Nosh for Nature on March 7

Cosi and Wareham Land Trust team up to preserve open space on Mark’s Cove

What happens when you combine a community-minded restaurant with a land protection organization trying to raise funds to preserve precious waterfront property? Find out on March 7 between 4 and 8 PM at Cosi at Wareham Crossing.   Enjoy great bistro-style food while you learn about and help support the Wareham Land Trust’s latest exciting land protection project.

Cosi, at 2421 Cranberry Highway, Wareham, will donate 10% of proceeds from all sales that Sunday evening to the Wareham Land Trust who will use the funds for its Mark’s Cove Corridor Project.  

The Mark’s Cove Corridor is a 2.5 acre parcel of coastal land at the end of Columbia Street. It abuts an additional 112 acres of already protected open space and could eventually create a swath of 130+ acres of preserved land extending to Swifts Beach and including nearly one and three quarters miles of coastal shoreline which will be open to the public.  The Land Trust has already borrowed the purchase funds to expedite the transaction since the new parcel was recently permitted for residential construction.  The Cosi fundraiser will help repay the outstanding loan.   

Wareham Land Trust activities at the restaurant on March 7 will include coloring for the kids and Land Trust Board members waiting on tables. They will share information about the exciting new Mark’s Cove project as well as other protected lands throughout Wareham.

Kathy Pappalardo of the Wareham Land Trust Board of Directors said: “We invite everyone to join us on March 7 for a fun and worthwhile evening. We are grateful to Cosi and Hearthstone Associates for including us in their Community Benefit Nights.  Land Preservation at its best is a community-wide undertaking so we are thrilled to have this great local business support our efforts. The food is terrific and so is the cause!”