Paul Nutting Email and Phone Number

Now retired….Having worked in GIS for almost as long as the technology has existed, I've seen many changes ranging from the days of command line interface to mobile applications. My career working on many data development projects (including the Statewide Protected Openspace datalayer), traveling the State to teach GIS to K-12 school teachers and local officials, creating numerous interactive online maps, and managing outreach and messaging has been varied and very rewarding. While I've made numerous contributions to the advent and maturation of Massachusetts Bureau of Geographic Information, I'm also very proud of my many community engagements. These activities mainly involve the environment, both the natural and man made.Never one to sit by and simply watch my neighborhood of Dorchester evolve, I have been an active participant in many committees, appointed boards and participated in event planning and execution. As the long-time Dorchester resident member of the Legislature's Better Beaches Commission, I've helped to guide the expansion, activation, and maintenance of Dorchester's beaches and waterfront amenities. Serving as an active member of the Neponset River Greenway Council, I've helped to advocate, with great success, for the construction of over 8 miles of a linear waterfront trail that traverses and knits together several Boston neighborhoods and contiguous communities.Due to my reasonable and collaborative approach to development, I'm frequently asked to join Impact Advisory Committees formed by the Boston Planning and Development Agency to guide major developments in the area, and in 2008 served on the Columbia Point Master Plan Task Force. That multi-year process led to the creation of a document that to this day helps guide and direct development in an area of Dorchester that contains multiple large parcels that are relatively underdeveloped. So both my work activities and community involvements have prepared me well for a career in public service.