Scituate Harbor Vision Plan

The goal of this 2004 initiative was to create a basis for community actions and private investment necessary to create an improved streetscape and open space network along the waterfront and within the Scituate Harbor Village Area. These improvements should reinforce the town’s historic links to its maritime past, contribute to the vitality of the business district, and enhance the quality of experience for all residents and visitors to Front Street.

The Vision Plan [LINK]provides design concepts intended to advance townscape improvements, and to link these concepts to action steps for implementing positive change. The plan also addresses key issues of concern to the stakeholders as expressed in the charrette session by exploring design options in order to establish a favorable combination of improvements to Scituate Harbor. The goals of the community for Scituate Harbor were to enhance the visual quality, safety and image of the village while developing a compelling vision of the harbor as a focus of commercial and recreational activitie