One Waterfront initiative for Boston's "Emerald Necklace"

The Trustees of Reservation (TheTrustees.org) Boston Waterfront Initiative, One Waterfront, aims to create and manage a series of parks in Boston offering increased community access to dynamic open space and recreational opportunities along the waterfront that can also help to protect the city from increased flooding and sea level rise. 

Over the past several years, The Trustees recognized the immense development initiatives taking place throughout Boston’s waterfront without consideration of the need for open space and began to look for land preservation opportunities along the fragile harborfront.

The Trustees have long been involved in protecting vulnerable coastal areas and became concerned with the impact of sea level rise and storm impacts on Boston’s waterfront. “The way we see it,” says Nick Black, Managing Director of The Trustees’ Boston Waterfront Initiative, “Boston’s waterfront is a critically important place to be focusing our energy as a conservation organization. Its health impacts the largest population in New England and the time for action is now, before the opportunity to preserve open space is lost forever.” Read more.