We have launched a renaissance.

To achieve our goals for the Esplanade, we work closely with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the state agency charged with care of the park. We have also established productive partnerships with other corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies.

The proof that our alliances are working lies in our achievements and in the awards we’ve received. The Boston GreenSpace Alliance, the Charles River Watershed Association, and the Friends of the Public Garden have all honored our efforts.

“At the Esplanade Association, a ‘What I Did on My Summer Vacation’ essay would be long one ...” Dana Bisbee, Boston Herald

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Here’s what we’re working to achieve.

2007 Picture Yourself in the Park

• Pilot 1st Teen Leadership summer program
• Complete schematic designs for Dartmouth Street facility
• Participate in the Lee Pool Planning Study
• Conduct a User Survey
• Raise awareness of TEA in the park through signage and membership outreach
• Raise $200,000 for Boat Haven Dock construction
• Successfully "Meet the Match" for Teddy Ebersol's Red Sox Field Maintenance
• Install new water fountains
• Install solar trash compactors
• Participate in the Granite Landings Advisory Committee
• Partner with Boston Landmarks Orchestra on concert series
• Complete Strategic Plan
• Continue to advocate for Storrow Drive

Here’s what we've achieved.

2006 Planning for the Future

• Initiated long-term project planning with DCR and EOEA
• Completed phase I cultural landscape report; history and condition analysis
• Initiated water fountains and solar trash compactors installation
• Continued Landscape Renewal Project- Tree Tagging and Pruning
• Continued Granite Landings Restoration Initiative
• Completed Boat Haven Engineering Study
• Completed painting of fence along Storrow Drive
• Expanded Volunteer Program to include over 4,000 volunteers
• Successfully expanded Boston Model Sailing Program
• Celebrated opening of Teddy Ebersol's Red Sox Fields
• Celebrated completion of the River Dock Restoration project
• Held 2nd Annual Esplanade Gala
• Appointed co-chair of the Storrow Drive Landscape Advisory Committee

2005 Building Partnerships

• Initiated restoration of youth sports fields and held groundbreaking of the Teddy Ebersol's Red Sox Fields in partnership with Red Sox Foundation and Hill House
• Received REI park stewardship award
• Began a cultural landscape plan and resource management plan
• Coordinated a study of Boat Haven docks and waterfront area
• Restored the largest Esplanade dock in partnership with DCR and EOEA
• Successfully advocated for the removal of 30 hazardous trees
• Introduced over 2,000 volunteers to the Esplanade volunteer program and received the Boston Cares Outstanding Community Partner Award
• Launched our website
• Hired our first Executive Director
• Developed a Strategic Operations Plan

2004 Consolidation and Preparation for Growth

• Completed the Esplanade's first tree inventory
• Funded the first design phase of Charlesbank Project
• Initiated a pilot volunteer park coordinator's program
• Funded Copley Harris study of organization
• Elected new leadership team
• Held Inaugural Esplanade Association gala, raising more than $800,000
• Began "Tom Sawyer Storrow Drive Fence Painting Project"
• Presented Olivier Leadership Program to DCR, EOEA
• Selected to be featured in Catalogue for Philanthropy
• Continued work on critical capital projects: granite landings, docks, landscape renewal, Charlesbank Project (sports fields renovation)

2003 Getting the Job Done

• Renovated the Gloucester Street dock
• Relandscaped Storrow Memorial with DCR
• Successfully nominated granite landings to the Ten Most Endangered Historic Resources in the Commonwealth with Preservation Mass
• Replaced the Dartmouth Fountain in Partnership with Gondola de Venezia
• Implemented the 1st Canada goose population control program on the Charles River
• Held our 4th annual clambake
• Hosted leadership seminars by Richard Olivie
• Awarded Spirit of Achievement by Friends of the Public Garden

2002 Building Credibility and Community

• Successfully advocated for the replacement of all Esplanade benches and started a bench sponsorship program
• Participated in a coalition that successfully advocated for the repair and painting of Esplanade pedestrian footbridges
• Helped preserve the public process in the review of BU's sailing pavilion proposal, as a leading partner in an environmental coalition
• Donated a utility cart to the Hatch Shell staff
• Began funding Project Place work team to help maintenance staff
• Held first 9/11 Memorial Hatch Shell tulip planting
• Initiated free children's programs, Sundays in the Park, Little Buddies Tulip Planting, Kids Fishing Club
• Established the Boston Model Sailing Club
• Donated 12 kayaks to Community Boating
• Received awards from the Boston Greenspace Alliance and the Charles River Watershed Association
• Established an office at 10 Derne Street

2001 Starting Up

• Built and reopened Stoneman Playground
• Became a registered nonprofit organization
• Raised more than $350,000

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