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Working Draft Master Plan Rev 8 Nov 28
Manchester Master Plan DRAFT November 28, 2018 This is a working draft document and will remain so until approved and adopted by the Manchester Planning Board (anticipated in January 2019). Following the December 5, 2018 Master Plan Open House, the Master Plan Committee in coordination with the Planning Board will make any needed changes to the content of the Plan, and will format the Plan for final publication. The final Manchester Master Plan will be available on line and in the Manchester Library following adoption in early 2019. Table of Contents 1. Introduction A message from the Master Plan Committee 2. Vision & Guiding Principles Vision and Guiding Principles articulated by the community 3. Recommendations Specific Recommendations organized into a Plan for Action 4. Implementation Best practices and a financial approach to implementing recommendations Implementation Matrix (see separate document on-line) Appendix A. Existing Conditions Profiles a. Land Use b. Housing c. Economic Development d. Transportation e. Public Facilities and Services f. Open Space and Recreation g. Natural and Cultural Resources B. The Master Planning Process C. Contributing Studies, Plans and Reports 1 1. Introduction The initial goal in developing this Master Plan was to engage in an open and interactive dialogue with as broad a segment of the community as possible to assess the current state of the community, to articulate a shared vision of the future of MBTS, and to address important ideas and issues the Town will be confronting in the near future -
Federal Register/Vol. 73, No. 96/Friday, May 16, 2008/Notices
28466 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 96 / Friday, May 16, 2008 / Notices Waterbody/General area Latitude Longitude Southern Landward boundary—Marblehead town line ................................................................................................ 42°28′43″ N70°52′45″ W Southern Seaward boundary ........................................................................................................................................ 42°26′33″ N70°49′05″ W Eastern boundary—Halfway Rock ............................................................................................................................... 42°30′10″ N70°46′30″ W Northern Seaward boundary—3 miles off Eastern Point ............................................................................................. 42°33′03″ N70°36′06″ W Northern Landward boundary—Manchester town line ................................................................................................. 42°34′20″ N70°42′52″ W The proposed NDA boundary public and two additional facilities population may have a Marine includes the municipal waters of pending. In addition, there will be a Sanitation Device (MSD) of some type. Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, pumpout facility on the Beverly Pier The Trustees of Reservations manages Danvers, Salem, and Marblehead and once the area has been redeveloped. The three conservation properties within the extends to the boundary between state majority of facilities are connected area, Crowninshield Island, Misery and federal waters. This area includes -
Special Places : a Newsletter of the Trustees of Reservations
The Trustees of Reservations Conserving the Massachusetts Landscape Since 1891 SPECIAL PLACES Volume 8, No.3tfSummer 2000 Featured on the book's jacket, Field Farm in Williamstown is one of many special places highlighted in A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Land of the Commonwealth. For Members and Donors of (hardback / cloth with foil stamp / Smythe-sewn / 160 pages / 190 color photographs / 9" x II '/2" format The Trustees of Reservations ISBN 1-55849-265-8 / Library of Congress Number 00-131606 / $40 retail / $30 current Trustees members $200 Limited Edition) Trustees to Publish Photographic Book of the Conserved Landscapes of Massachusetts The story of Massachusetts' proud conservation legacy has never Current Trustees members receive a $10 discount off the $40 been told through photographs. ..at least not until now. retail price. A special Limited Edition (250 copies in a For five years, photographer Richard Cheek crisscrossed cloth-bound slip case with numbered bookplate) may be the Commonwealth in search of the most scenic, purchased for $200 ($100 of which is tax-deductible). historic, and ecologically important For more information and to order your copy, see the conserved landscapes in the state. From enclosed brochure or visit www.thetrustees.org. the rugged coastal islands of the North Shore to the productive farms and Remember, by buying Land of the Commonwealth orchards of the Berkshire Hills, from the directly from The Trustees, 100% of your popular urban green spaces of Boston to purchase directly benefits the organization's the hidden waterfalls and snow-covered conservation work. forests of Central Massachusetts, Richard compiled a remarkable collection of vivid, The Boston Public Library invites you to full-color images of the best of the celebrate the publication of Land of the Massachusetts landscape. -
