• WREN's Mission Statement
• PREVENT FLOODING / SAVE SPENCE FARM
• Tri-Community Bikeway - Meeting - Tuesday,December 20th at 7pm
• Wed, Jan 11, 2012 - WREN Meeting - Thompson Library - Woburn
• Rag Rock Conservation Area - Sep 24, 2011 Cleanup
• Rag Rock in Woburn - Panoramic View
• Tri-Community Greenway has a new website.
• Woburn Farmers Market at Spence Farm - www.WoburnFarmersMarket.com
• Spence Farm - Woburn, MA
• Horn Pond Trail Map - January 2012
• Join Us Saturdays 9 to 11 a.m. - WREN's Weekly Horn Pond Walks Make a Difference
• Aerial Photo of Horn Pond, Showing WREN's Walking Route
• New!!! Updated "Woburn Wildlife" pages
• Links of Interest

Please plan to come and bring along family and friends on Thursday Jan. 26, at 7:00 PM at the Farm Stand - 41 Wyman St.

As you are aware, the Towns of Winchester, Woburn, and Stoneham are moving forward with the 75% design for the Tri-Community Bikeway. Our consultant, FST anticipates submitting the final 75% design plans to MassDOT in early 2012. One of the key items to be addressed in the 75% plans is the design of the trail “amenities”,such markers, signage, benches,etc. Our goal is to have a consistent set of amenities throughout the three communities to ensure a cohesive look and feel to the trail.

To this end,I would like to organize a meeting on Tuesday, December 20th at 7pm in the Waterfield Room of Winchester Town Hall (basement level) to discuss these design issues with FST and their landscape architect Waterfield Design Group. I know next week may be difficult for some due to the holidays, but I hope we can get at least some representation from each of the three communities and the Winchester Design Review Committee at the meeting, with the intent that this discussion may spillover into the New Year.

Please respond with your availability as soon as possible. If there are others not included on this email list from your community that may be interested, please feel free to invite them as well. I will send an email on Monday confirming the meeting, assuming we can get a fairly good turnout. (For the Winchester folks, I will post this as a Greenway Committee meeting).

Thanks again and please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Beth

BethRudolph, P.E.

TownEngineer

Engineering & Planning Department

71 Mount Vernon Street

Winchester, MA

Tel:781-721-7120

Fax:781-721-7166

Email: brudolph@winchester.us

WREN (Woburn Residents' Environmental Network) meets at the Thompson Library on Elm St. in North Woburn. (pictured to the right)

For a map of meeting location CLICK HERE

Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (except in August) from 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Meetings are public and all are encouraged to attend.

Interested in becoming a WREN member? Want to present or submit any agenda items for the next WREN meeting? Send an email to Fel Medeiros at fel@woburnite.com

CLICK HERE for LARGER view of Horn Pond Trail Map

Wooden posts have now been placed not only along the Memorial Trails (those identified with red or orange bands) but also at several major trail intersections, identified only with numbers. Numbered posts correspond to numbered positions on a map. On the Memorial Trails, additional posts without numbers (but with colored bands) are included to help direct your path. The following temporary map provides the location of the posts along the major trails.

Also accomplished on May 2 was a completion of the marking for the rerouting of a small section of the Memorial Trails to avoid walking along part of a golf cart path. Posts now guide you onto the new section.

All that remains to be done is reinstallation of Post 1 and then the fabrication of a larger, more formal (and more detailed) map and guide for the Horn Pond area. When ready, the map will be available at this website.

Acknowledgment:

Mark Rosenblum sought out  interest and help from WREN at the start of the project, followed by meeting with the Woburn Conservation Commission.  A core team met regularly to discuss various aspects of the project: Members included Mark Rosenblum, Gerry Kehoe from WREN and John Tancredi from the Woburn Conservation Commission.  Scott Gatchell, also from the Conservation Commission, prepared all the posts and was the major coordinator for the Conservation Day installation work each year.  The entire Conservation Commission supported this project and helped make this happen.

Join WREN's weekly walks around Horn Pond in Woburn! Enjoy the view, watch for birds and other wildlife, and meet others who appreciate and care about Woburn's natural areas, while helping us keep the area beautiful for everyone to enjoy.

Meet WREN members Rod Flynn, Lisa Weiss and others on Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m. We start off at 9:10 a.m. from Ice House Park on Sturgis St.

For more information about WREN events or to join our walks, email Rod Flynn at fvirgos01801@aol.com

Visit our newly updated "Woburn Wildlife" pages (Listed on left side navigation bar) featuring the photos of local naturalist Gerry Kehoe.