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Winter 2002

Volume 1, Chapter 4

Community Information Meeting Recap

The Friends of Robbins Farm Park (FORFP) hosted a Community Information Session on Wednesday, November 14 in the Brackett Elementary School cafeteria. With approximately 60 participants, the evening was very well attended and allowed members of the public to gain valuable information about past, present, and future happenings with Robbins Farm Park.

By design, the session was intended to      involve participants in a visually stimulating and participative evening that would primarily provide the public with updated park   information that they may not have heard. FORFP board members and Arlington Park and Recreation Commission chairman Don Vitters were on hand to present information and answer questions. Different than a traditional question-and-answer type session, the evening was geared toward providing organized information in appropriate chronological contexts. The goals of the session were:

  • Describe Friends of Robbins Farm Park (FORFP) with emphasis on the development and activities of the past year;
  • Outline the current situation at Robbins Farm Park, with emphasis on current and future planning for park improvements;
  • Identify specific comments from community members as they relate to planned improvements to the park.

Members of the public spent most of the evening listening and absorbing information as FORFP board members, as well as Vitters, presented a timeline of past, present, and  future park happenings. 

Don Vitters outlined current and future plans for the park renovations. In addition to     

Inside this issue:

Founder's Corner
by Oakes Plimpton

The Tale of Local Frosty

Stage Set for Year of Events

Landscape Architect Chosen

In December, the Park and Recreation Commissioners selected Carole R. Johnson Associates (CRJA) of Boston as the landscape designers for the renovations at Robbins Farm. FORFP representatives attended the  final interviews, and we liked their community-focused orientation as well as many of their creative solutions.

The town has allocated $323,000 for Phase I design and construction.  During January and February, CRJA will be working with the town and FORFP to update the master plan and the preliminary plans for Phase I construction. The expectation is that construction will begin in July 2002 and be completed by the end of the year.

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