Acknowledging Veterans Day at Green Hill’s Memorial Grove

The City of Worcester will unveil the Memorial Grove at Green Hill Park on Veterans day Wednesday, November 11th, 2020. As part of a Veterans Day Ceremony that will be closed to the general public but ‘broadcast live’, the City of Worcester will host a speaking program followed by a laying of wreaths, ribbon cutting, […]

Parks at Coes See More Funding

2020 BRINGS FUNDING & STRATEGIC VISION TO PARKLANDS AT COES RESERVOIR Coes Reservoir (aka Coes Pond) has four city parks (5 total parklands) surrounding its shores. Over the past six years, there has been recurring attention, discussion, and strategy about how to best improve those parks, engage park users with those parks, and most importantly, […]

Signs the East-West is Coming to Life

Amidst the public health crisis and changes to the norms of civic participation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the East-West Trail Committee has been Park Spirit’s most active volunteer operation in 2020. East-West Trail Committee Chair Rick Miller has led the group through a final push to complete outstanding work for the 2017 Recreational Trails […]

Wetherell Park (Duffy Field) Master Planning

The park’s name is officially and formally Wetherell Park, but is often referred to as Duffy Field. Wetherell Park has been brought into public discourse through the Doherty High School expansion project, as it was presented as a potential site for a facility upgrade with installation of sport facilities for high school use to facilitate […]

Nordic Skiing at Newton Hill (& Elm Park)

As the calendar year nears its end and the weather changes from fall to winter, most City Parks ease into their hibernation state over the winter months. But at Elm Park and Newton Hill, volunteers from Park Spirit and the Friends of Newton Hill (FNH) switch gears and turn their focus to maintaining and operating […]