New restaurants face lots of challenges to make their business work, so I believe having the patio support the commercial use would be best.

outdoor seating for a restaurant/cafe!

Healthy food, reasonably priced, serving at least lunch & dinner (breakfast would be great, too!).

I want to see a restaurant!

Proactive and fastidious maintenance of the completed greenway is going to be key. The new combination of regular volunteer work teams supplemented by contracted services from landscapers and other professionals seems to be working well in Peabody Sq.--maybe an expanded version of that model could work for the greenway.

Community Preservation Act funding would be perfect for this project. The project team should strive to take advantage of this and to align the design & planning of the greenway with CPA goals and funding timelines.

The T incorporated panels showing historic images of the area around each station into the stations, which is OK, but a bit boring. I would love to see interesting artwork--sculpture (maybe mobile/kinetic sculptures), clever use of lighting, and creative ways of incorporating things about the neighborhood and its diversity rather than literal representations. The Clapp Pear sculpture in Everett Sq. is a good example of this.

I'd visit the DotGreenway 3 - 5 times a week!

This is boring, but adequate and well-placed trash receptacles are going to be key to keeping the greenway clean & tidy. Make it easy for people to do the right thing! We see how the fact that, in Peabody Sq., the only trash can on the east side of the plaza is a stupidly-placed receptacle at the curb in front of 7-Eleven---far, far away from the seating area, so people simply throw trash on the ground near the horse trough and in the planting beds instead of walking 100 feet to use the can.

A well-designed, aesthetically pleasing, safe, and well-maintained area that supports a wide variety of activities while connecting neighbors to each other and to local businesses.

The DotGreenway will be best used as a safe connection between neighborhoods / T stops!