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Nahanton Park Proposal


In April 2011, Newton Community Farm submitted a proposal to the City of Newton to expand our farm operations into Nahanton Park (click here to download a .pdf of the original proposal).

In response , the City of Newton Parks and Recreation Department formed a committee and hired Massachusetts Audubon’s Ecological Extension Service to do a natural-resources inventory and management plan for Nahanton Park.  The committee overseeing this effort included representatives from Newton Conservators,  Friends of Nahanton Park, and Newton Community Farm.

In October, 2011, Mass Audubon formally issued their report entitled Natural Resources Inventory and Management Plan for Nahanton Park.

In December 2011, after careful consideration of the report and Mass Audubon’s recommendations, Newton Community Farm submitted a revised proposal (click here for a .pdf of the Dec 2011 version) to the City of Newton for farming in Nahanton Park.

 

NCF will periodically update this page to provide updates on the process for reviewing NCF’s proposal.

 

For more information about the process to date, click here to read a summary provided by Newton Conservators.
If you have any questions or comments about NCF’s proposal please send them to info@newtoncommunityfarm.org