Next Stop Revere

A Master Plan is a policy guide that provides a framework for the physical development of a municipality. It tells a community what it looks like today and in what direction it wants to go in the future. It includes assessments of existing resources and issues, projections of future conditions and needs, and consideration of collective goals and desires. While the emphasis is on buildings and infrastructure, it does not ignore the important social, natural resource and economic values of the community.

A Master Plan is not a zoning bylaw, a subdivision regulation, a budget, a capital improvement program, or other regulatory document. The Master Plan is a method of translating the community’s values into specific actions over a period of 10-20 years and is meant to provide the framework for the development of these plan implementation tools.

While the community process has generated many issues of interest to Revere residents and other stakeholders, the written document is structured along the following issue areas:

• Historic and Cultural Resources
• Housing
• Transportation and Mobility
• Economic Development
• Public Health
• Open Space and Recreation
• Energy and Climate
• Public Facilities and Services
• Plan Implementation

As a policy guide for Revere's physical development, each issue area is also considered in the context of land use and if applicable, zoning considerations. Learn more about each topic and about each aspect of Revere today in the Draft Plan page.

Following MAPC's inventory and analysis of existing conditions across the city, Revere's comprehensive planning effort included an approximately eight-month-long community engagement process that informed the drafting of the Plan document. Residents and other community stakeholders had opportunities to participate through public forums, online surveys, focus groups, interviews, and outreach from Plan staff from both MAPC and the City of Revere. The final draft documented was made available for public review and comment; following the close of the public comment period on February 14, 2020, the document was finalized. The Plan remains subject to review and ratification by Revere's Planning Board, a process delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The last time Revere completed a comprehensive planning process was in 1971, which resulted in a Master Plan document authored for the City of Revere by Nash-Vigier, Inc. Prior to 1971, Revere had last completed a Master Plan in 1958.

The City does routinely conduct more issue- or area-focused planning studies, some of which informed the development of Next Stop Revere. These include but are not limited to documents such as the City’s current Open Space and Recreation Plan, Capital Improvement Plan, and Federal Community Development Block Grant plans.

The draft master plan was released to the public on January 22, 2020, followed by a 23-day public comment period that closed on February 14, 2020. Submitted comments are now being reviewed by MAPC and the City and will be incorporated where applicable and summarized into the Plan's Appendix section.

At this time, official public comments on the final draft plan document are no longer being accepted for review by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. However, this website will be updated on an ongoing basis with pertinent details on the submission of the Master Plan document to Revere's Planning Board.