Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program-Petroleum to Pollinator

Project Name: Petroleum to Pollinator
Project Description: Funded by the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness
(MVP) Program, this project is designing a pollinator park that would transform the former fueling station and town maintenance facility office site on Barton Street. The pollinator park will feature nature-based solutions for stormwater management and heat mitigation, provide community gathering spaces, and create pollinator habitat.
Project Goals: Establish a new pollinator park that enhances and strengthens Oxford's existing pollinator network while providing community space.
Location: 3 Barton Street, Oxford
Contact Person: Kevin Duffy, Director of Public Works
Cost: $206,100 (FY25 State Grant)
Current Status: FY25 scope of work completed. FY26 submission for advancing project to construction document phase under review.