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 […]
