History

L-R: Pat Shea, Rita Fritch, Pat Tobin, Dave Pelissier (BPP CFO), Emily Giannini (BPP COO), Councilor Ed Flynn, Jen Salman (BPP Director), Shani Fletcher (Director, Office of Urban Agriculture), Jennifer Kimball (Executive Director, COGdesign), Ed Kelly (IAFF President), Boston Fire Commissioner John Dempsey

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Evan Spencer, Rita Fritch, Dave Pelissier, Jen Salman, Emily Giannini, Courtney Goode (Principal, Goode Landscape Studio), Pat Tobin, Pat Shea

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Councilor Ed Flynn, Thadine Brown (Director, Community Preservation), Shani Fletcher (Director, GrowBoston: Office of Urban Agriculture)

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Councilor Ed Flynn, Ryan Woods (Commissioner, Boston Parks and Recreation)

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Big Thanks to councilor Ed flynn

Barnard Place Park Kickoff!

As we look forward to the upcoming ribbon-cutting ceremony at Barnard Place Park, we want to give special thanks to Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn. Ed met with us on Barnard Place in 2018 to listen to the challenges our neighborhood faced over the years with caretaking an abandoned parcel of land and our wishes to create a safe, enjoyable open space. He informed us of a Community Meeting at the Tynan School to discuss the option of constructing a public park with Community Preservation funding. We attended the meeting and began the process of moving forward to make this dream a reality.

Barnard Place residents worked on the conceptual design with COGdesign throughout 2019. It was important for us to include two memorial benches in memory of longstanding Barnard Place residents Boston Firefighter Scott Salman & Arta Fritch, as well as honor the history of our surrounding community. We believe we have achieved a design that brings thoughtfully landscaped open space to promote relaxation, honor the people who were the fabric of this area for decades, and include a recreational bocce court to pay homage to the Italian families who lived and played bocce here many years ago. We are excited to bring recreational bocce to the park as a way for the community to have some fun and get to know one another.

It has been quite an interesting experience. We have met many wonderful people who have helped us along the way. We wouldn't be opening Barnard Place Park without Councilor Flynn's vision and support.

History of the barnard Place Park Project

What is the Barnard Place Park project?
The City of Boston previously owned a 2,000 sq. ft., vacant, parcel of land on Barnard Place. In 2018, City Councilor Ed Flynn, along with Joseph Backer of the Department of Neighborhood Development and Christine Poff, Director of Community Preservation, held a community meeting at the Tynan School to discuss an opportunity to build a public park with a South Boston nonprofit residents group as a Community Preservation project.

After caring for the land for more than three decades, the Barnard Place residents were very interested in developing it into useable, open space. Over the past two years we have established a nonprofit organization, secured Community Preservation funding, purchased the City's parcel, and have begun the pre-construction work to break ground in the Spring of 2021. We are well on our way to realizing Barnard Place Park to share with the community!

COMMUNITY MEETING - SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

The Barnard Place residents hosted an on-site community meeting to discuss the Barnard Place Park project in detail. We give thanks to our special guests Christine Poff, Director, Community Preservation, State Representative David Biele, Darrah Cole, Horticulturist, Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and Pattie McCormick, Associate Director of Development, Edgerley Family South Boston Boys & Girls Club for their support, along with the neighborhood residents who took the time on Saturday morning to join us.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - 5/20/22

Thank you Councilor Ed Flynn!

Big Thanks to councilor Ed flynn

Barnard Place Park Kickoff!

Thank you Councilor Michael Flaherty!

Community Preservation Award from Councilor Flaherty

Barnard Place Park made possible by generous donations

History of the barnard Place Park Project

COMMUNITY MEETING - SEPTEMBER 14, 2019