NEWBURYPORT BEAUTIFICATION
SINCE 1890
ABOUT US
The Community Improvement Society is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded for the purpose of preserving and improving the public spaces of Newburyport.
Our efforts focus on the BEAUTIFICATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR and IMPROVEMENTS of existing public spaces, parks grounds and facilities in the City of Newburyport.
While we do not actively distribute funds as a donor, we identify small projects and, when possible, work with the city and contractors to have them completed.
OUR PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS
RECENT
PAST
Market Square Bullnose Flower Bed Plantings, Care and Cobblestone Maintenance
Gillis Bridge Rail Trail Wall Repainting & Mural Cleaning
Bartlett Mall Promenade Extension
Bartlett Mall Interpretive Sign
Seasonal Maintenance of Public Spaces
Common Pasture Fencing/Trail Work
Restoration of Antique Fire Alarm Boxes
Bartlett Mall Restoration & Preservation
Preservation of the George Washington, William Lloyd Garrison & Civil War Statues
Installation of Moseley Pines Playgrounds
Newburyport Skate Park
Maintenance of Various Newburyport Athletic Fields
Highland and Old Hill Burying Ground Gravestone Repair Work
City Hall Plantings & Bronze Tablet Placement for Historical Sites
Rail Trail Art Sculptures
GALLERY
Our all-volunteer network is responsible for these local improvements - View the before and after below
GILLIS BRIDGE RESTORATION
MARKET SQUARE BULLNOSE
BARTLETT MALL PROMENADE EXTENSION
ANTIQUE FIRE ALARM BOX RESTORATION
MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS
DONATIONS
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The City Improvement Society
5 Payson Street
Newburyport, MA 0195
501(c)(3)
EIN 510204486
HISTORY
At a meeting held Saturday evening, October 2 , 1890, in Fraternity hall, Pleasant street, after a brief address by James Parton, the City Improvement society was organized for the purpose of preserving and improving the natural beauties of the city of Newburyport. Rules and regulations were adopted, officers elected and an executive committee, consisting of sixteen members, appointed to superintend and direct the work ordered or authorized by the society.
Since that date the officers and the members of the executive committee have been elected annually, in October or November, and have published, in pamphlet form, several essays on subjects of local interest, and printed, for free distribution, a brief description of the historic houses and notable places in " Ould Newbury. " They have also assisted, with the co-operation of the society, in providing pictures and statuary for the public schools of the city, contributed to the cost of the monument erected on Atkinson common to the soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil war and placed bronze tablets at the lower and upper greens in Newbury and at the entrance to the Old Hill burying ground in Newburyport.
The society is now engaged in an effort to improve the appearance of the neglected graveyards within the limits of the city, by removing unsightly weeds and wild cherry bushes, repairing gravestones, laying out paths for the convenience of visitors, and providing for the regular and frequent cutting of the grass during the summer months.