Resilience

Suffolk Downs Development Public Meetings & Comment Period

The Suffolk Downs proposal by HYM includes 10.5 million square feet of mixed-use development and 40 acres of open space on the 109 acres of the site in the City of Boston (additional space is in the City of Revere). Public meetings are ongoing (see link below) and public comments on the Draft Project Impact Report (DPIR) are accepted through mid-December.

Date: Various
Location: Various
More Information: bostonplans.org/news-calendar

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Editorial: Boston’s bill for climate change is coming due

Boston’s future demands that all who benefit from the wonders of our shoreline also share the burden for keeping the city and its people safe for generations to come.

→Source: The Boston Globe
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GE throws support behind Walsh’s new coastal resilience plan

Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s newly announced Resilient Boston Harbor plan largely depends on support from the business community and private landowners. Boston-based GE, the state’s largest company by revenue, says it’s fully on board.

→Source: Boston Business Journal
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh lays out bold vision to fight climate change in city

In front of a crowd of Greater Boston business leaders, Mayor Marty Walsh laid out an ambitious vision of public projects to combat the future impacts of climate change in Boston.

→Source: MassLive
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City Unveils Transformative Plan to Create Resilient, Open Boston Harbor

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today rolled out a comprehensive and transformative vision that will invest in Boston’s waterfront to protect the City’s residents, homes, jobs, and infrastructure against the impacts of rising sea level and climate change. Announced in his annual speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor’s plan, “Resilient Boston Harbor,” lays out strategies along Boston’s 47-mile shoreline that will increase access and open space along the waterfront while better protecting the city during a major flooding event.

→Source: City of Boston
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Walsh calls for major investment to guard city against flooding

Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Wednesday will roll out an array of projects designed to protect Boston from rising sea levels. And he’s asking business leaders for their help to make them happen.

→Source: The Boston Globe
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Elevating Sargent’s Wharf, Columbus, Langone Parks and Long Wharf in “Resilient Boston Harbor” Plan

The City Hall strategy is a step forward in protecting the city from rising sea levels, especially during major storms and flooding events.

→Source: North End Waterfront
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Walsh puts focus on missing Greenway link, Morrissey re-design in Chamber speech

Laying out resiliency plans for each of Boston’s waterfront neighborhoods, Walsh envisioned a “resilient, accessible, and connected Dorchester shore,” and called for preventative measures at various high-risk flood points, including Moakley Park on the border of South Boston and Dorchester.

→Source: Dorchester Reporter
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Boston climate change effects the target of major new public-private effort

Called “Resilient Boston Harbor,” the plan would enlist private developers and other companies as well as nonprofit stakeholders and City Hall in developing and implementing strategies to prevent and to mitigate flooding. In announcing the plan at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce forum, Walsh did not hold back.

→Source: Curbed Boston
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Walsh Outlines Plan To Protect Boston Harbor From Flooding

Walsh calls his plan not just a comprehensive strategy to protect the city from climate change flooding, but a transformative vision that will add 67 acres of new land to Boston’s 47-mile shoreline.

→Source: WBUR
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