To the Editor, Your reporting of community events helps our community enjoy our town, and be informed. Please make a correction regarding Pier 5 so residents are informed with facts. Our hope is the community joins together for a common goal to make Charlestown a better place to live, work and visit for all. On August 26th, 2021, the Pier 5 Association Inc hosted a free to all community event at Pier 5 along the Harborwalk, in an effort to enjoy the magnificent experience of a summer night on Boston Harbor, with neighbors and friends of all ages, from all walks of life. Despite the heat index of 105 degrees, in which other community events were cancelled due to the heat, the Charlestown neighborhood came to Pier 5 to celebrate and to have fun with games, The Bubble Man, face painting, a live band, Keytar the Guitar, painting with Artist of Humanity, while learning about the environment from e Inc and Pier 5 Association Inc members. Pier 5 Association Inc collaborates with Restore Pier 5 who are seeking federal funds for the rehabilitation of Pier 5 into a public park for all to enjoy the Head of the Harbor, and learn about and appreciate our maritime and historical location on the shores where John Winthrop arrived in 1630; Paul Revere rowed to warn the Colonists that “The British are Coming!” and where women and men labored for our freedom during both World Wars. Pier 5 Association Inc works collaboratively with Restore Pier 5 and each organization appreciates one another’s support and efforts. The Boston Harbor, the Harborwalk and Pier 5 belong to the people. Interpretation by a private developer with a proposal to build on Pier 5, with comments which discounts the community effort at Pier 5 is misleading and misinformed. Pier 5 Association Inc has collected over 3,000 signatures for a Pier 5 Park to engage the Charlestown community for much needed public recreation and relaxation space; for the City of Boston to celebrate our history in a waterfront park; and for the millions of worldwide travelers who come to see the USS Constitution and Bunker Hill Monument, where they learn about the birth of democracy. Pier 5 Park is by the people, and for the people. May you please correct the record, for the greater good of the Charlestown community. Diane Valle