SAVING THE PINK HOUSE TOGETHER

Photo Credit: Don Paquin

The Refuge's 30 day comment period ended on 11/30, but the fight to save The Pink House has just begun - on a new level!  Everyone joined together makes the cause - and effect - much more powerful... in fact, impossible to ignore.  

The GOOD NEWS is: Your voice has been heard and is making a difference. But WE ALL need to KEEP SPEAKING UP and TAKING ACTION to keep the momentum going (even through the holidays).  

Because the BAD NEWS IS: DEMOLISHING THE PINK HOUSE is STILL in FWS's plans... to start as early as end of January or early February, unless something substantial happens to change that. One of the ways is if they have land they are pursuing. We asked them to make criteria more visible and to keep putting it out there. We ourselves are doing all we can to spread the word and criteria, and those who share our posts have helped. Another is that we continue to ask for an extension of demolition, so we need to keep the word circulating, and help to find it.  

YOUR VOICE MADE A DIFFERENCE because FWS went from saying all options had been exhausted to Matt Hillman, Refuge Manager, saying he'd rather there be a land swap, and putting out increasingly clear criteria, at our request. 

The anticipation of a huge response from you forced a public meeting, which Senator Tarr took the reins to plan... and transparency and face to face meetings with the public must continue.

The enormous outcry via social media and contacting ParkerRiver and our elected officials made this issue impossible to sweep under the rug... asking for our elected officials to join the conversation and make change must continue.  

From your voices came substantial media coverage - which must continue!

WHY IS YOUR VOICE STILL NEEDED?  Because UNLESS WE ALL KEEP IT UP THE PINK HOUSE WILL STILL BE DEMOLISHED. 

Support The Pink House formed in response to so many locals and visitors desire to see The Pink House restored... and we have worked behind the scenes for years on your behalf, never giving up on solutions no matter how many road blocks and complications arose. We have never given up... and don't intend to now.

We have gotten new life because we've been joined by all of YOU! It takes everyone now.

TOGETHER WE'VE GOT THIS!   Demolition needs to be stopped altogether until a solution can be found. That's why there's more work to do...  SO what can YOU DO? ​ See below and pass the word!

HOW YOU CAN STILL HELP SAVE THE PINK HOUSE

CALL ELECTED OFFICIALS  
Ask:  Where is THEIR voice for you?  
Congressman Seth Moulton 

• Email: [email protected]      
•  Phone: (978) 531-1669

Senator Ed Markey

• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (617) 565-8519

Senator Elizabeth Warren

• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (617) 565-3170

FWS is a federal agency and the above are our federal elected congressional officials. They should be working with us in this, as they have in the past. ASK: Why are you not speaking up for your constituents? Why are you not even sending a rep to our meetings? What has changed? Do you support FWS who does not understand how much this means to our state? ASK: Where do you stand? Do you want to see the house demolished? 

Governor Maura Healy 

• Email: [email protected]   
• Phone: (617) 725-4005

Her family lives here, and she is aware of The PH. Her office has been in touch with us. Kindly ask her to get more involved. Let her know how much The Pink House means to you. It’s most effective to include the value The Pink House holds especially if:

• Your business benefits from it drawing visitors who then shop, eat, rent or buy here, especially off-season.
• Your caused earned money through Pink House Art at a fundraiser 
• You are an artist who supplements their income from Pink House art. 

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Senator Bruce Tarr [email protected] (617) 772-1600
Thank him for calling the public meeting. Ask to keep the conversation transparent, as was his aim, and working to represent your concerns. 

Rep Krisitn Kassner [email protected] (617) 722-2000 
Rep Dawne Shand  [email protected]   (617) 722-2400

Ask them to get more involved, to be a voice for you. Tell them ho much this matters to our area, to tourism, to our economy and artists. While they take care of other issues, this is also important to you who voted for them -- and it's urgent.  
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HELP FIND LAND TO SWAP
GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT LAND CRITERIA!

• Read our criteria, then TALK IT UP at work, with family, at the holidays
• Share this blog post url on ALL your social media: (https://bit.ly/PHSwapCriteria)
• ​ASK US FOR FLIERS you can print and pass out to people, or post on the cork boards in offices, libraries, coffee shops, and stores in your area.

It is critical that potentially viable land keeps comes to us at [email protected] and Parker River Refuge through the holidays and early January to assess. 
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We tried to make that as easy for you as possible. Click any link and it will immediately open up in an email for your convenience!

​Want other ways to help? CLICK HERE to see other ways like writing letters to the papers, volunteering, following us on social media, etc.. 

Even if you only have one minute to do something like sharing this blog post,  IT ALL helps!  Together we are STRONGEST!  

Stay tuned right here, and come back often to read all the updates!  THANK YOU!