Quincy officials present updated seven‑year open space and recreation plan, seek council endorsement

Heather Liss, the city’s environmental scientist, and Commissioner David Murphy presented an updated Open Space and Recreation Plan to the Quincy City Council on March 17, saying the plan has been revised, expanded and extended to a seven‑year action schedule and will be submitted to regional and state reviewers for final approval.

The plan inventories Quincy’s parks, waterfronts, conservation land and other open spaces, updates goals and objectives set in earlier plans, and lists prioritized actions, responsible departments and likely funding sources. Liss told the council the update reflects public input collected in 2023–24, additional outreach to environmental‑justice neighborhoods and several management changes in the new Department of Natural Resources. “We do plan to use it, and we actually are already,” she said.

The plan is meant as a roadmap rather than a binding…