Newbury Open Space Committee incorporates conservation mapping into its land protection plan. The Essex County Greenbelt Association presented prioritization maps across five conservation categories: Natural Resilience, Flood Mitigation, Habitat, Drinking Water, and Agriculture, targeting parcels
The Newbury Open Space Committee advanced updates to its recreation and open space plan at Tuesday's meeting. Committee members Mike Carbone, Bill Hoffman, Christina Hoffman, Jim Dooling, and Sean McElroy, along with Assistant Planner Sadie Woodward, met with Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
Open Space Committee advances draft plan toward regional review. The committee approved the prior meeting's minutes and received a compiled draft of the Open Space and Resource Plan (OSRP) from Assistant Planner Sadie Woodward, with Sections 6 and 7 still requiring substantial additional work.
Newbury Open Space Committee advances Open Space and Recreation Plan with MVPC collaboration. The committee unanimously approved its December minutes and voted to send sections 3-5 of the draft OSRP to the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission for initial review. Members agreed to restructure