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Planning, Design, and Construction at Boston Parks

Our mission is to provide clean, green, safe, and accessible open space. We want to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. We strive to advance access, equity, and excellence in public open spaces citywide. 

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The Design and Construction Unit is responsible for open space planning, park design, and construction. Our project managers implement improvement projects to passive and active open space. These spaces include parks, cemeteries, athletic fields, and more.

Once a project has been identified and funded, project managers work with the community. They identify specific goals through a series of public meetings. They also develop a schematic plan to base the bid documents upon.

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Citywide Planning initiatives

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Design and Implementation Guide
Green infrastructure guide for use in Parks projects.
Growing Boston's Tree Canopy
Urban Forest Plan
Creating a blueprint for supporting Boston's "Urban Forest" for the next 20 years and beyond.
Planning for Future Parks
Expanding the park system
We're enhancing and enlarging Boston's network of resilient community parks. Where would you like to see parks?
Updating the Seven-year Open Space Plan
Open Space and Recreation Plan
A citywide discussion on the many ways in which open space and recreation in Boston can be more responsive to community needs.
Healthy Places
Planning for heat, trees, and open space
A coordinated planning effort to cool the City, expand the urban forest, and improve the park system.
Franklin Park Action Plan
The goal is to understand the planning efforts that have come before it, what is working and isn’t working in the park, and what the Franklin Park neighborhood wants to see in the future.
Boston Common Master Plan
The goal of the Master Plan is to create a Common that will serve the people of Boston and visitors alike while protecting this special place for decades to come.

Design and construction projects

Projects

Map of Parks projects

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