Find the most up-to-date Open Space and Recreation Plan here:
City of Newton OSRP 2020-2027 

The OSRP is an important municipal planning document. It provides an inventory of all existing areas of recreational use and open space, both City-owned and privately-owned. It includes goals and action items for protecting, stewarding, and connecting Newton's natural areas and recreation spaces. The OSRP has been reviewed and approved by the state Department of Conservation Services, and so is valid for 7 years. The full plan (linked above) is lengthy and detailed at over 300 pages, so individual chapters are linked below. 

• Acknowledgements
• Table of Contents
• Section 1 Plan Summary
• Section 2 Introduction
• Section 3 Community Setting
• Section 4 Environmental Inventory and Analysis
• Section 5 Inventory of Lands of Conservation and Recreation Interest
• Section 6 Community Vision
• Section 7 Analysis of Needs
• Section 8 Goals and Objectives
• Section 9 Seven Year Action Plan
• Section 10 Public Comment 
• Section 11 References
• Appendix A OSRP Accomplishments Since 2014
• Appendix B Equal Access in the City of Newton 
• Appendix C Letters of Support
• Appendix D Full ADA Facility inventory for Parks, Recreation and Culture