delight others, intended or not, like snowkiting in Franklin Park. Click here for photos.

Thanks to both the performer and the photographer.

Would you like to part of a growing network working to improve Boston's parks and open spaces? How do we tap the support of an energized Mayor? What will it take to support proposals by city councilors who see how important park and open spaces are to our city? How do we address the challenges posed by further budget and staffing cuts to state parks in our city? Come to the Boston Park Advocates meeting this Thursday - details and agenda below:

Boston Park Advocates
AGENDA for Strategy Meeting and Debate Follow-up
December 3, 2009, at 6-8 pm (pizza at 5:30m pm)
Boston Natural Areas Network
62 Summer Street (enter on Otis Street) in Downtown Crossing
2nd floor conference room
PLEASE RSVP to [email protected]

I Welcome and Introductions, Network Building

Do you care about basic services in your DCR parks in Boston? Go to the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs' FY 2011’s budget hearing with Secretary Ian Bowles on Monday, November 23, 2009, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm at 100 Cambridge Street, 2nd floor, Conference Room B. Submit written comments prior to the hearing, or up until November 30, 2009. Bring a picture I.D. for security.

On November 10, 2009 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued a press release stating it is seeking ideas for Re-Organization, Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Models. The Department of Conservation and Recreation is in EEA.

Listening Sessions have already started.