Help Save Thomas Edison Park!

Middlesex County is proposing to demolish the existing Thomas A. Edison County Park, cut down 11 acres of woodlands and build a 14 synthetic (plastic) field "Destination Athletic Complex"

The National Park Service has to approve the change in the "Program of Utilization" and is requiring a Enviornmental Assessment, and Public Comment Period.  

This website provides information about the park, and the proposal.  Please use this information to comment on the Environmental Assessment.

As of July 29, 2024 the CIO Plan still has not been made public.

LATEST NEWS

The National Park Service has released the Environmental Assessment for the proposed Sports Complex at Thomas A. Edison Park.  

Click on this link to access the Environmental Assessment: 

ParkPlanning - Thomas A Edison Change in Program of Utilization Environmental Assessment (nps.gov)

Click on Document List,  then click on Thomas A. Edison Change of Program of Utilization.

To Comment:  

PUBLIC COMMENT This EA will be on public review for 30 days. The NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website provides access to current plans and related documents on public review. Users of the site can submit comments on the documents available for public review. 

If you wish to comment on the EA, you may post comments online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/EdisonParkNJ by September 3, 2024 

Comment Now:  National Park Service - PEPC - Thomas A Edison Change in Program of Utilization Environmental Assessment -Submit Comments (nps.gov)

or mail with post mark of September 3,,2024 to: Diane Keith, NER Program Manager National Park Service Federal Lands to Parks c/o 54 Portsmouth St. Concord, NH 03301

 Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

 Informational Presentation on the Thomas A. Edison Park Environmental Assessment 

Click here for the presentation

Thursday August 29, 2024, 7pm Clara Barton First Aid Squad 1079 Amboy Ave. Edison

Middlesex Greenway Coalition Meeting

To volunteer:

Contact Us at: info@edisonopenspaceandparks.com

We need volunteers to hand out flyers at events. 

Join our sign crew, and distribute campaign signs.

Distribute flyers in your nieghborhood,

Help Save Thomas Edison Park.   Comment during the Environmental Assessment Comment Period.

 

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