Town of Tisbury Master Plan (DRAFT) August 5, 2004
Open Space preservation and recreation
Figure 13 Proposed walking and biking trail and open
space network
There is a significant amount of undeveloped land in Tisbury that has
been protected through a variety of conservation measures as well as town-owned land that
has been purchased to protect our ground water aquifers.
However, much of this land is not open to the public. The public spaces, for
their part are often hard find and even harder to get to.
And, of course, when it comes to beach access, the amount of public land is
reduced to almost zero.
We should resist the temptation to use these undeveloped areas for
other purposes, no matter how urgent the need. Once you build on open land, its gone
and you can never get it back.
We need to find ways to both protect and expand our inventory of
protected lands and also to create a coherent system of linked access ways. We should also
find ways to join the open spaces and natural areas to the parks, walks and historic sites
within the town so these varied experiences are seen as part of a continuum and not
separate entities.
The above drawings suggest one method of integrating the
Sailors Burying Ground ancient way with town land, Land Bank property, the new
athletic field, the cemetery, the school, the
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