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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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    Get information about news, events, and construction projects in the Boston Parks.

Citywide Planning initiatives

Open Space and Recreation Plan

The OSRP provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of Boston's park system as well as a set of goals and a Seven-Year Action Plan that will guide the City’s parks-related work heading towards 2030.

Urban Forest Plan

Creating a blueprint for supporting Boston's urban forest for the next 20 years and beyond.

Planning for Future Parks

We're enhancing and enlarging Boston's network of resilient community parks. Where would you like to see parks?

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Design and Implementation Guide

Green infrastructure guide for use in Parks projects.

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.

Healthy Places

A coordinated planning effort to cool the City, expand the urban forest, and improve the park system.

Design and construction projects

Projects

Map of Parks projects

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    Parks and Recreation

  • Stay Connected

    Get information about news, events, and construction projects in the Boston Parks.

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