North of Boston 2010-2011 Visitor Guide
Where to Eat, Stay, Shop & Play PLUS: FOUR SEASONS OF FUN GUIDE TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ART, HISTORY & CULTURE LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS PULL OUT REGIONAL MAP 4 FOUR SEASONS OF FUN No matter the season, the 34 cities and towns of Essex County offer plenty for visitors and locals alike. So when is the best time to come? How about… now!. 14 EXPERIENCE THE GREAT OUTDOORS Discover the splendor of the North of Boston region by land The North of Boston Convention & Visitors or sea. Find sand-sational beaches and prime paths and parks Bureau proudly represents the thirty four for outdoor recreation. cities and towns of Essex County as a tourism destination. 15 BEST NORTH SHORE Beaches Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, 18 GUIDE to OUTDOOR ActiVITIES Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Lynn, 20 WHERE TO EAT AND SHOP Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Essex County is home to some of the best restaurants and Methuen, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, shops in the state. Here you’ll find unique shops, vibrant Newburyport, North Andover, Peabody, downtowns, and signature New England fare. Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS Newbury 23 North of Boston CVB NORTH OF BOSTON EVENTS 10 State Street, Suite 309, 24 There are exhibits, festivals, sports & recreation, concerts, Newburyport, MA 01950 theatrical performances, and special dining events year round. 800-742-5306, 978-225-1559 Here are some highlights. Cover photo by Dale Blank: Family enters the boardwalk in the dunes and heads to the 26 ART & HISTORY INTERTWINE annual Sand Blast at scenic Crane Beach. -
Special Places : a Newsletter of the Trustees of Reservations
FALL 2003 VOLUME 1 1 .SpecialPLACES NO. 4 of Reservationsions I A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS www.thetrustees.org jm^^i, smarter—Strengthening Conservation in Massachusetts Conservation sounds simple: Take care of the land and the land will take care of you. In fact, it's becoming increasingly complex. To save our landscape, we need to work smarter, better, and faster. That's the idea behind the Putnam Conservation Institute. Beneath the tranquility of it first, conservation, seems deceptively Enter the Putnam Conservation Institute (PCI), simple: care of Damde Meadows is a Take the land and the land will take a groundbreaking initiative designed to share wisdom care of you. But in today's world, conservation is and resources with conservationists of all types complex story. Restoring a often complex, costly, and time-consuming. For across the state. Named in honor of George and 1 4-acre salt marsh at example, saving some 400 acres on Mt. Tom in Nancy Putnam, PCI will provide training, networking, World's End required more Holyoke required the federal government, the and resources to increase the conservation commu- than a dozen different Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Holyoke nity's ability to protect, care for, and interpret the Boys and Girls Club, The Trustees, $3 million, and natural and cultural resources of Massachusetts. The agencies and entities. By all six years of negotiating. Managing protected institute will be housed in the Doyle Conservation accounts, it was a learning landscapes is equally complex. Restoring a 1 4-acre Center, the state-of-the-art environmental facility process for everyone historic salt marsh in Damde Meadows at World's The Trustees is building in Leominster. -
1000 Great Places
1000 Great Places Last update 7/20/2010 Name Town Ames Nowell State Park Abington The Discovery Museum Acton The Long Plain Museum Acushnet Mount Greylock State Reservation Adams Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church Adams Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum Adams The Quaker Meeting House Adams Veterans Memorial Tower Adams Robinson State Park Agawam Six Flags New England Agawam Knox Trail Alford John Greenleaf Whittier House Amesbury Lowell’s Boat Shop Amesbury Powwow River Amesbury Rocky Hill Meetinghouse Amesbury Emily Dickinson Museum Amherst Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Amherst Jones Library Amherst National Yiddish Book Center Amherst Robert Frost Trail Amherst Addison Gallery of American Art Andover The Andover Historical Society Andover Aquinnah Gay Head Cliffs Aquinnah Cyrus Dallin Art Museum Arlington Mystic Lakes Arlington Robbins Farm Park Arlington Robbins Library Arlington Spy Pond Arlington Wilson Statue in Arlington Center Arlington Mount Watatic Ashburnham Trap Falls in Willard Brook State Forest Ashby Ashfield Plain Historic District Ashfield Double Edge Theatre Ashfield Ashland State Park Ashland Town Forest Ashland Profile Rock Assonet Alan E. Rich Environmental Park Athol Athol Historical Society Athol Capron Park Zoo Attleboro National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette Attleboro Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary Attleboro Goddard Rocket launching site @ Goddard Park Auburn DW Field Park Avon Nashua River Rail Trail Ayer Cahoon Museum of American Art Barnstable Hyannis Harbor Barnstable JFK Museum Barnstable Long Pasture -
