The Emerald Necklace Conservancy and 15 citizens from Boston and Brookline filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Civil Court to stop a proposal to renovate White Stadium in Franklin Park — a plan they say is an “unconstitutional privatization of public land.
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy and 15 citizens from Boston and Brookline filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Civil Court to stop a proposal to renovate White Stadium in Franklin Park — a plan they contend is the “unconstitutional privatization of public land.”
“Our lawsuit alleges that the proposed redevelopment of White Stadium by Boston Unity Soccer Partners, a for-profit investment group, would not only violate the White Fund Trust and by transferring public land for private use and excluding members of the public from using the stadium, but also it would fundamentally alter the nature and feel of a significant portion of Franklin Park, and perhaps the whole park in effect, during the majority of fair-weather weekends each year,” she said.
Wu said the Article 97 claims are without merit in the city’s opinion, and don’t apply to White Stadium because it already exists. Ben Taylor, chair of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy Board and a Brookline resident, said they joined with the citizens “reluctantly” because they’re not prone to filing lawsuits and have never sued anyone in their 25-year history.
“It saddens me that our city has now decided to cut up our park to the highest bidder without public input or the communities surrounding the park how they feel and what they want to see,” said Renee Welch, who grew up on Montebello Road in Jamaica Plain and now lives in Egleston Square. “I’m very passionate about this because this is where my whole family grew up. We played soccer in this park. We played cricket in this park. This was our park. This is our park.
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