It’s nice to think about parks. Parks are democratic. Everyone can use them. And there are so many different ways to enjoy them. Especially at Albemarle, with its big swaths of green open space. Model planes cross that blue sky when my husband and children have a free afternoon, and my son had both his fifth and seventh birthday parties there – a swim at Gath and then free running and playing on the vast grassy fields. This summer, during the pandemic, I set up a camp chair and worked on my laptop under the soaring hawks.
There’s a lot that has to be fixed in the world, but getting a breath of fresh air in a park isn’t one of them – it’s perfect just the way it is.
That gratitude and knowledge binds our community together, and it might be what spurred so many sign-ups on our members page when we sent an email this week announcing the launch of this organization.
We now have members from every ward in Newton, because this park is an asset to the entire city. It’s a neighborhood space that is generous enough to be a regional sanctuary. Enjoy Albemarle, and join the Friends group today. We’re all in it together.
Friends of Albemarle 
It’s great to see your initiative in starting this group! I walk the length of the Albemarle regularly (not all at once but in segments) from the springs from which it rises to the spillway over which it joins the Charles.
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