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Mfoy> a £Ai 199 j Coastal Access Grants Program 0< Cfc3 Year-End Grant Summary UMASS/AMHERST IIIllllIII 312DLb 0270 MEME 3 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management Table of Contents Overview I. Coast-Wide Locus Map II. III. 1997 Grant Application IV. 7997 Coastal Access Grant-Funded Project Reports: Brookwood School 1) & Coastal Connections Curriculum Development Educator Training 2) Essex County Greenbelt Association Coastal Educator's Passport 3) Trustees of Reservations Ferry Service to Misery Island 4) Town of Danvers Establishment of Public Access Ways 5) Town of Winthrop Shoreline Access Plan: Re-establishment of Public Access Ways 6) The Boston Harbor Association HarborWalk Database: Access to Boston Waterfront 's 7) Thompson Island Outward Bound Educational Center Thompson Island Public Access Improvements Boston Natural Areas Fund 8) Neponset River Access North Quincy High School 9) The Quincy Coastal Project 10) Town of Hingham Bouve Park Coastal Access Project 11) Marshfield Beach Rights Coalition Old Rexhame Beach Access Research (continued) 12) Jones River Watershed Association Jones River Access Ways Inventory Town 13) of Barnstable Sandy Neck Interpretive Initiative 14) Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Mobile Audio Interpretive Program 15) Hyannis Area Economic Development Corporation Hyannis Walkway to the Sea Project 16) Friends of Nickerson State Park Coastal Interpretive Program Town 17) of Orleans Orleans Coastal Access Improvement Program 18) South Wellfleet Neighborhood Association Wellfleet Ways to the Sea Video Production 19) Pilgrim Monument Provincetown Museum Provincetown Sea Path Exhibit 20) Friends of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Interpretive Project 21) Town of Falmouth Acquisition ofHandicapped Access Beach Chairs 22) Martha's Vineyard Commission Lagoon Pond Sea Path Implementation Project 23) Sippican Lands Trust Coastal Access and Shorebird Protection Project 24) Hands Across the River Coalition Riverside Heritage Marine Park 25) Town of Somerset Broad Cove Coastal Access Path Research Project OVERVIEW DEM Coastal Access Program: The Department of Environmental Management's (DEM) Coastal Access Program promotes the general public's ability to get to and along the Massachusetts coast, and is based upon the principle that the coastline should be as open, accessible, and approachable as possible for all citizens and visitors. The program addresses these issues by: 1) providing financial assistance through the grants program; 2) providing technical assistance through planning assistance, workshops, presentations, connections with free legal and mediation services, administrative help with new citizen organizations, etc.; and 3) coastal land DEM. acquisition planning for Coastal Access Grants Program: DEM The Coastal Access Grants Program supports projects that enhance the general public's access to the coastline. "Coastal access" is defined here as general public access (as opposed to residents-only) to and along the coastline (as opposed to boat access to the water). Eligible applicants included municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and regional planning agencies. The maximum grant award in 1997, the third year of the program, was $3,000. Principal categories of funding included: 1) researching and establishing new public coastal access opportunities; 2) reclaiming historically public ways to the sea; 3) enhancing or restoring existing access points or facilities; and 4) developing educational initiatives around the issues of public coastal access. Twenty-five projects were supported by the grants program in 1997 for a total of $69,500. Recipients indicate that many of these projects would not have been accomplished without this funding. In addition, the program has begun to provide networking assistance through such means as producing and circulating written "project profiles," coordinating workshops for grant recipients and others with similar interests, holding annual events that bring all grant recipients together to share ideas and information and to receive public recognition for then- work, and providing connections with other technical assistance programs. In 1997, the grants program received the 1997 Comprehensive Planning Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association. Report Format: This summary of the 1997 grants program includes a locus map of the projects funded, and application form, and then individual reports for each project. Each report includes a cover sheet with contact information, a photograph, and a paragraph summary, plus a detailed locus map, and the narrative summary submitted by the grant recipient. The reports vary in detail and style, but communicate the project and related achievements in the proponents' own words. DEM (For more information, please contact Geordie Vining, Coastal Access Planner, 100 Cambridge Street, Room 1404, Boston, MA, 02202; tel: (617) 727-3160 x528; fax: (617) 727-2630; email: [email protected].) 