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Franklin Park Jazz and R&B Festival
Saturday, September 21st from 1-8pm
Featuring Amanda “Lady Emcee” Merricks
Opening artists:
- Phaedra
- Mary “Knoll” Terrace Band
- Kalifa & Koliba
Headliners:
- Demola the Violinist
- The Legendary Blue Notes
Volunteers needed! If you’d like to help with set-up, during the shows, and/or clean-up, please send an email. Thank you!
Special thanks to: The City of Boston Parks & Recreation Department, the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture, the Boston Cultural Council, and Senator Liz Miranda.
White Stadium Renovation Project
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
The renovated Stadium will include 11,000 seats for 20 pro women’s soccer games every year and new buildings for BPS athletics, including fitness rooms, a sports medicine facility, and administrative offices. Following a community survey with everything from enthusiasm to not-in-our-park opinions expressed, FPC has successfully worked with the city to have concerns addressed and the plans modified to protect and enhance the park, as well as help neighbors ensure Stadium operations do not negatively impact them.
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.