My connection with the water really hasn't changed over the course of my
life. It's the one place where you could go and look out and get that sense of
space. My name is Kathy Abbott, I'm president and CEO Boston Harbor Now.
Boston Harbor Now's work is all about making people aware that we have a
Harbor -- making people aware that they own this Harbor. We connect people in the
harbor in lots of ways; the most direct ways is through
programming, where we raise money every to provide hundreds of free programs
on the Boston Harbor Islands and the Harborwalk.
We are very involved in planning for water
transportation and growing the use of ferries in Boston Harbor. It's a place
where people can get together and can gather. My name is Eain Williams.
I'm a real estate agent. I am often in a lot of communities that have free access to
the water and the city has done a really great job of making sure that we have
access to running paths and biking paths. Boston Harbor now has been working to
protect public access and it's so important really for the future of
Boston. I think sometimes we get so insulated in our lives that we don't
meet people and it just gives you an opportunity to be out.
My name is Sandra Aleman-Nijjar.
Our connection to the Harbor has changed a great deal. I thought the Boston
Harbor was geared to people that had more money. That connection wasn't really
there until later on when my kids got a little older, I started to be more
curious about what it would take for my children to benefit from this Piers Park Sailing Center.
I'm Christina Yu Mule. I'm a Charlestown Navy Yard resident.
I'm a dog owner and I walk my dog on the Harborwalk every day. Living here on
the Harborwalk allows me to be both connected to nature, but also close to
Boston. I'm really excited about the work of Boston Harbor Now. I think it's really
important that they're preserving and protecting public space in Boston. It
allows free access to people who need to walk their dogs, provide space for their
kids to play. Public access it's so important for East Boston. It's important
as a city that we preserve this and have it for people to use. One of the keys to
our future particularly as climate changes and sea level rises, is really
resiliency. We could either be walling off our Harbor now and having it be only
available to those lucky enough to afford to live and work on it or we can
be elevating its importance in the eyes of everybody to ensure that it remains
the public resource that it's always been.
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