State Offers Funds to Help Conserve North Street Woods
Posted by NorthAssocAdmin at 8/19/2008 7:51 PM and is filed under Neighborhood News,Trees,Neighborhood Character 
As reported in today's Gazette, the newly signed Environmental Bond Bill includes an offer of funds to help conserve the woods off North Street. We are deeply grateful for this support from the state to preserve our urban greenspace.
Here is the relevant portion of "An Act Providing for the Preservation and Improvement of Land, Parks, and Clean Energy in the Commonwealth", as signed by Governor Deval Patrick on August 14 (emphasis added):
See also:
MA Secy of Energy and Environmental Affairs: Urban Parks Deserve Protection as do Habitat Reserves and Working Landscapes
[Ian Bowles:] We need smart land conservation along with smart growth. That's why, going forward, the commonwealth is going to concentrate its land protection efforts on three priorities, which complement the administration's smart-growth goals:
Photo Essay: 10 Reasons People Like Trees Around Them; Will the Sustainable Northampton Plan Put Urban Trees at Risk?
Rutherford Platt, "Regreening the Metropolis: Pathways to More Ecological Cities"
UMass Press: "Natural Land: Preserving and Funding Open Space"
Downstreet.net: "Despite Tree City USA Honor Northampton Planting Lags"
Each year, the city removes more dead or hazardous trees than it replaces, leaving a net decrease in the population of our mature shade trees...
Topographical Map Shows How Kohl Condo Proposal Will Eat Into a Rare Stand of Mature Trees in Downtown
Photo Essay: Arbor Day and the North Street Woods
Here is the relevant portion of "An Act Providing for the Preservation and Improvement of Land, Parks, and Clean Energy in the Commonwealth", as signed by Governor Deval Patrick on August 14 (emphasis added):
2000-7015.. For the acquisition, development and construction of parks in urban neighborhoods currently underserved with parks consistent with attainment of environmental equity, including planning related thereto; completion of urban forestry and tree planting projects, assessment and remediation of brownfield and greyfield sites intended for reuse as parks, drafting of architectural renderings, construction documents, and other technical documents necessary for parks construction, acquisition of land or interests in land for the creation of parks under Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution and construction of parks and all related facilities; provided, that the secretary of energy and environmental affairs may issue grants to public and non-public entities to implement these programs; provided, that not less than $10,000 be expended for the Squantum Seaside Gardeners for the purposes of environmental beautification projects in the City of Quincy; provided further, that no less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Wollaston Garden Club for the purposes of environmental beautification projects in the City of Quincy; provided further, that no less than $200,000 be expended for the Quincy Park and Forestry Department to be allocated for the purpose of city tree plantings in the City of Quincy; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for the acquisition of wooded land to be used for conservation and passive recreation in the North Street neighborhood of the city of Northampton, provided that the abutters of said property provide matching funds for said acquisition...
See also:
MA Secy of Energy and Environmental Affairs: Urban Parks Deserve Protection as do Habitat Reserves and Working Landscapes
[Ian Bowles:] We need smart land conservation along with smart growth. That's why, going forward, the commonwealth is going to concentrate its land protection efforts on three priorities, which complement the administration's smart-growth goals:
- Urban Parks: For smart growth to succeed, urban life needs to be attractive. From a land perspective, the best thing we can do to improve urban living is to make sure there are beautiful parks within walking distance of every urban dweller. So we plan to create visionary urban parks in 10 to 15 cities in neighborhoods that don't have them, and to significantly [improve] parks in all 51 Massachusetts cities over the next four years...
Photo Essay: 10 Reasons People Like Trees Around Them; Will the Sustainable Northampton Plan Put Urban Trees at Risk?
Rutherford Platt, "Regreening the Metropolis: Pathways to More Ecological Cities"
UMass Press: "Natural Land: Preserving and Funding Open Space"
Downstreet.net: "Despite Tree City USA Honor Northampton Planting Lags"
Each year, the city removes more dead or hazardous trees than it replaces, leaving a net decrease in the population of our mature shade trees...
Topographical Map Shows How Kohl Condo Proposal Will Eat Into a Rare Stand of Mature Trees in Downtown
Photo Essay: Arbor Day and the North Street Woods
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