https://connecticut.news12.com/petitions-fight-parking-plan-approved-for-downtown-westport

Save Jesup Green and mature, beautiful trees from being turned into parking spots!

As Dr. Seuss said, we must speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Please ask the RTM to reject the funding to convert 1/3 of Jesup Green, an inviting green, open space in the heart of downtown, into parking spots that the downtown merchants do not even want.

Turning this area into paved parking spots will only exacerbate existing flooding problems near the Saugatuck River.

This proposal is not a solution to Westport’s parking issues- it is a sad attempt to destroy our precious trees and open, green spaces. The Westport Library conducts story times in this area. Children play in this area. Birds build nests and rest in the leafy branches. People walk their dogs and sit outside and relax in the shade of these magnificent trees. Jesup Green has been a community meeting space for protest groups, Westport Youth Commission events and the annual Westport Library book sale.

Tell our RTM representatives to preserve Jesup Green and vote against cutting down trees to fund a Jesup parking lot.

Use your voice to keep Jesup Green green, open and beautiful for our town! Vote against funding the destruction of Jesup Green to create inconvenient, unwanted and environmentally unsustainable parking.

We must speak for the trees, which some people are chopping as fast as you please!