{"id":3764,"date":"2026-06-05T10:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:23:50","slug":"open-space-recreation-plan-osrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/2026\/06\/05\/open-space-recreation-plan-osrp\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan (OSRP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Sudbury is set to begin the process of updating our Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan (OSRP). When complete, the Plan will detail how Sudbury will prioritize natural resource protection, land preservation recreational programing, and recreational land development, and resident input is crucial to the process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Residents Invited to Provide Field Notes Input<\/h4>\n<p>Click below to complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004.pdf?version=541754fe96800246981649bad578ffa8\">OSRP Field Notes<\/a> activity:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004.pdf?version=541754fe96800246981649bad578ffa8\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3773\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/ICON_Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/ICON_Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/ICON_Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/ICON_Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/ICON_Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004-1192x1536.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/ICON_Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004-1589x2048.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/ICON_Field-NotesMad-Lib-Activity-Sudbury-OSRP_Digital-004-scaled.jpg 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please submit your completed activity via email to Adam Burney, Director of Planning &amp; Community Development at <a href=\"mailto:burneya@sudbury.ma.us\">burneya@sudbury.ma.us<\/a>. Responses are requested by Thursday, June 18, 2026. Thank you for sharing your input!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Open House &amp; Public Input Session<\/h5>\n<p>The OSRP Open House took place on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 7 \u2013 8:30PM in the Faribank Community Center Mulitpurpose Room.<\/p>\n<p>View<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2026\/06\/SudburyOSRP_OpenHousePresentation.pdf?version=1b42a397d89ab25c7aba05df102bfc7a\">Presentation Slides<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan Town Forum<\/h5>\n<p>The OSRP Town Forum took place on Thursday, February 26, 2026 from 7 \u2013 8:30PM via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>View<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/02\/2026-Town-Forum-Presentation.pdf?version=eb2d9d876e892dda971a1dfe32bb8073\">Presentation Slides<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>here.<\/p>\n<p>View&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/imd0mxanj2.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/ssr\/watch\/69a90a4122ef3e0002cdb107\">Video Recording<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>by SudburyTV below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.castus.tv\/vod\/sudbury\/embed\/69a90a4122ef3e0002cdb107?page=HOME&amp;embedID=69a90a4122ef3e0002cdb107\" width=\"650\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>What is an Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan?<\/h5>\n<p>An Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan is a tool in helping the Town identify our key goals with respect to open space parcels and outlining a path to achieve them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Potential Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protecting the Town\u2019s water supply<\/li>\n<li>Protecting wildlife and critical habitats<\/li>\n<li>Preserving the Town\u2019s character<\/li>\n<li>Providing active and passive recreation opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Developing trail linkages for non-motorized recreation; and m<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining town owned lands for enjoyment by the residents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Past Sudbury Open Space &amp; Recreation Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2014\/08\/OSRPCFINALJune2009nomaps.pdf\">Town of Sudbury 2009-2013 Open Space and Recreation Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/326\/2014\/08\/1998OpenSpacePlanPDF.pdf?version=a45153718e403701f1534db466e7d7c1\">Town of Sudbury 1997-2002 Open Space and Recreation Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents Invited to Provide Field Notes Input by June 18, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/2026\/06\/05\/open-space-recreation-plan-osrp\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan (OSRP)\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":3765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3775,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions\/3775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/pcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}