Staff Spotlight: Laura Jasinski
You have one of the longest Greenway stories on staff, tell us how it started! It’s hard to believe I’ve been at the Greenway for over six years, time flies! I started at the Conservancy in May 2010 as a summer intern in the Planning and Design Department. Previously, I had been working in the […]
Safety on The Greenway
In 2014, we launched the Greenway Park Rangers Program. Greenway Rangers compassionately ensure a safe and welcoming park experience for all visitors. The need for the Greenway Rangers Program was first identified by Horticulture and Maintenance staff members faced with discarded drug paraphernalia, homeless people sleeping in the plant beds, aggressive skateboarders, and public safety […]
Learn More About the Greenway Conservancy’s Operations & Decision-Making Processes
By Jesse Brackenbury, Greenway Conservancy Executive Director Since our non-profit maintains, programs, and improves The Greenway with a different model than other parks in Boston, we’re committed to making sure the public has insight into our operations and decision-making. You can meet our staff, attend a public meeting, or engage with us online. The most […]
Meet The Greenway Interns
Autumn Nguyen, Community Relations and Marketing Intern This is Autumn’s second year interning with The Greenway. She attends the University of Massachusetts, Amherst majoring in Communication. She has previously interned at the Asian Community Development Corporation, as well as volunteering at Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish. Autumn is a member of the Vietnamese Students Association, Asian […]
Staff Spotlight: Kait Levesque
New staff member, Kait Levesque, joined The Greenway team in March. She is the park’s first ever Play Coordinator and she works to plan and implement programming furthering the Conservancy’s play initiatives and education goals. Get to know Kait and Play on The Greenway! How did your story with The Greenway begin? After graduate school, I had […]
Unwind and Enjoy the View on The Greenway
“Unwind” and “Enjoy the View on The Greenway” are two of the messages mounted on benches along The Greenway dedicated by nearby residents Helen and Larry O’Connor. Etched on plaques with images of grass, columbine, yarrow, a butterfly, and a dragonfly – all things that can be found and enjoyed along The Greenway; the O’Connors […]
The Greenway as Case Study for Supporting Arts & Culture in Boston
By: Greenway Conservancy Executive Director Jesse Brackenbury The Greenway Conservancy’s reliance on donations and grants to support our award-winning public productions—from the Janet Echelman sculpture to the murals on the Greenway Wall to dance performances—has become a successful model for funding the arts in Boston. A major discussion is underway about how Boston and the […]
Citizens Bank Investing Locally in The Greenway
Many partners and individual donors have made The Greenway’s gardens and promenades a truly special place. Since The Greenway’s inception, Citizens Bank has been a committed partner in our mission to connect Boston with the beauty and fun of The Greenway, contributing to educational programming, the Greenway Carousel, park maintenance, and safety priorities. Citizens Bank […]
Innovative Pollinator Ribbon Planting
The Greenway horticulture staff was excited to install a new, innovative planting design on a slim piece of property adjacent the One Financial Center building along Surface Road in May. This Pollinator Ribbon connects the Greenway Dewey Square Park more closely with the Chinatown park and showcases a new design approach for urban landscapes. Inspired by […]
A Fiscal Year End Update on The Greenway and Greenway Conservancy
With the recent completion of our FY15 audit and the publication of our Annual Report, we wanted to update two overview blog posts we wrote last year. The first of those blog posts outlined the public-private model that governs The Greenway. We discussed the Conservancy’s history, how the private sector has shouldered a greater funding […]
A Great Year for Greenway Volunteers!
The Greenway Conservancy has a robust volunteer program that is crucial in supporting a variety of our operations. Each January we take a look back at how our volunteers have helped us and how to improve for the coming year. Here’s a peek at some of our metrics and data, and plans for the future! […]
Greenway Sets Attendance Record in 2015!
By Jesse Brackenbury, Greenway Conservancy Executive Director It’s finally winter and our staff are currently evaluating 2016 food truck submissions and event proposals, but let’s look back for a moment to celebrate last year’s record 1.19 million Greenway visitors! These 1.19M Greenway visitors are the ones we can easily count – millions more visitors run […]
Top ‘Greenway Moments’ of 2015!
