The Senator Thomas Norton City Pier has seen many a jogger, dog-walker, or family romp with the baby stroller since its opening to the public in 2022. The four-acre, two-pronged green space — jutting off Fall River’s waterfront, complete with looping pedestrian walkways, benches, and turf — offers panoramic views of city landmarks: Battleship Cove and the Charles M. Braga Bridge.

Once a site that prompted intense contamination remediation and cleanup that took place on-and-off for 27 years, the pier and its full-scale revitalization under the Fall River Redevelopment Authority put tens of millions in state and federal funding to good use. 

Now, the City Pier has been awarded the New England Environmental Business Council's James D.P. Farrell Brownfields-Remediation Project of the Year. 

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