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Symmes Parks and Woods

View of Boston from Hattie Symmes Park

A Conservation Easement at Symmes

As a condition to permitting the development of housing at the site of Arlington’s former Symmes Hospital, the town required a ‘conservation easement’, to be held by the  Arlington Conservation Commission and the Arlington Land Trust. The purpose of the easement:

  • Provide general public with access to natural open space and parks for enjoyment and passive outdoor recreation
  • Preservation of scenic vistas
  • Preservation and enhancement of native plantings and landscaping
  • Protection of urban forest that buffers and mitigates the effects of intensive residential and commercial land uses.

To review a brief chronology of Arlington’s acquisition of the Symmes property,see “Symmes Parks and Woods“.

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