Annual Meeting

The Board of Directors of the Arlington Land Trust is pleased to invite you to join the 2023 Annual Meeting in person on Tuesday, January 23 at 7 pm. As usual, we will elect Board members, hear a brief Treasurer’s report, and provide updates on the proposed Thorndike Place development on the Mugar property and other local conservation projects.

We will meet in the Back Room of the Donut Villa Diner, 319 Broadway in Arlington Center. Light refreshments and beverages will be provided beginning at 6:45 pm. 

Our guest speaker this year is David Santomenna, Senior Director of Land Protection at Mass Audubon. He will present the organization’s statewide vision for land protection with a focus on the Nature in the City program, the urban component of that vision. Launched in 2022, this program envisions a Massachusetts where all city residents—no matter their race, income, ability, spoken language or lived experience—have access to greenspaces that bring them joy, connect them to the natural world, and address the effects of climate change. The program is being piloted in four cities—Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, and Fall River—with plans to expand over the coming years.

Given the increasing prevalence of Covid and flu cases, we request that you take precautions before attending this meeting by testing, wearing a mask, or just staying home if you have any symptoms. Thank you. 

The Arlington Land Trust held its 2023 Annual Meeting in person on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, in the Back Room of the Donut Villa Diner in Arlington Center

Our guest speakers this year were David Santomenna, Senior Director of Land Protection at Mass Audubon, andStacey Beuttell, Senior Director for Nature in the City.  They described the organization’s statewide vision for land protection with a focus on the Nature in the City program, the urban component of that vision.  View their slide presentation.

Launched in 2022, this program envisions a Massachusetts where all city residents—no matter their race, income, ability, spoken language or lived experience—have access to greenspaces that bring them joy, connect them to the natural world, and address the effects of climate change. The program is being piloted in four cities—Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, and Fall River—with plans to expand over the coming years.

January 2023 – News Brief

The Board of Directors of the Arlington Land Trust invites you to join the 2022 Annual Meeting via Zoom on Monday, January 23, at 7 pm. We will elect Board members, hear a brief Treasurer’s report, and provide updates on the Mugar property and other local conservation projects.

David Morgan previously worked as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Fellow for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he investigated ecosystem-based climate change adaptation and policy, focusing on New England’s wetlands and coastal ecosystems. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College in Amherst and his Master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University.

At the Land Trust meeting, David will describe the Urban Ecology Framework he is coordinating with Tufts graduate students. This project will chart the Town’s progress on identified goals for ecological land management and set a timeline for accomplishing them. Researchers will identify gaps in current plans and suggest best practices. New information will be added to planning efforts in the form of a landscape ecological analysis using GIS to map the ecological integrity of existing lands and likely habitat patches and corridors. The Framework will guide further planning efforts, such as a biodiversity action plan.

Please save the date and join the meeting using the link below.

All are welcome to attend the meeting. Anyone who has made a general membership payment and/or contributed to an ALT special fund during the past year is considered a member and is eligible to vote. If you have not done so already, please renew your membership or make a contribution here.

Thank you. We look forward to seeing you via Zoom on January 23.You can contact the Land Trust at info@arlingtonlandtrust.org.

David Morgan, Arlington’s Environmental Planner and Conservation Agent, was the guest speaker at the 2022 Annual Meeting, held via Zoom on January 23, 2023. He described the Urban Ecology Framework he is coordinating with Tufts graduate students to chart the Town’s progress on identified goals for ecological land management and set a timeline for accomplishing them. He has provided a summary of the project, including maps and contact information.

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