With the sale of the Winthrop Square Garage, the City of Boston committed $28 million to revitalize Franklin Park. In preparation for this investment, which includes $5 million earmarked to create a maintenance endowment, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department is launching a new action plan for the park.

Over the next 18 months, the City of Boston is partnering with a team of landscape architects, planners, ecologists, and community engagement experts to create a community driven action plan for an engaging and diverse Franklin Park.

The team’s goal is to understand the planning efforts that have come before it, what is working and isn’t working in the park, and what the Franklin Park neighborhood wants to see in the future. It’s your opportunity to help shape the future of the park and connections to the surrounding neighborhoods.

Our Process

Throughout this 18 month project, the team will undertake an equitable and inclusive planning and decision-making process to create a shared vision for the future of Franklin Park. Our work will build on previous planning efforts and improvements by the City and its partners. We look forward to building on these successes. Throughout the process, the team will head to Franklin Park for community meetings and to the surrounding communities for pop-up activities, surveys and conversations with the park’s neighbors.

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