Mayor Walsh Recommends Barnard Place Park for Community preservation funding

As we look forward to the upcoming ribbon-cutting ceremony at Barnard Place Park, we want to give special thanks to Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn. Ed met with us on Barnard Place in 2018 to listen to the challenges our neighborhood faced over the years with caretaking an abandoned parcel of land and our wishes to create a safe, enjoyable open space. He informed us of a Community Meeting at the Tynan School to discuss the option of constructing a public park with Community Preservation funding. We attended the meeting and began the process of moving forward to make this dream a reality.

Barnard Place residents worked on the conceptual design with COGdesign throughout 2019. It was important for us to include two memorial benches in memory of longstanding Barnard Place residents Boston Firefighter Scott Salman & Arta Fritch, as well as honor the history of our surrounding community.  We believe we have achieved a design that brings thoughtfully landscaped open space to promote relaxation, honor the people who were the fabric of this area for decades, and include a recreational bocce court to pay homage to the Italian families who lived and played bocce here many years ago. We are excited to bring recreational bocce to the park as a way for the community to have some fun and get to know one another.

It has been quite an interesting experience. We have met many wonderful people who have helped us along the way. We wouldn't be opening Barnard Place Park without Councilor Flynn's vision and support. 

2022

COGdesign Our very special thanks to Jennifer Kimball, Executive Director, Valeri Burns, Project Manager, Amanda Foran, Landscape Architect, and Darrah Cole, Senior Horticulturist and Designer - Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, for their expertise, creativity, and dedication in working closely with us to develop the original Barnard Place Park conceptual designs.  

2018

 We are happy to announce Courtney Goode, Principal, Goode Landscape Studio (GLS), will be leading the landscape design team as we embark on our journey to construct Barnard Place Park.  We are especially impressed by their industry experience, creative vision and enthusiasm for our project to honor the history of our neighborhood. GLS clearly has a passion for the work they do. We look forward to rolling up our sleeves together.
 

Goode Landscape Studio is a Boston-based landscape architecture studio with over ten years of experience in design and landscape architecture.  "We are driven by a deep curiosity about local cultures and natural systems that shape the places where we work. We are socially conscious and ecologically minded and begin by listening to the land, to our clients, and to our communities. We are experimental and inquisitive, yet trust in proven methods and rely on expert knowledge. Our work seeks to balance pragmatism with poetry and to weave more sustainable ties between communities and the natural environment." - Courtney Goode

About the team:
Courtney Goode, RLA is the Founding Principal of Goode Landscape Studio and has a hybrid background in landscape architecture, visual media, and industrial design. She embraces cultural narratives, ecological systems, visual storytelling, and material processes as platforms for understanding and shaping the built environment. She is a Registered Landscape Architect and has worked for top-tier firms in Boston, Austin, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brussels. She serves as faculty in the graduate landscape architecture program at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been published in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Landscape Architecture Frontiers Magazine, Kerb Journal, multiple Harvard GSD publications, and exhibited in Texas, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Belgium. She holds an MLA I from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a BFA in Design from the University of Texas.
 

Dan Furie is the Technical Director at GLS and helps integrate leading-edge technology into the firm’s design process. He advises and manages the technology and innovation side of the firm including software, programming, digital fabrication, data management, mapping, and drone flights. Dan has a deep passion for design and holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University.
 

Kayla Murgo is a Landscape Designer at Goode Landscape Studio. She finds deep inspiration and optimism in the dynamic, adaptable and regenerative forces of landscape. Her graduate studies focused on the multi-scalar and temporal connections between the body and the landscape. She believes that a research-driven practice, centered around issues of equity, will lead to a more just and resilient future. Kayla holds an MLA I from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Rhode Island.

2020

Watertown Landscaping, Inc. was established in 1987. Starting out as a one-man operation, we have steadily grown into one of the top landscape construction companies in the Boston area. Since that time, we have developed a successful relationship with many developers, business and home owners, management companies, condominium associations as well as the local community.

2020

Since 1971, Merrimack Engineering Services, Inc. of Andover, Massachusetts, has offered land surveying, civil engineering, and land planning services for properties throughout New England. Our company is dedicated to providing professionalism and quality in all that we do. We consistently meet the demands of a wide range of commercial, industrial, and residential clients, including national developers, contractors, attorneys, and architects.

2020

Sylvan Nursery, Inc. is located on approximately 300 acres of prime land in southeastern Massachusetts where the climate assures the best possible growing conditions. The nursery was incorporated in January 1990, but our history began in 1966 with one 50-foot greenhouse. During the past 50 years the nursery has grown from being a part-time hobby to a business housed on 300 acres in the towns of Dartmouth and Westport. We serve over 6000 customers from all parts of New England and the Middle Atlantic states, three-quarters of whom run landscaping firms with the remainder comprised of municipalities, garden centers, landscape architects, and other retail sectors.

2020

Arborway Tree Care Inc. is a full-service, locally owned and operated tree care company that has nurtured and cared for trees for forty years. Our certified arborist and trained professionals always have the customer’s best interest in mind. Arborway Tree Care recognizes the value of your property and feels it is our responsibility to provide you with honest, informed advice backed by the most current industry practices. We pride ourselves on preservation and quality arboriculture for the long term health of your trees. We are fully insured and professionally trained and stand by our work.

2023

McGue Excavating Contractors 

Chris McGue, Owner
McGue Excavation is a fully licensed, bonded, and insured excavating contractor located in Quincy, Massachusetts. We specialize in both residential and commercial sewer/water line repairs + instillation, house and addition excavation, demolition, foundations, drainage solutions, grading, site development, retaining walls. Pool fill in’s, and stump removal. We have proudly served both residential and commercial clients on the South Shore, Greater Boston, and 128 area of Massachusetts for the last five years.

Owner Chris McGue has a strong belief in professionalism, timely job execution, and keen up to date knowledge of the construction industry which he passes on to his clients. He is proud holder of a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Building & Construction Technology and is a proud veteran of the Armed services. He continues to uphold these values by continuing his personal education in the construction field and only hiring the most experienced and qualified employees.

McGue Excavation strives to work hand in hand with all customers and builders, taking a CAN DO and responsive attitude approach to all size jobs. We take great pride in working with our clients keeping them involved from the early planning/permitting stages, updating via. Email and text message of daily job progress, followed by the final site walk around and job review. Whether you’re a homeowner needing a broken sewer line repaired or a builder looking to build an entire development. Make us your first call any of your excavation or grading needs today.

2023

COLUMBIA DESIGN GROUP 

Peter Gammie, P.E.
Owner and principal engineer for CDG, Peter has extensive experience providing professional engineering services to small and mid-level developments throughout Boston and surrounding communities.

Peter’s expertise spans public, residential and commercial projects, and includes site planning & design, utility design & layout, septic system design, storm water management and calculations, roadway design and construction, and project management.

Peter was the Principal Engineer for the I-495 Interchange in Marlboro, and has managed numerous other public roadway designs including: Route 3 North (Design-Build), Route 146/20 intersection project for MassHighway, I-93/Rte 1 Interchange Project (Central Artery Project), Mass. Ave. Interchange (Central Artery Project), and Half Diamond interchange on F.E. Everett Turnpike (NH), among others. He was also Project Manager for the development and implementation of GIS for the Massachusetts Port Authority, entailing a complete utility inventory of the drainage, sewer, water, electric, telephone, gas fuel and heating systems at Logan Airport. In addition, Peter has managed the site planning and design of numerous commercial facilities, as well as countless residential projects.

Peter is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and a registered Soil Evaluator in Massachusetts. He is a contributing author to The Military Engineer (“Joint Venture” – The Military Engineer, Dec. 1996;  “Solving an Infrastructure Maze, Logan Airport GIS”— The Military Engineer, Nov. 1991).

2023

Boston Water and Sewer Commission
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) manages the largest and oldest system of its kind in New England, providing drinking water and sewer services to more than one million people daily.

BWSC was created by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1977, replacing separate water and sewer divisions of the city’s Public Works Department. BWSC is overseen by a three-member Board of Commissioners that is appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council.

The goal of BWSC is to provide residents and businesses in the city of Boston with the best quality water and sewer services available in a way that is both protective of the environment and financially prudent.

For over 40 years BWSC has consistently delivered high-quality drinkable water and efficient sanitary sewer services to over a million people every day with fiscal integrity in a manner that protects and promotes public health. BWSC's system comes from an extensive and detailed water and sewer history in the City of Boston dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.

2023

Autowater Irrigation
Autowater is the only irrigation company in greater Boston owned and operated by a Master Plumber.  We take water seriously!  We are proud to be a leader in smart irrigation and offer the most efficient and effective installations period. Autowater has installed and maintained thousands of residential irrigation systems since 1997.  Boasting a full time installation team, we are able to live up to the challenge of meeting project timelines.  We follow this up with excellent service to ensure you get the most out of your system for years to come.  Our friendly office staff is standing by to take your call and promptly meet your maintenance and repair services needs.

Owner

Meet Geoff Boyle, the owner of Autowater Irrigation Inc. With years of experience in the industry, Geoff has established himself as an expert in irrigation design, installation, and maintenance. He is passionate about providing sustainable and cost-effective irrigation solutions for both residential and commercial clients. As the owner of our team, Geoff is committed to ensuring that every project is completed to the highest standard and meets the specific needs of our clients.

2024