Making Access To Boston's Island Life More Affordable

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's a camping island, so there are campsites and there
are urts that you can rent.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
There are thirty four islands in Peninsula's part of Boston
Harbor's chain. Pettick's Island is the second largest and a
popular camping destination.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
We work with the EBT card and you can get
out here on your EBT card for I think about
three dollars.

Speaker 4 (00:19):
But it's not as cheap as officials would like it
to be. To get out here.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
A ride from Hengham Harbor typically cost twenty five bucks.
That's not including camp reservation fees and parking. Boston Harbor
Now is a nonprofit that offers cost cutting ways to
get out on the water.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
We try to fund as many nonprofit groups as we can.

Speaker 4 (00:36):
Katy Abbott is CEO and president.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Families, Kids, all kinds of groups.

Speaker 5 (00:41):
We've done things like free ferry Day, free ferry weekends.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
CCR Commissioner Brian Rigo.

Speaker 5 (00:46):
How do we build off of some of the things
that we've done and maybe look at allocating resources to
really defer those costs.

Speaker 4 (00:53):
Jay, We'll let WBZ, Boston's news radio