Building on an exciting past.
In the late 1800s Revere came to prominence as a destination resort for vast numbers of residents of Greater Boston. The main attraction was gleaming, seven-mile-long Revere Beach, the nation’s first public beach. The region’s burgeoning streetcar system deposited thousands of visitors every day on the beach itself. From there, they had their pick of Victorian hotels with broad porches that looked out on the ocean, fine dining, entertainment and dancing, and a wonderland of carnival-themed games and rides.
Revere today is still an entertainment savvy community but it has also grown to be a diverse and striving city that is becoming known as a seedbed for success for its 50,000 residents. Since the year 2000 alone, the City has invested more than $100 million into capital improvements, including four new and completely renovated schools, state-of-the-art new police and fire stations and $11 million in beach renovations. As that has been happening, Revere’s public schools have been earning national acclaim for their rising test scores and innovative programming. The schools have a 14.1-1 student teacher ratio. Seventy seven percent of the system’s graduates now go on to higher education.
As Waterfront Square arrives on the scene, one of the major goals is to firmly establish the Wonderland MBTA Station area as the focus point of life along Revere Beach—as a nexus for living, working, entertainment and access to the beach that ties all of the existing natural, residential and entertainment assets of the area together. The vision is to reestablish Revere Beach as Revere’s best foot forward and to equip it to be one of the most interesting and desirable places to be in Greater Boston.