3: Number Project 1997 Coastal Access BroCookaswtoaoldCSocnhnoeocltionsCurriculumDevelopment&EducatorTraining EssexCountyGreenbeltAssociation CoastalEducator'sPassport TrusteesofReservations Grant Projects FerryServicetoMiseryIsland TownofDanvers EstablishmentofPublicAccessWays TownofWinthrop ShorelineAccessPlan:Re-establishmentofPublicAccessWays TheBostonHarborAssociation HarborWalkDatabase:AccesstoBoston'sWaterfront ThompsonIslandOutwardBoundEducationalCenter ThompsonIslandPublicAccessImprovements BostonNaturalAreasFund NeponsetRiverAccess NorthQuincyHighSchool TheQuincyCoastalProject TownofHingham BouveParkCoastalAccessProject MarshfieldBeachRightsCoalition OldRexhameBeachAccessResearch I JonesRiverWatershedAssociation JonesRiverAccessWaysInventory TownofBarnstable SandyNeckInterpretiveInitiative CapeCodCooperativeExtension MobileAudioInterpretiveProgram HyarmisAreaEconomicDevelopmentCorporation r 1 HyannisWalkwaytotheSeaProject »4. .3> FriendsofNickersonStatePark CoastalInterpretiveProgram TownofOrleans OrleansCoastalAccessImprovementProgram SouthWc11fleetNeighborhoodAssociation WelifleetWaystotheSeaVideoProduction PilgrimMonumentProvincetownMuseum ProvincetownSeaPathExhibit \-r?$r 20 FriendsoftheMashpeeNationalWildlifeRefuge MashpeeNationalWildlifeRefugeInterpretiveProject 5 TownofFalmouth AcquisitionofHandicappedAccessBeachChairs '/ Martha'sVineyardCommission // LagoonPondSeaPathImplementationProject 23 SippicanLandsTrust dQ CoastalAccessandShorebirdProtectionProject 24 HandsAcrosstheRiverCoalition RiversideHeritageMarinePark TownofSomerset BroadCoveCoastalAccessPathResearchProject GrantRecipientTowns | | ill 19 J2 18< VIA -liMIS 23 "T" O 4 4 8 Miles " >v ANNOUNCING 41MAS^ j'4LMAJ Coastal Access Small Grants Program Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Department of Environmental Management The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will again award small grants as part of its Coastal Access Program, supporting local and regional projects that improve and enhance the general public's access to the coast. (The focus here is the general public, as opposed to access for local residents only, or deeded private access for named individuals; in addition, the focus of the program is on access to and along the coastline, as opposed to boat access to the water). Principal categories of funding include, but are not limited to: 1) establishing new public coastal access opportunities; 2) developing local shoreline access plans; 3) reclaiming historically public ways to the sea; 4) enhancing or restoring existing access points or facilities; 5) developing educational initiatives around public coastal access. Eligible Applicants: Massachusetts cities and towns, regional planning agencies, local, regional, and Maximum statewide nonprofit groups. grant award: $3,000. Deadline: - SIX (6) copies of your application must be received by 5:00 p.m., November 15, 1996. Grant awards will be announced in December, 1996. A final report is due by September 30, 1997 with a narrative summary, before-and- after photographs, maps, plans, press clippings, samples of final products, receipts, etc. All reports will be compiled into a document summarizing the year's projects. Project Selection Guidelines: (Thefollowing is not a checklist ofrequirements, but a series of guidelines by which applications will be compared andjudged. Exceptfor thefirst requirement offocusing on generalpublic access, aproposal does not need to conform with all ofthese guidelines.) Project would support, enhance, improve, and/or promote the general public's access to the coast. Project would implement a portion of a local or regional plan. Project would leverage other resources. Project would function as a model for others. Project would support a Sea Path legal intertidal right-of-way. Project would enhance a state-designated "Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Proposal provides coherent, thoroughly researched, and realistic set of tasks, timetable, and budget. Proposal demonstrates need for and importance of project. Proposal shows organizational and/or community support. Preference will be given to communities and organizations not funded in the past. Preference will be given to communities in underserved regions of the coastline. William F. Weld, Governor; Argeo Paul Celluci, Lieutenant Governor; Trudy Coxe, Secretary; Peter C. Webber, Commissioner Types of Coastal Access Small Grant-Funded Projects ~ ~ Examples of project include but are not limited to the following types: Developing a local shoreline access plan, inventorying existing public coastal access opportunities, identifying needs, and endorsing comprehensive recommendations for management, improvement, expansion, etc. Conducting campaigns to acquire property that would allow public coastal access. Training or involving citizens in managing public coastal access. Performing legal research necessary to provide foundation for a subsequent coastal access project. Enhancing recreational access to the coast through capital improvements (e.g., trails, signage, parkin; lots, stairs, boardwalks, ramps, etc.). Forming a new non-profit organization with a mission focused at least in part on public coastal access. Developing educational curricula around public coastal access issues. Educating the public about public coastal access, and/or the intersection of public coastal access, natural history, and/or cultural history of coastal areas. Protecting or restoring natural features associated with public coastal access through revegetation, protective measures, etc. For more information, contact: Geordie Wining, Coastal Access Planner DEM, 100 Cambridge Street, Room 1404 Boston, Massachusetts 02202 phone: 617/727-3160 x528 fax: 617/727-2630 email: [email protected]