Malden’s Open Space Recreation Plan Plus ART
Time to Share your Input for our Open Space: Please Fill out the survey by October 31st. (survey links are below in alpha order)
The Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) is a seven year plan - updated every seven years! This Plan will be incorporated with the Climate Action Plan into Malden's Master Plan! This year Public Art will be part of the assessment!
Open Space Recreation Plan (OSRP) +ART Survey results are rolling in! The survey deadline is middle of October. Why do we have great parks? Because of YOU! How can we improve our Parks? YOUR INPUT! Malden River Works is proof of the power of the Public!
Our last OSRP was completed in 2017. Here is an excerpt from its report’s summary page:
The 2017 Malden Open Space and Recreation Plan updates and revises the 2010 Open Space and Recreation Plan approved by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. This Plan Update was prepared by the Malden Open Space and Recreation Plan Update Committee and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, with the assistance of Malden residents, members of City boards, committees and staff, including the Malden Redevelopment Authority [now is Malden’s Office of Sustainability and Community Development}.
Over the last seven years, the City has worked to implement many of the action steps identified in the 2010 Plan, spending more than $20 million on open space and recreation projects. These improvements include completion of the Northern Strand Community Trail ($1.1 M); Macdonald Stadium Upgrades ($2.1M); High Rock Acquisition ($1.8M); Howard Park ($7.6M) and Waitts Mount ($1.5M). A table of projects completed since the last Open Space Plan Update is on Page 19. This Plan Update provides current information about the community’s growth, open space and recreation needs and goals, and develops an action plan for meeting those needs.
Important Issues and Critical Needs [that were identified in the 2017 plan]:
Major issues and critical needs identified at community forums, meetings of the Malden Open Space and Recreation Plan Update Committee and through the Open Space and Recreation survey include:
• Develop the Malden River as new open space.
• Enhance the recreational opportunities of the existing Northern Strand Community Trail.
• Ensure adequate open space is provided as the City expands housing opportunities and other development occurs.
• Develop and distribute new open space and recreational opportunities as equitably as possible across all neighborhoods.
• Outreach and education efforts to help residents become knowledgeable about Malden’s open space resources.
• Management planning for sports fields to ensure that there are adequate fields and that they are available for Malden teams and receive sufficient maintenance and upgrades as necessary.
Please share with your networks! I can testify that this plan is beneficial for our open space and parks. The public called for access to the Malden River: These public comments helped to create the Malden River Works Waterfront Park for Equitable Climate Resilience. Think of the Northern Strand Trail! Both of these projects were critical parts of the 2017 OSRP Report for the City of Malden. Let's work together for public boating, public events on the Malden River, and creating a continuous Malden River Walk around the Malden River. Let's connect our land section of the Malden River with Everett and Medford to maximize our open space.
Survey Links are here: