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Open Space
The 2000 Open Space and Recreation Plan affirms the City’s strong commitment to protect and enhance its natural and recreational resources. This Plan reflects a city that understands the benefits and strength of partnerships and the value of leveraging its assets with State and private funds to accomplish more of its desired open space and recreational goals. It depicts a city that possesses a renewed interest in and an understanding of the urgency of protecting its open spaces, and therefore, the City’s unique character and quality of life.

The Plan’s goals and objectives reflect the City’s continued strong interest in watershed protection, creating a more equitable distribution of recreational areas throughout the City and implementing an outreach program to educate landowners on land protection options. With strong leadership from the Mayor and with good fiscal times upon us, the City is moving forward with confidence in its ability to protect those parcels that need to be protected for present and future generations. In addition to updating the 1994 Open Space & Recreation Plan, the City of Leominster engaged in many other planning projects. For details on those projects, please refer to Section 3 (Community Setting) of this Plan

Between 1994 and 2001, the City purchased the following parcels consisting of 551.08 acres through the state’s Self-Help Grant Program:

Open Space Area

Monoosnoc Acres (104 acres)
Old Boy Scout Camp (35 acres)
Tommy Williams Trust (82 acres)
Surrette Land (29 acres)
Anderson Land (36 acres)
Caron Property (127 acres)
Grant Street Property (17.3 acres)
Cutler Property (120.78 acres)
 
Open Source Committee

Peter Angelini Ward 5 Representative & Leominster Land Trust
Roger Brooks Department of Public Works
Ralph Caisse School Department
Dick Comeau Ward 3 Representative
Deanna Comeau Ward 3 Representative
Lisa DeMar Monoosnoc Brook Association
John Ferguson Ward 4 Representative
Christa Hawryluk Nashua River Watershed Association
Elizabeth Irvine Ward 2 Representative
Matt Marro Conservation Commission
Erin McNamara Recreation Commission
Richard O’Brien Leominster Land Trust/The Trustees of Reservations
Mary Olivier Planning Board
Amy Petrone Office of Planning & Development
David Rodiquenz School Department
Judith Sumner Recreation Department
Leane Torres Ward 1 Representative