Junction Park Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

From asphalt to scenic oasis. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward 5 City Councilor Naima Sait, and Somerville’s Public Space and Urban Forestry Division invite community members to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for Somerville Junction Park (located between Centre St. and Central St.) on Friday, November 14, at 12 p.m. 

The event will celebrate the redesign and conversion of 0.83 acres of asphalt into additional park space, which more than doubled the park’s size. Set alongside the Community Path Extension completed in 2023, Somerville Junction Park’s redesign brings new life and features to this neighborhood park.  

Among other innovative features, the park now includes a seating platform overlooking the commuter and T trains passing below as an ode to the site’s history as a former passenger train depot. Visitors will find interpretive signs with historic information, native plantings and shade trees, walking paths, and amenities including a hammock grove, as well as water bottle filling and bike repair stations. 

For all project information, please visit somervillema.gov/junctionpark. 

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