Public Access
A Save The Bay 50th Anniversary Campaign priority
GOAL: $0.6 million
PURPOSE: Expand visitor capacity and reduce carbon footprint
When we opened our award-winning Bay Center in 2005, a former city landfill was transformed into a new public window on the Bay. We host thousands of visitors, from students and campers to fishermen and community groups, every year. The only thing missing is a public pier.
Our vision has always to been to construct a public pier to support boating, fishing and kayaking. To fulfill this vision, Save The Bay is creating a Public Access Fund, which will fund capital investments at Fields Point, including:
- A new public pier to accommodate fishing, boating and kayaking.
- Improved and expanded parking areas, including new surfaces and lighting, to increase parking capacity and safety and to improve the visitor experience.
- Additional solar panels to increase renewable energy production and reduce the carbon footprint of the Bay Center.
About Save The Bay’s 50th Anniversary Campaign
Our comprehensive 50th Anniversary Campaign will position Save The Bay to lead the continued cleanup of Narragansett Bay into the next half-century. The campaign is built around four core elements, each one designed to strengthen our capacity, flexibility and financial foundation to persevere in combating emerging environmental threats and sustain our strategic commitment to future generations: