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TRUSTEES IN BOSTON
COMMUNITY
DESIGN
RESILIENCE
TRUSTEES IN BOSTON
We are welcoming 2025’s group of Waterfront Ambassadors! We asked them what they were most looking forward to this summer: read all about it!
The sixth summer of the Boston Waterfront Initiative’s Waterfront Ambassadors program drew to a close in mid-August. Eleven youth ambassadors from the Greater-Boston area joined the Trustees Boston Waterfront team to learn about the Trustees’ commitment to the Boston community, particularly East Boston, acting as liaisons for the organization throughout the summer.
This year we hosted our 3rd Annual Family Festival series from July through September. It was as special as ever, as we welcomed over 600 people at 3 events. It was a summer we will continue to cherish.
We had a phenomenal time engaging people with our varied events this spring and summer. Now, as we move into fall and winter, we will continue to engage all of you in meaningful ways.
On a beautiful late-summer day in Boston, community partners, local elected officials, corporate sponsors, supporters, and friends gathered at the One Waterfront Gala, a celebration of the momentum of the Trustees’ Boston Waterfront Initiative.
The fifth summer of the Boston Waterfront Initiative’s Waterfront Ambassadors program drew to a close in mid-August. Ten youth ambassadors from the Greater-Boston area joined the Trustees Boston Waterfront team to learn about the Piers Park III project and East Boston community, acting as liaisons for the Trustees throughout the summer.
The 2023 Waterfront Ambassadors season is underway. Throughout the summer, ten teens employed by The Trustees Boston Waterfront Initiative program will learn about waterfront issues in and around their neighborhoods and communities, and work with local non-profits and environmental organizations in Greater Boston.
The Trustees’ Coastal and Boston Waterfront Initiative teams joined The Stone Living Lab—an innovative and collaborative initiative for testing and scaling up nature-based approaches to climate adaptation, coastal resilience and ecological restoration—for its first ever conference entitled “Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings” April 26 – 28, 2023 at the UMass Boston Campus. The Trustees took part in the program and gave two presentations at the conference: Lessons Learned: Policy, Permitting & Funding Strategies and Resilient Coastal Design, Partnerships & Community Engagement.
Boston’s gardening season kicked off in mid-March with the 47th annual Gardeners’ Gathering. The first in-person event since 2019, the Gathering was hosted at Northeastern University and featured workshops and talks for every interest and experience level.
On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, The Trustees and Massport came together to host a Piers Park II and III information session. The meeting served as the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Environmental Justice meeting, which ensures that populations that have historically been excluded from meaningful participation in decisions that impact their communities’ environmental health are engaged in the development of projects within their neighborhoods. While the MEPA environmental justice meeting is a requirement, the Trustees have been out hosting meetings and events in the community for the past two years to understand how to best build a park that will serve those who live in East Boston and surrounding communities.
Piers Park III has joined the High Line Network as its 44th member project, and the first park located in New England. It is one of ten new projects to be welcomed to the Network, a group of infrastructure reuse projects that span coast to coast in North America, from Jacksonville, FL, to Portland, OR.
The Trustees Boston Waterfront Initiative, One Waterfront, took part in the recent Earthshot Prize Awards event hosted in Boston by the Prince and Princess of Wales, sharing details about the Piers Park III project with the royals during a walking tour in East Boston.
An updated design for Piers Park III offers more ways to interact with and access the water, following feedback from summer programming, survey responses, and public meetings.