Special Places : a Newsletter of the Trustees of Reservations
FOR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS | WINTER 2007 VOLUME 15 NO. 4 | Seeing 'New Englandly' the trustees > of reservations home. It s about preserving the very real We are more than 100,000 people like you from every corner fabric that stretches from our past into our of Massachusetts. We love the outdoors. We love the distinctive charms future: the natural systems, the contours of New England. And we believe in celebrating of the land, the places where history and and protecting them - for ourselves, for our heritage mingle. Our recently released children, and for generations to come. With nearly one hundred special places across annual report details the first year of this the state, we invite you to find your place. effort and the variety of ways that we are recruiting many more people to the cause, Andy Kendall Jocelyn Forbush caring for and sharing the places we own and President Pioneer Valley Regional Director manage, and being bolder in approaching Kathy Abbott Vice President Chris Kennedy the future. The big idea is that we are all Field Operations Islands Regional Director in it together. Melanie Ingalls Vice President Steve McMahon This issue revisits the origins of our Education & Outreach Berkshires Regional Director conservation consciousness that began with Richard Ryan Vice President Wayne Mitton Emerson and Thoreau and lives on in the Finance & Northeast Administration, CFO Regional Director starkly beautiful words and images of con- Kate Saunders Dick O'Brien temporary New England writers and artists. Vice President Centra/ Advancement Regional Director Literary We hope it is an inspiration to get out Wes Ward Steve Sloan and explore with your family and friends. -
Data from the 2006 International Piping Plover Census
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Data from the 2006 International Piping Plover Census Data Series 426 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Data from the 2006 International Piping Plover Census By Elise Elliott-Smith and Susan M. Haig, U.S. Geological Survey, and Brandi M. Powers, U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Data Series 426 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior KEN SALAZAR, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Suzette M. Kimball, Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2009 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod To order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this report. Suggested citation: Elliott-Smith, E., Haig, S.M., and Powers, B.M., 2009, Data from the 2006 International Piping Plover Census: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 426, 332 p. iii Contents Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................................1 -
Essex Coastal Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan Appendices
Essex Coastal Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan Appendices prepared for Essex National Heritage Commission by Brown Walker Planners, Inc. Gates, Leighton & Associates, Inc. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. Wild Water International March 2011 The Essex Coastal Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan was funded by the Federal Highway Administration through the National Scenic Byway Program and by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan Table of Contents Appendix 1: Byway Roadway Characteristics and Safety Analysis...........................................................1 Summary of Byway Roadway Characteristics............................................................................................. 1 Crash Summary........................................................................................................................................... 2 Appendix 2: Commuter Rail Stations along the Byway ...........................................................................1 Appendix 3: Description of the Byway Route by Community..................................................................1 Lynn ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 Swampscott................................................................................................................................................ 1 Marblehead ............................................................................................................................................... -
