“In response to some queries on the street, “We the undersigned” are a group of concerned private citizens not affiliated with any organization who have originated this petition through change.org to bring to everyone’s attention our concern regarding the imminent threat facing the Charlestown waterfront with a deadline for comments that was set to Thursday March 4, 2021. We are not opposed to but rather welcome creative improvements to our historic Navy yard but we are opposed to privatization and loss of public access. In an age of climate change many sources of funding are available and the utility of this space as a sea buffer, aquatic habitat, and public amenity in the age of COVID should not be disregarded.”