Ongoing & Completed Projects

The City of Revere has undertaken a significant redevelopment project to reduce current and future threats from flooding and sea level rise in your Riverside Neighborhood. The Gibson Park Resiliency Project is aimed at providing nature-based resiliency measures to an area that has historically faced both tidal and storm flooding events. Beginning in 2020 with RiverFront Masterplan, the City has been working to reduce risk and redevelop the area around Gibson Park and Mills Avenue Neighborhood to improve resiliency and recreational opportunity. Specifically, the project produced four goals for the project: creating resiliency, serving the community, addressing historic high tide flooding, and cleaning up the environment. Future Project information and developments, including public meetings will be posted to the City Department of Planning and Community Development's website here. Questions can be addressed to Elle Baker.

MEPA

MEPA: EEA NO.:16711

The project consists of the redevelopment of Gibson Park into an up-to-date multi-program recreational facility incorporating nature-based interventions to protect the Riverside Neighborhood from current and future threats from flooding and sea level rise. Additionally, work along Mills Avenue includes the installation of a nature-based berm, updating the municipal storm water system, and use of a pump station/sub-grade storm water storage holding . 

The DEIR can be viewed through the MEPA Environmental Monitor by clicking on ‘Attachments’ for the corresponding project: https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/MEPA-eMonitor/home.

Please note that the Proponent has provided supplemental information in the form of a revised DEIR.  The revised DEIR, including the narrative and the appendices is available via the dropbox link below:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/5qdcltv93dr8is1b72zqv/h?rlkey=yc21q3sfruvmag6sr8tl0j413&dl=0. 

Gibson Park EJ Data

In 2021, Ward One Councillor McKenna proposed turning the decommissioned Beachmont Fire Station into a community art center. The City received a grant from the Metropolitan Planning Council to explore this idea through public input and a stakeholder group. The first phase of this work will begin next month with a roof replacement, thanks to a donation from Link Logistics, with further renovations scheduled for spring/summer 2025.

Summary of Project Scope and Goals

• Conduct a feasibility assessment, preliminary schematic design, and permitting evaluation of three flood risk reduction alternatives;
• Identify a preferred alternative that will protect East Boston and Revere from the near- and long-term impacts of coastal flooding from sea-level rise and storms;
• Advance the preferred alternative into further schematic design;
• Ensure that the preferred alternative will support the health and longevity of Belle Isle Marsh;
• Ensure that the preferred alternative support co-benefits along Bennington Street, including green storm water infrastructure, tree canopy, and active transportation; and
• Redesign Fredericks Park to improve coastal resilience, storm water management, recreational amenities, and ecological habitat

Resilient Bennington St. & Fredericks Park, Boston/Revere presentation and recording here.

Project Documents

Resilient Bennington St. & Fredericks Park | Boston.gov

Revere Power Choice

Revere Power Choice is in development! A group electricity buying program for residents and businesses, Revere Power Choice will use the purchasing power of our community to provide:

• Stable electricity prices
• New electricity choices
• Consumer protections

With the launch of the program, you will see a change in the price that is used to calculate the electricity supply charge on your National Grid electric bill, but National Grid will continue to deliver your electricity and handle billing without interruption.

While Revere Power Choice will not be able to guarantee lower prices compared with National Grid’s electricity supply prices, the City will work toward providing prices that are competitive and stable.

In launching Revere Power Choice, Revere will join nearly 200 other Massachusetts communities with similar programs.

For additional information about Revere Power Choice, please visit the program website at ReverePowerChoice.com.

For the communities of Revere, Lynn, Saugus, Malden, and Everett, the impacts of coastal flooding, erosion, and storms are already being felt. Future climate and sea level rise conditions are expected to exacerbate these impacts. The Saugus Pines River Advocacy for Regional Resilience (SPRARR) was established in 2021 to develop a regional plan for future coastal conditions and to build resilience in the area's most vulnerable locations. Join SPRARR for a community update on the Saugus/Pines River Regional Watershed Vulnerability Assessment and Regional Adaption Plan. Stay tuned for future events here.

The project management team presented the Wetland Protection Act Notice of Intent to the Revere Conservation Commission on February 19^th, 2025. The Commission issued an order of conditions for Phase 1 of the project, which includes new ramps and a roundabout.

