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7/15/16
Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2015 - 2021
The City of Boston Open Space and Recreation Plan 2015 - 2021 presents the process, analysis, plan goals, and objectives for improving and protecting open space in Boston.
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The Boston Parks and Recreation Department mission focuses on access, equity and excellence — so that every neighborhood is home to beautiful spaces that serve both the people and the environment.
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Section 0 - Acknowledgments, Table of Contents, Letter from Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Section 1 - Executive Summary
Section 2 - Introduction
Section 3 - Community Setting
Section 4 - Environmental Inventory and Analysis
Section 5 - Inventory of Lands of Conservation and Recreation Interest
Section 6 - Community Vision
Section 7.1 - Analysis of Needs: Resource Protection
Section 7.2 - Analysis of Needs: Community Open Space & Recreation
Section 7.2.1: Allston-Brighton
Section 7.2.2: Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Section 7.2.3: Central Boston
Section 7.2.4: Charlestown
Section 7.2.5: Dorchester
Section 7.2.6: East Boston
Section 7.2.7: Fenway/Longwood
Section 7.2.8: Hyde Park
Section 7.2.9: Jamaica Plain
Section 7.2.10: Mattapan
Section 7.2.11: Mission Hill
Section 7.2.12: Roslindale
Section 7.2.13: Roxbury
Section 7.2.14: South Boston
Section 7.2.15: South End
Section 7.2.16: West Roxbury
Section 7.3 - Analysis of Needs: Open Space Systems Management
Section 8 - Goals and Objectives
Section 9 - Seven-Year Action Plan
Section 10 - Public Comments
Section 11 - References
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