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Franklin Park Coalition White Stadium Renovation Survey
Just released: Read the Full Survey Report with Data and Analysis
Read the press release: Survey of 700+ residents shows broad support for White Stadium renovation if park and community concerns are addressed.
Mark your calendars! Spring is really coming … just not quite yet
- Franklin Park Kite & Bike Festival: Saturday, May 18 from 12-4pm – spread the word and bring all your friends and family!
Shattuck Hospital Re-development
The (BMC) Boston Medical Center-led development coalition has responded to both community and state concerns about the size and cost of their proposal and will be resubmitting a smaller project in the coming months. You can read our Letter to the Boston Globe from last summer about FPC concerns. There will be presentations and public meetings going forward that we will publicize.
White Stadium Renovation Project
At the other end of the park the Boston Public Schools and a professional women’s soccer team have developed a renovation plan for George Robert White Schoolboy Stadium.
- General White Stadium updates page
- Boston Unity original proposal/deck (In response to the RFP)
- White Stadium public meeting on the transportation plan for soccer games
- Recent Updated Boston Unity proposal to the Boston Parks Commission
- FPC comment on the Stadium project for the Article 80 development process
- FPC letter to the editor printed in the Boston Globe March 28, 2024
Again, FPC is concerned about the size of the plan. The renovated Stadium will include 11,000 seats for 20 pro women’s soccer games every year (and where will all those fans park?!) and new buildings for BPS athletics, including fitness rooms, a sports medicine facility, and administrative offices. This project is on a faster track; the next public meeting with discuss the interface with the Franklin Park Action Plan, of special interest to FPC. Register for the meeting on Monday, February 12
Franklin Park Action Plan
Implementation update: FPC members were in the house for the Mayor’s State of the City speech in January announcing big investments in Franklin Park to begin implementation of the Franklin Park Action Plan. We are thrilled that a new park administrator, new maintenance staff, and a woodlands restoration team will be hired in response to Action Plan recommendations. Thank you, Mayor Wu!
The Franklin Park Coalition Board of Directors offered their Comments on the Action Plan and sent a budget request to the Mayor and our elected officials for a significant operating and capital investment to begin Action Plan Implementation. Much of this request will be met in 2024-25. Thanks to all the community members and park users who contributed to the Action Plan development over the last five years and to those who advocated at the Mayor’s Coffee Hours and City Council budget hearings.
Report & Track Concerns about Franklin Park
We’re please to announce a new page dedicated as a one-stop-shop to report and track your concerns about Franklin Park. Go to www.franklinparkcoalition.org/311 to view open and closed comments and complaints from parks users. The page leverages the City of Boston’s 311 service to display requests relating to issues in the park. See litter that needs to be addressed? Fallen limb? Out of service water station? You can report these issues, and more, on your smartphone (Android; iPhone) or via the web. And track your report, and those of other park users, at www.franklinparkcoalition.org/311.
Bos: 311 is the best way to report all the issues you want to see address in the park. Download the app, then snap a photo on your phone, tag the location in the park, and write a short description.