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Engage: Park Advocacy
Engage & Advocate
The following activities are crucial steps in our advocacy work in Franklin Park. These efforts represent sustained efforts on behalf of the Franklin Park Coalition’s members.
Please subscribe to our newsletter for updates and opportunities to be engaged, or donate and join as a member to support efforts as your park advocate.
Current Events
1. Franklin Park Master Planning Process
In exciting news, $28 million was approved by the Boston City Council for Franklin Park improvements on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. This funding came from the sale of the Winthrop Square garage and will support improvements identified through the Master Planning process. Of this amount, $5 million was placed into a trust fund, and FPC will help determine how those funds are allocated toward park programs and maintenance. FPC also participated on the Request for Proposal review committee and interviewed prospective landscape construction firms.
Additional Information:
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The Master Planning Firm was announced!
Welcome to a great team: Landscape architects Reed Hilderbrand working in collaboration with Agency Landscape + Planning of Cambridge and MASS Design Group of Boston. Supporting consultants include Nitsch Engineering, Applied Ecological Services, ETM Associates, and ARUP as well as subject matter specialists Stephen Gray, Ethan Carr, Julie Africa, and others.
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Globe Article​
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The Master Plan RFP was released on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.
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City Budget Allocation for Master Plan
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View the recording of the Ways & Means Committee hearing on surplus Property Disposition Fund allocation.
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A video clip of Franklin Park Coalition’s testimony is below. We supported this funding allocation for much-needed capital improvements but also emphasized that expanding programming support at Franklin Park is a crucial equity issue.
3. JP/ROX Transportation Action Plan
4. Shattuck Campus Planning
See more info about our advocacy brief and community meeting #3.
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Franklin Park Coalition is sitting on the Shattuck Campus Community Advisory Board, which meets every other month for approx 12 months.
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Shattuck Campus Proposed Supportive Housing was a lease proposal presented by the Division of Asset Management to their board in Spring 2018, for 2 acres of the site. It has now been tabled for a vote until the entire campus plan process is completed, but remains a major planning element for the Commonwealth of the use of the site.
Previous Effort
Imagine Boston 2030
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Imagine Boston created a strong vision for change in Franklin Park, through a community process and multiple public meetings in 2017.