The plan to turn Morley Field into a parking lot is a textbook example of environmental racism, yet DEM continues to favor the developer over the community.
Here I go again: I live in Pawtucket. I don't happen to live in Woodlawn, but Woodlawn is part of my town, and destroying Morley Field is an attack on my town.
I still don't understand how the city managed to sign a P&S agreement for land they had no legal right to sell. I still don't understand why (apparently) the mayor thinks that Pawtucket has some kind of bubble over it and that polluting the Moshassuck won't affect communities downstream, that the massive disruption of a truck distribution center won't affect Providence as the trucks drive through neighboring cities. I don't understand why the mayor claims that since "all the letters against this are the same" he can ignore them. (Would he ignore a petition, claiming only the first name counts?)
So many people have said all of these things over and over and over again. Can someone please buy a plot next to the mayor's house and put up a city dump?
I don't think I'll make it to the meeting. My street hasn't been plowed.
A truly shameful and environmental injustice, spearhead by the current Administration, for the sole benefit of an out-of-state private interest whose proposed development is entirely speculative. For this enormous warehouse project will create no jobs and will provide no tax base for the city. It will, most likely, remain vacant like most of the 100s of similar projects across the country. It is, thus, of zero utility to the affected Woodlawn community or Pawtucket.
Even more disturbing, is the proposed use of Morley as a toxic dump site, for the development, before being paved over as a parking lot for the private interest.
I am unable to conceive of any situation in which, the proposal to take away this community's and its children only youth athletic field/public recreational green space (for the stated purpose) would be considered morally or environmentally acceptable.
I share the anger over this injustice. There is apparently an election coming in Pawtucket and perhaps that can help replace a leadership that is so insensitive. DEM is disappointing too. It is hard to believe in this day and age anyone would want to pave over green space for parking but then we have a similar issue in North Providence which is asking the town of Lincoln to sell them some woods in the Camp Meehan open space parcel for North Providence to expand its parking adjacent t that. Not sure if Lincoln is even allowed to do so. Race is not the issue, it is about appeasing the Great Parking gods. Reply to me, bschillert358@gmail.com if you would like more info on this
I’m late to learning about all of this but absolutely distraught as it’s a 10 min walk from our home and I’m pregnant. The level of racism and lack of caring from our “leaders” is disgusting. Is there a time and place for the meeting Wednesday?
Here I go again: I live in Pawtucket. I don't happen to live in Woodlawn, but Woodlawn is part of my town, and destroying Morley Field is an attack on my town.
I still don't understand how the city managed to sign a P&S agreement for land they had no legal right to sell. I still don't understand why (apparently) the mayor thinks that Pawtucket has some kind of bubble over it and that polluting the Moshassuck won't affect communities downstream, that the massive disruption of a truck distribution center won't affect Providence as the trucks drive through neighboring cities. I don't understand why the mayor claims that since "all the letters against this are the same" he can ignore them. (Would he ignore a petition, claiming only the first name counts?)
So many people have said all of these things over and over and over again. Can someone please buy a plot next to the mayor's house and put up a city dump?
I don't think I'll make it to the meeting. My street hasn't been plowed.
A truly shameful and environmental injustice, spearhead by the current Administration, for the sole benefit of an out-of-state private interest whose proposed development is entirely speculative. For this enormous warehouse project will create no jobs and will provide no tax base for the city. It will, most likely, remain vacant like most of the 100s of similar projects across the country. It is, thus, of zero utility to the affected Woodlawn community or Pawtucket.
Even more disturbing, is the proposed use of Morley as a toxic dump site, for the development, before being paved over as a parking lot for the private interest.
I am unable to conceive of any situation in which, the proposal to take away this community's and its children only youth athletic field/public recreational green space (for the stated purpose) would be considered morally or environmentally acceptable.
I share the anger over this injustice. There is apparently an election coming in Pawtucket and perhaps that can help replace a leadership that is so insensitive. DEM is disappointing too. It is hard to believe in this day and age anyone would want to pave over green space for parking but then we have a similar issue in North Providence which is asking the town of Lincoln to sell them some woods in the Camp Meehan open space parcel for North Providence to expand its parking adjacent t that. Not sure if Lincoln is even allowed to do so. Race is not the issue, it is about appeasing the Great Parking gods. Reply to me, bschillert358@gmail.com if you would like more info on this
I’m late to learning about all of this but absolutely distraught as it’s a 10 min walk from our home and I’m pregnant. The level of racism and lack of caring from our “leaders” is disgusting. Is there a time and place for the meeting Wednesday?