Ongoing & Completed Projects

The City of Revere constructs various planning documents and guides in order to direct and articulate its vision for the future of Revere. These guides and policies are formulated by its professional and experienced planning team in the Department of Planning & Community Development with input from other municipal, regional, and state officials; nonprofits and local businesses; and community organizations and residents. These projects range from the all-encompassing Master Plan to development-based transportation studies. For more information, please see the contact information below.

Ongoing Projects

Gibson Park Resiliency & Recreation Project

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.

Beachmont Fire Station

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.

Curbside Compost Pilot Launches

We currently have a Request for Proposal seeking providers for this service. The objective for the City, and the goal of this contract, 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. Let’s team up to go green, reduce waste, and make Revere even more sustainable.

Resilient Bennington St & Fredericks Park, Boston/Revere

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 Street and Fredericks Park | Boston.gov

Revere Municipal Aggregation Plan

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

When the program launches, 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.

Public comments are welcome!

Before launching the program, the City must develop an Aggregation Plan and submit it to state regulators for review and approval. To ensure the public has an opportunity to be a part of developing this program, the City made its draft Aggregation Plan available for review and comment before beginning that regulatory review process.

The draft Aggregation Plan is available below.

Download the draft Aggregation Plan
Obtain a hard copy of the Aggregation Plan at the Department of Planning and Community Development Mezzanine (Floor M), Revere City Hall, 281 Broadway, Revere, MA.

Revere residents and business owners are encouraged to review the Plan and submit written comments:

· Via email: Abderezak Azib aazib@revere.org

· Via US mail: Department of Planning and Community Development, Revere City Hall, 281 Broadway, Revere, MA 02151

Comments sent by mail must be received (not postmarked) by the end of the comment period in order to be addressed.

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

Saugus River Watershed

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.

Open Space & Resiliency Documents

Completed Projects

Washington Avenue Sidewalk

Work was completed this month 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.