{"id":11754,"date":"2026-05-13T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/?p=11754"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:32:10","slug":"osrpopenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/2026\/05\/13\/osrpopenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11756\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-scaled.jpg?version=808102619f41be0904b9621f7b55d1f6\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-1536x1288.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-2048x1717.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/05\/Sudbury-Open-House-Social-Media-Post-358x300.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">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 &#8211; and resident input is crucial to the process.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Open House &amp; Public Input Session<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The insights you provide will help us update the Town&#8217;s Open Space and Recreation Plan, which is a ten-year plan that sets open space, conservation and recreation goals for the town.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Thursday, May 28, 2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>7 PM<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Fairbank Community Center<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>40 Fairbank Rd, Multipurpose Room<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Email Adam Burney, Director of Planning &amp; Community Development at <a href=\"mailto:burneya@sudbury.ma.us\">burneya@sudbury.ma.us&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/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 &#8211; 8:30PM via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>View<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2026\/02\/2026-Town-Forum-Presentation.pdf?version=eb2d9d876e892dda971a1dfe32bb8073\">Presentation Slides<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>here.<\/p>\n<p>View <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/imd0mxanj2.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/ssr\/watch\/69a90a4122ef3e0002cdb107\">Video Recording<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>by SudburyTV below.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">function AdjustIframeHeightOnLoad(id) {\nwindow.addEventListener(\"message\", function(event) {\nif (event.data.embedID === id) {\ndocument.getElementById(id).style.height = event.data.height;\n} else {\nreturn;\n}\n});\n}\n<\/script><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" onload=\"AdjustIframeHeightOnLoad(this.id);\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;border-radius: 4px\" 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\"><\/iframe>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\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&#8217;s water supply<\/li>\n<li>Protecting wildlife and critical habitats<\/li>\n<li>Preserving the Town&#8217;s 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 7PM in Fairbank Community Center. <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/2026\/05\/13\/osrpopenhouse\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Open Space &amp; Recreation Plan Open House\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":11755,"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\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11758,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions\/11758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}