Chelmsford Open Space Stewardship Inc. (COSS) is committed to making our website accessible to the widest possible audience, including people with disabilities. We want everyone to be able to access information about Chelmsford’s open spaces, trails, volunteer opportunities, and educational content. Accessibility standard COSS aims to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 […]

Koulas Farm has had a few buildings on the site at 185 Pine Hill Road. When we worked on clearing along Pine Hill Road last winter, we pulled out a lot of dead brush and junk and cleaned up the area around a large boulder that feels like a perfect point of interest for the […]

Bartlett Park is one of those places that plenty of people use, but not everyone really knows. Most of us drive by it a hundred times a year. It is right in the center of town near the library, surrounded by busy roads and downtown life. But the second you step onto the grass, it […]

As some know, we are adding information items for each site around town. The information presented is fair and balanced and gives a snapshot of what you will find. Here is the one for Heart that will go live today. Give it a read and let me know if I missed something or something needs […]

This is a great question, and I am glad it was asked when I shared the prototype page. From day one, our webmaster has insisted that as we roll out the full ChelmsfordOSS website, it must be ADA compliant. That was not an afterthought. It was a requirement from the start. There are two reasons […]

I review a lot of Eagle Scout projects, and I honestly find something interesting in almost every one of them. Even after all these years, I still learn new things. This particular project made me stop, think, and go back to look up a few items to make sure the advice I was giving was […]

Long before the town of Chelmsford existed on a map, the forests, wetlands, and river corridors of this area were home to Native peoples whose lives followed the seasons with great care and attention. Among them were the Pennacook and the Nipmuc, whose homelands included much of what is now central and northeastern Massachusetts. For […]

Quietly, COSS Inc. has been creating what we hope will be the premier open space information source in town. It has an extensive blog section covering our continuing posts about people, sites, history, and events from around Chelmsford. The site can be searched by any AI engine, so it is a solid and growing source […]

With great excitement, we are thrilled to share that the maple tree plantation at Sunny Meadow Farm is now active. Posts and sap lines are being installed this weekend so that, as soon as the sap starts to run, it can be collected and processed into maple syrup by Cooking Buckets Sugar House. Ten years […]

Last night’s COSS board meeting was a great one. We welcomed a new board member who brings strong ties to town scouting. That connection matters. COSS discussed continued support for scouting programs and working to ensure scouts of all ages can continue to use Sunny Meadow year-round for educational and stewardship activities. COSS also approved […]