Whip Clark Celebrates $11M Funding Package for District’s Community Projects, including $500K Funding for Revere

City was awarded $500,000 grant to cover resiliency efforts at Gibson Park Project 

Special to The Advocate

REVERE, MA – On March 6, 2024, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the House’s passage of a funding package that includes $11 million for 13 local community projects in the Fifth District. The projects were selected in collaboration with state and local leaders.

“These 13 projects will touch so many lives in our community,” said Democratic Whip Clark. “This federal funding will help clean our air and water, enable the construction of new community gathering spaces, and advance our work of building climate readiness and resiliency.” Revere is amongst those 13 local communities who will receive funding from this package. A detailed summary of the bills are available here.

$500,000 for Riverside and Gibson Park Project, City of Revere: 

The funding will be used by the City of Revere for construction costs for shoreline stabilization and the Gibson Park portion of the project aimed at reducing risk and redeveloping the Gibson Park and Mills Avenue Neighborhood. The project benefits the climate resilience of the community.

“The City of Revere is grateful for the ongoing support of the Gibson Park Project. Bringing resiliency and recreational benefits to the community will offer great opportunity for our residents and build off a yearslong planning process,” said City of Revere Mayor Patrick Keefe. “A project of this magnitude requires many partnerships to successfully bring it to fruition. We are especially appreciative of the strong strategic advocacy from Congresswoman Clark to recognize and support flood risk reduction measures for this neighborhood, which has been experiencing increasingly significant flooding events over the past ten years.”