Community Planning

The Broadway Master Plan looks to leverage our rich history and enviable diversity to strengthen assets and diminish challenges. Generations ago, urban revitalization was defined largely through acts of erasure, drastically removing what was there to start anew. This plan however, recognizes what Revere already has and what needs to be done in the near and long term to be better connected.

This plan was shaped by priorities established through extensive public engagement and it sets priorities for the municipality to leverage those amenities. With time, if we implement these recommendations, we can continue to build on Broadway’s historical legacy and create a thriving and mixed-use corridor with a thriving economy, and a resilient public realm as exceptional as its people. For more information, please contact Julie Demauro, Transportation Coordinator.

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In November 2024, the Department of Planning and Community Development presented a Housing Production Plan to the City Council and Planning Board for adoption. The presentation sets a plan for housing production in the city: building the right kind of housing, in the right locations, at various levels of affordability. The HPP sets a roadmap that includes zoning changes, strategies for publicly-owned land, plans for mitigating traffic impacts, and also calls for the adoption of the Community Preservation Act. The plan was approved in February 2025.

You can find the full text of the plan here, and the presentation given to Council here.

The 2018-2025 Revere Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) is the culmination of a year of public input, research, and analysis to update the City’s OSRP. The document has been prepared to serve as a planning guide for the various City staff, committees, boards, commissions, and volunteer groups in Revere working to support open space and recreation. This plan seeks to offer opportunities for improving and adding to the stock of open space and recreation land in the city, as well as for developing programs that meet community goals.

This plan was prepared by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), which is the regional planning agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of Metropolitan Boston. MAPC prepared the plan under the direction of staff from the following City of Revere departments: Community Development, Healthy Community Initiatives, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, and Engineering. 

Open Space and Recreation Plan (2018-2025)

The Shirley Avenue Tree Planting Master Plan, funded through CDBG and the Urban Forestry Grant will bring nature-based solutions to create a greener streetscape. In collaboration with MassDevelopment’s TDI, Weston & Sampson designed plans to reduce impervious surfaces, increase tree canopy, and add green spaces. The plan was finished in June of 2025. You can find the completed plan here.

The Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant program (MVP) provides support for cities and towns in Massachusetts to begin the process of planning for climate change resiliency and implementing priority projects. The State awards communities with funding to complete vulnerability assessments and develop action-oriented resiliency plans. Communities who complete the MVP program become certified as an MVP community and are eligible for MVP Action grant funding and other opportunities. For further information, please contact Elle Baker at (781) 286-8188.

Over the years, the City has completed and cooperated on multiple studies revolving around transportation and traffic systems in Revere. The studies are typically prepared in anticipation of development projects, while others may be focused on a specific geographic scope. The studies include the Joint Saugus-Revere Rt. 1 Corridor (ongoing), Waterfront (2018, ongoing), Suffolk Downs (2018), the Mohegan Sun Casino (2016), Overlook Ridge (2015), Donnelly Square to Eliot Circle, Lower North Shore (2000), and Short Range Transportation (1987). For further information on transportation and traffic studies involving the City, please contact Frank Stringi at (781) 286-8183. 

Starting in June 2025, Revere Power Choice will provide residents and businesses with 30 months of stable electricity supply prices, helping to protect against market fluctuations and support predictable energy costs. For more details, please visit Revere Power Choice website. For any questions, please contact our customer support service that can be found at "Customer Support" tab on Revere Power Choice Website.

As a dense, urban community, Revere’s tree canopy has a significant need to expand. Increasing the City’s tree canopy is an explicit goal of the City’s 2020 Master Plan, Next Stop Revere, and was reinforced further in the 2023 Zero Carbon Action Plan developed by the North Suffolk Office of Resilience & Sustainability (NSORS), a partnership between Revere, Chelsea, and Winthrop. The plan calls for the need to “reduce heat islands through investments in green infrastructure, urban forests, and other techniques.” In June 2023, the City completed a Tree Inventory and Public Tree Planting Plan, with the support of a 2021 DCR Grant. The Public Tree Planting Plan sets recommendations for site, species, and nursery stock selection, makes recommendations on tree installation and maintenance strategies, and also makes recommendation son priority planting sites. 

Tree Inventory Analysis
Revere Tree Planting Plan
Tree Planting Summary