Community Planning

In Summer of 2021, the City and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council released the Revere Workforce Development Plan, a municipal workforce development plan.

Funded fully by a District Local Technical Assistance grant, this process and plan was completed during the Covid-19 pandemic and builds on the goals and findings of the Next Stop Revere Master Plan completed in early 2020. For more information, please contact Megan Ragab, Community Development Program Manager.

Click here to view or download the full plan report. (13 MB, PDF)

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. While acknowledging the financial constraints, dense development, and changing demographics that exist in Revere today, 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. During the course of the OSRP update process, MAPC organized a series of focus group meetings, held a public forum, created a survey that was completed by over 400 people, facilitated a public art project, and met numerous times with staff from the City of Revere. 

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 will design plans to reduce impervious surfaces, increase tree canopy, and add green spaces.

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.