2015 was a banner year on The Greenway as we set another record for park visitorship, hosted over 300 free events, and attracted numerous artists and designers to create thoughtful installations throughout the park. All of this is done through the work of the non-profit Greenway Conservancy. As the year winds down, we asked the […]
Greenway Around the Globe
The Greenway Conservancy hosts over 300 free events a year, commissions amazing rotating exhibits of contemporary public art, and offers four-season organic horticulture throughout the 17-acre park. With all that hustle and bustle, it becomes easy to miss how far The Greenway has come since opening in 2008/2009. There was a time before all the […]
Greenway Partner Ocean Prime Opens Its Boston Doors
Earlier this month The Greenway was thrilled to be selected as the charity partner of Boston’s newest signature restaurant – Ocean Prime – as they opened their Seaport location. The great people behind Ocean Prime held their grand opening on Thursday, December 3rd and chose to donate 20% of the proceeds from their first day […]
Greenway Executive Director Jesse Brackenbury Honored With ‘Ten Outstanding Young Leaders’ Award; Urges Boston Region to Forge New Winter Identity
Jesse Brackenbury, Executive Director of the Greenway Conservancy, was honored on Thursday, October 29, 2015, by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce as one of the Chamber’s ‘Ten Outstanding Young Leaders‘ for 2015. Brackenbury shared the honor with Congressman Seth Moulton, Boston Globe Managing Editor Linda Pizutti Henry, and Mayor Walsh’s Chief of Staff Dan Koh, […]
Greenway Conservancy & Studio Echelman Announce Photo Contest Winners!
The Greenway Conservancy and Studio Echelman are thrilled to announce the winners of our Greenway Echelman Sculpture photography competition. In all, there were a tremendous number of excellent entries which made the judging incredibly difficult. In all, nine photographs were selected for a Certificate of Excellence honorable mention and three others selected into the top […]
UPDATED: Greenway/Echelman Photo Contest
Ed. Note: The below has been updated from our earlier post to reflect new dates for notification of finalists and winners. A large number of excellent photographs were received and we will soon notify successful entrants and the public! Thank you for your interest in this contest! As If It Were Already Here Photo Contest […]
Greenway Conservancy & Studio Echelman Announce Photography Contest
As If It Were Already Here Photo Contest Rules The Greenway and Studio Echelman are sponsoring a photography contest of As If It Were Already Here, Janet Echelman’s monumental aerial sculpture over The Greenway’s Fort Point Channel Park. Submit your photos according to the rules below and you could be eligible to win up to […]
Greenway Conservancy 201
In a blog post 2 months ago, we gave an overview of the public-private partnership that has produced the beautiful, vibrant Greenway. We explained how the dedicated non-profit model for The Greenway is different in Massachusetts, how the private sector has embraced a greater funding responsibility for the public park than originally anticipated, and how […]
Treat yourself… and give back!
We’re excited to announce that the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has been selected as the charitable partner of Dine Out Boston (formerly Restaurant Week) in this summer’s gift certificate auction! The auction, opening TODAY (August 17th), features $100 gift certificates to each of the participating restaurants in this summer’s Dine Out Boston program. Brought to you by […]
Macrophotography & The Greenway: A Close-Up Look!
Written by The Greenway Volunteer Tsai-Lun (Helen) Chung with Horticulturist Darrah Cole Over the years, we’ve seen a number of beautiful pictures of The Greenway – especially our all-organic horticulture – but we’ve seldom seen pictures taken by children. However, we were recently approached by Tim Porter about donating sample plant materials from The Greenway for a […]
The Greenway Interns
Leah Ho-Isreal, Development Leah will be a sophomore at Pomona College in Claremont, CA this fall and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Issues, particularly water resources management and climate change adaptation. She will be working with the Development team this summer on several projects focused around grant research and community outreach. From Leah: […]
Tree ICU with The Horticulture Staff
Our Tree ICU (Intensive Care Unit) was created to help “under performing” trees on The Greenway get back on track and up to the growth and health standards we maintain. In addition, we automatically place newly planted trees in the program to help boost growth after transplantation. About 125 out of the 800 total trees on The Greenway […]
What’s the Deal with The Greenway Anyway?
The Greenway is operated differently from almost all other parks in the Commonwealth. The Greenway is entirely maintained, programmed, and improved not by government but by a non-profit—the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. Elsewhere in the country, the conservancy model is common for signature parks, such as the Friends of the High Line in New York […]
