Pier 5 - Boston Navy Yard Park vs Private Public Project (PPP) Development without Oversight

The Pier 5 Association is going to stop private development of a public pier in the Boston Navy Yard. We need all the help we can get. We are up against a conflict of interest, private urban development 'agency' of the government. They are multigenerational institution with players in all levels of oversight. We were told that the PPP oversight committee/function has not been active for many years. They rely on their revunue to operate. There is no incentive or intent to save a historic pier and use nature based solutions to restore the pier as a biophilic park. Pier5.org/news

Open Pier 5 for All

• The only fully open public park at the Head-of-the-Harbor. Can accommodate hundreds of people in special events and year round
• A Welcoming Park
• Supporting multiple water dependent activities and other amenities for the public.
• Iconic US History
• Offering an iconic point of interest, photography - memorizing the 50,000 women and men working at the Navy-Yard during WWII
• A Unique Marine Viewing Point
• Pier 5 served tens of Tall-Ships docking and sailing right here during Sail-Boston 2000 and 2017
• A Unique Point to Watch Boats, International Commerce, Water
• No other point in the harbor offers this unique spot to watch the summer - and winter! sailboat racing and multiple events, attracting thousands
• Keeping the Water-Sheet
• Courageous Sailing, children and other sailors need sheltered, well protected water sheet for practicing and docking. Watersheet on North Side already compromised

HARBOR CITIES AROUND THE WORLD TURNED THEIR OLD PIERS INTO ICONIC PUBLIC TREASURES.

BOSTON has not. FEMA Rating in "Retrograde". A private company driven by revenues has no part in determining the fate of public waterfront historic pier. It abutts and is a part of a National park. There is no transparency by the government entity with private missions. Few questions and calls of the public are ever addressed let alone recognized.