Things to Do Before You’Re 12 ½
2525 thingsthings toto dodo beforebefore 1 you’reyou’re 12 /2 N S This Trustees adventure journal belongs to YOUR SELF-PORTRAIT HERE NAME MY TOWN & STATE AGE FAVORITE COLOR FAVORITE INSECT FAVORITE ANIMAL FAVORITE SEASON FAVORITE TRUSTEES PROPERTY Need more copies of this journal? Want to find out more? Check out thetrustees.org/25things Outdoor Adventure JOURNAL Hi there! We at The Trustees are big fans of the outdoors, and hope you are too! We have over 100 places all across Massachusetts that are perfect for outdoor adventures— and they’re just waiting for you to visit. There’s tons to do and explore outside, and this handy Trustees Adventure Journal gives you lots of great ideas—25 of them, in fact! Can you do all 25 things before you’re 12 ½? Give it a try! Don’t forget to get a little dirty, learn something new, and have a blast outside! Some things you might want to pack for your adventure: Water and healthy snacks Sun protection – hat, sunscreen, and sunglasses Magnifying lens, binoculars, bug box, or other investigative tools Pencil or crayons for your journal First aid kit Camera to photograph cool things you’ll see and do A grown-up or two 1 Be a hillbilly: roll down a hill Roll down fast or roll down slow: you might get a little dizzy and grassy but it’s worth a go! How many rolls does it take to get to the bottom? How many times did you roll down the hill? Draw a picture of youself rolling down the hill. -
The Trustees COASTAL STRATEGY Chappy, Wasque Recession Coastal Vulnerability Assessment
The Trustees COASTAL STRATEGY Chappy, Wasque recession Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Probability of Inundation/Flooding Consequence of Loss (Asset Valuation) Climate Vulnerability Index (Risk) 4 Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning Risk Based Approach and Adaptation Investment Prioritization Impact on Impact on Impact on Area of Service Duration of Cost of Public Safety & Important . Phase I Rating Public Health & Loss Service Loss Damage Emergency Economic Environment Services Activity . SLR / Storm Surge Projections Whole 5 >30 days >$10m Very high Very high Very high town/city Multiple . Scenario Development 4 14-30 days $1m-$10m High High High Neighborhoods . Gather asset data 3 Neighborhood 7-14 days $100k-$1m Moderate Moderate Moderate . Determine Asset Critical Elevations 2 Locality 1-7 days $10k-$100k Low Low Low . Phase II 1 Property <1 day <$10k None None None . Map Inundation Probability Very High . Score Asset Inundation Consequence Priority Assets for . Vulnerability/Risk Assessment High Adaptation » Risk = Probability * Consequence . Phase III Medium . Prioritize High Risk Assets Inundation Consequenceof . Develop Adaptation Strategies for Low Priority Assets Low Medium High Very High Probability of Inundation 5 The Trustees Coastal Vulnerability Assessment FID Dataset Property Name NR_INTEGNR_SIGNIFCR_INTEGCR_SIGNIFVE_QUALITYVE_SIGNIFPUBLIC_PROREV_IMPACTOP_SUPPORTTOTAL_CON 2070AVG 2030AVG CVI2070AVG CVI2030AVG 37 Infrastruct Crane Beach Argilla Road Culvert 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 5 5 44.4 100.0 100.0 4444 4444 82 Infrastruct -
Manchester-By-The-Sea Open Space and Recreation Plan
Manchester-by-the-Sea Open Space and Recreation Plan Final – August 2014 Manchester-by-the-Sea Open Space and Recreation Plan – FINAL Page ii Acknowledgements This plan is the result of the efforts of the ad hoc Open Space and Recreation Plan Committee as well as other volunteers, contributors and staff for the town of Manchester-by-the-Sea. Members of the OSRP Committee: Tom Arntsen Man-Essex Playing Fields Committee Helen Bethell Man Essex Conservation Trust Greg Blagden Man-Essex Playing Fields Committee Mike Chapman Winthrop Field Committee Muffin Driscoll Board of Selectmen Morgan Evans Citizen Volunteer Leslie Hammond Citizen Volunteer Beth Heisey ADA Committee Steve Jaworski Conservation Commission Carolyn Kelly Manchester Coastal Stream Team Kurt Melden Planning Board Gar Morse Winthrop Field Committee Ben Rossi Citizen Volunteer Chris Thomas Parks & Recreation Committee Tom Walker Citizen Volunteer Manchester-by-the-Sea municipal staff who contributed to the plan include: Matt Casparius, former Director of Parks & Recreation; Liz Dukes, Administrative Assistant; Bill Fitzgerald, DPW Director; Ellen Lufkin, Board of Health; Cheryl Marshall, Director of Parks & Recreation; Eva Palmer, Conservation Assistant; Bion Pike, Harbormaster; Mary Reilly, Conservation Administrator; Denise Samolchuk, Town Clerk; Ginny Thompson, Principal Assessor and Pam Thorne, Assistant Town Clerk. Other citizen volunteers who contributed to the effort include Lynn Atkinson, Lisa Bonneville, Carroll Cabot, Francie Caudill, Martha Chapman, Richard Costello,