Newton, Massachusetts Community Preservation Program  >>  Proposals & Projects

Flowed Meadow Conservation Area
location:
   From Commonwealth Avenue, Auburndale,
to Wabasso Street, West Newton.
total funding:
  
$463,550 CP funds appropriated 
(open space)
$412,973 CP funds spent
total projects:
  
3 (listed below in reverse chronological order)
contacts:
   Newton Conservation Commission
c/o Anne Phelps, Senior Environmental Planner
Dept. of Planning & Development
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02459
email:   aphelps@newtonma.gov
phone:   617.796.1134

Flowed Meadow
30 Wabasso Street (Land Acquisition)
goals:
   Acquire last private parcel on this road as an addition to the Flowed Meadow Conservation Area, and clear small house, debris, etc. from the site.
project
funding:
  
$358,600 CP funds appropriated & spent (open space)
including $3,600 for legal services from Newton Law Dept.
$41,700 from Newton capital stabilization fund,
for demolition costs
$400,300
total project cost
proposal review & appropriation:
1 August 2007
  proposal
1 August 2007
  trail & location map
15 August 2007
  Conservation Commission cover letter
18 March 2009
  CPC funding recommendation
15 October 2007
   Board order (appropriation)
project news:
1996
  Flowed Meadow Neighborhood Planning Group Report/Master Plan


Flowed Meadow
Boardwalk Design
This project was canceled. in August 2011
goals:
   Design possible boardwalk along border between wetland and landfill, from Lexington to Wabasso Street, and new entrance gateway on Lexington Street.
project
funding:
  
$30,700
 CP funds appropriated  (open space)
proposal review & appropriation
15 October 2004
  proposal
15 October 2004
  proposal letters of support
2 March 2005
  CPC funding recommendation
19 April 2005
  Board order (appropriation)
project news:
May-August 2011
  project cancelled: CPC request and Conservation Commission vote

Flowed Meadow
Path Improvements
goals:
   Create new signage and benches and improve pedestrian path connecting Auburndale Park to the new Flowed Meadow Conservation Area; close a former path to preserve wetland and wildlife habitat.
project
funding:
  
$74,250 CP funds appropriated  (open space)
$19,877 funds returned unspent
$54,373
CP funds spent
proposal review & appropriation
15 October 2002
   proposal
15 October 2002
  proposal attachments (maps, budget)
12 February 2003
  project area map  (large scale)
12 February 2003
  proposal additional information (budget, designs)
7 April 2003
  CPC funding recommendation
19 April 2005
  Board order (appropriation)
project news:
2009
 

CONTACT:  
Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D., Community Preservation Program Manager
Newton Planning & Development Department,
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459
phone 617.796.1144, email  aingerson@newtonma.gov, TDD / TTY 617.796.1089