A Notice of Intent for Phase 2, the Gibson Park Access Road, will be submitted as the design of that phase nears 75%. The project also received a Public Benefits Letter of Determination from MEPA.  The Local Bottleneck Program - MassDOT has assigned Nitsch Engineering Inc. to evaluate the intersections of Broadway at Cushman and School Street and Broadway at Malden Street that were selected for the Local Bottle Neck Program. Nitch Engineering Inc. has worked with city planners during the feasibility analysis of the high school selection process and is currently working with DPCD on its Bike, Ped & Roll Masterplan.

Revere Conservation Commission Wet Land Protection Act Notice of Intent Presentation
MEPA’s Public Benefits Letter Determination of the RT 1A South Infrastructure Improvement Project-Ramps and Roundabout
Issued WPA Form 5- Order of Conditions by the Revere Conservation Commission

The City of Revere proposes to build on recommendations made from City Councilor Joanne McKenna and recommendations made from the FY22 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant that funded a detailed Belle Isle Marsh Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA). The CVA identified shorelines around Belle Isle Marsh at risk of coastal storm flooding, which has initiated multiple residency projects, including the Resilient Bennington Street and Fredericks Park Project (MVP FY23 Project) and the Short Beach/ Winthrop Parkway Resiliency Project (NFWF FY23 Project). The Pearl Ave shoreline, located between these two projects, was identified as a residential area of vulnerability. In this area, infrastructure at risk from storm damage includes the southern boundary of Beachmont in southeast Revere, which abuts Belle Isle Marsh. The project area includes the residential roadways of Pearl Ave, Summer Street, Crustal Ave, and Winthrop Ave.  The City of Revere, committed to addressing the ongoing risk residents face, is looking to fill the gap between these two ongoing projects.

The Beachmont Abrams Community Garden has been a great success, and the city has a waitlist for residents that are interested in participating in a community gardening. The city will award a contract in the spring of 2025 to build an additional Community Garden on Broad Sound Ave with 22 gardens and a separate public area with fruit trees.

Work was completed on the Washington Avenue sidewalk project. This work began with a $500k Complete Streets grant secured by DPCD and reflected a collaborative effort between DPCD, Engineering, and the contractor at J Marchese & Sons. Approximately one mile of asphalt sidewalks has been thoughtfully replaced with durable concrete and granite curbing, seven new street trees, and the installation of ADA-accessible ramps at all crossings.

The City Received a PARC Grant from the EOEEA and was able to resurface the playgrounds with Poured in Place rubber safety surfaces. The safety surfaces will provide a better ADA accessibility for all abilities. Residents have been requesting this enhancement for the parks, and we are pleased that it has been updated in three locations due to the funding provided by the grant.

Liberty Park is a pocket park nestled in the North Revere Neighborhood abutting conservation land. This renovation was a complete redesign of the space with resident input. The scope of the work included removal of the outdated equipment and broken pavement and wood chips. The existing equipment was replaced with new play structures for ages 2-5 and 5-12 years of age, the asphalt was replaced with a new pickleball court, and the space was dedicated to Lt. John Jones, a long time resident and veteran. The project provided a long overdue improvement for the community.

The City of Revere received funding from the FY25 Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Coastal Resiliency Grant Program to evaluate the performance and longevity of flood adaptations to reduce damage and improve the resiliency of infrastructure in the area. The project aims to be a collaborative effort focused on community members abutting Belle Isle Marsh and steps they can take to reduce flood risk and damage. After a series of community engagement meetings, Phase One of the resiliency efforts created detailed timelines for specific protective actions that residents can take based on their capacity, and actions the City can take to promote more widespread resiliency. 

Introducing a bit of forest into our urban landscape! The site is being developed as a green escape in the heart of busting Shirley Ave to allow folks to enjoy passive recreation with seating and native plantings. The site itself will be completed by the fall and a mural will be coming soon to complement the space. 

The City has partnered with Garbage to Garden to introduce Revere's first composting pilot. The goal of this partnership is to encourage residents to divert food waste from the City's curbside trash collection program. Residents will be able to subscribe to have food waste collected and diverted from the trash stream. Plus, the first 1,000 participants will score free wheeled compost carts.

Sign up here to go green, reduce waste, and make Revere even more sustainable! 

The transformation of Fitzhenry Square into an official dog park is a long-awaited improvement to the current conditions of the makeshift dog park. Many residents have been advocating for improvements to this space: reducing the slope, and adding site amenities for seating, dog agility, and a double gate system to increase safety for dogs and their caregivers. This project will begin in September 2025 and will be open to the public this fall. 

Improvements are scheduled to begin at Flaherty Square in mid-September to repurpose the underutilized space into a modern and inviting open space with native plantings and seating for passive recreation. This project is schedules to open in the fall of 2025.