Franklin Park Defenders

Group dedicated to ensuring Boston's Franklin Park remains a vibrant space for ALL to enjoy. #BosParks #FranklinPark

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JOIN US TOMORROW, AUGUST 19! The fight to protect Franklin Park and keep our public land public continues. Join the Franklin Park Defenders for our next community standout and make your voice heard. Wednesday, August 19 4:00–6:00 PM Corner of Blue Hill Ave. & Franklin Park Rd

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Franklin Park belongs to the people. Decisions about its future should reflect meaningful community engagement—not just public meetings, but public accountability.

#FranklinPark #WhiteStadium #Boston #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicLand

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Stand Up. Stand Out. Defend Franklin Park. #FranklinParkDefenders

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Join the Franklin Park Defenders today! 🌳 Stand with us at Walnut Ave & Seaver St, 4–6 PM. Protect our park and our voice! #ProtectFranklinPark #Boston #Roxbury

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🌳 Join Franklin Park Defenders & CORES for Summer Standouts to Save Franklin Park!

Learn about the proposed White Stadium transportation plan, complete the #ShapeShattuck survey, and help protect our park.

📍See the flyer for dates & locations.

#ProtectFranklinPark

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🚨 Last week, we, alongside former State Senator Dianne Wilkerson, met with senior officials from Governor Healey’s administration to discuss White Stadium, transportation concerns, and state permitting. Now we await the SJC's decision.

Stay Updated at: https://t.co/aNxhMkBQ0i

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Worth the read new opinion piece looks back at the project's early history, examining when key discussions began, how decisions evolved over time, and why the timeline continues to generate debate today.

#SaveFranklinPark #ItsBiggerThanUs

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New reporting connects extreme heat, tree canopy inequities, and White Stadium parking restrictions.

Environmental justice is about more than trees—it's about how planning decisions affect communities every day. Read more: https://t.co/cKg7akLylr

#SaveFranklinPark

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Juneteenth reminds us that freedom isn't just remembered—it must be protected. The work isn't over when the celebration ends. It continues where communities are fighting to preserve their voice, their public spaces, and their future. Read https://t.co/NBzAD1Dlpn

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Join us on Thursday, June 11 at 6:00 PM at the William J. Devine Golf Course Club House to share your thoughts on the White Stadium transportation plan and its impact on Franklin Park and surrounding neighborhoods. This is an opportunity to ensure community voices are heard.

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We support rebuilding White Stadium. The question is cost.

If high-quality public stadiums can be renovated for $8M, $13.5M, $30M, and even $50M, why are Boston taxpayers paying $135M?

Build a fully public stadium.

#SaveFranklinPark #ItsBiggerThanUs

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White Stadium was supposed to create opportunities for minority-owned businesses.

Yet the city's portion of the project continues to lag behind its diversity goals, even as Boston Legacy reports surpassing theirs.

Big promises. Different results.

Read: https://t.co/7L8JFLxITV

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People who’ve gathered in Franklin Park for generations are now being told they “can’t hang there.”

This is why so many are sounding the alarm.

When public spaces become more controlled and commercialized, selective enforcement follows.

Franklin Park belongs to the people.

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The city's new transportation scheme for White Stadium includes traffic monitoring, parking restrictions, and bans on spectator parking in Franklin Park and surrounding neighborhoods on match days.

That’s a fundamentally different use of public parkland.

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A new transportation agreement for White Stadium has been announced—but major questions remain about traffic, parking, pollution, and long-term neighborhood impact.

This is still a large-scale professional sports complex on public parkland. Build a fully public stadium.

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The city has announced a 15-member advisory council to gather community input on the White Stadium project. Community voice matters—but real accountability means more than updates and feedback. Read More Here: https://t.co/yjST5QUoq9

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The Boston NAACP is standing with us.

Civil rights organizations don’t engage lightly.
When they do, it signals something bigger is at stake.

#CommunityVoice #ItsBiggerThanUs

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"What a catastrophe the White Stadium rebuild is becoming. It never occurred to me that football games were going to be played only on a few occasions at the end of the season and now possibly not at all..." https://t.co/lJLA8HX2fn

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The Greater Worcester Land Trust submitted an amicus brief.

They protect open space across Massachusetts.
What happens in Franklin Park could impact land everywhere.

#EnvironmentalJustice #ItsBiggerThanUs

[Franklin Park Defenders @FPDefenders]

The Kestrel Land Trust is speaking up.

Their mission is to protect land for communities and future generations.
That includes standing up when public land is at risk.
#PublicLand #ItsBiggerThanUs