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Welcome to the web site of the Concerned Citizens of Freetown. We are a non-profit organization seeking a better environment for the people of Freetown, Massachusetts and one in which the needs of all the people are addressed.
The Concerned Citizens of Freetown is open to any resident who resides in the town of Freetown. We are dedicated to a better quality of life for all who live in our town and we will share the knowledge we have with anyone who is concerned about the environment and residents who are adversely affected by growing development.
CCF continues to recruit new members and gather community support from other grassroots organizations from Boston, New Bedford, and local communities on Southeastern Massachusetts. Concerned Citizens of Freetown`s Environmental Justice Awareness Program continues to educate the citizens of Freetown about the functions of both state and federal environmental protection agencies, environmental regulations and the law, environmental pollution, toxic waste, health hazards and safety issues.
CCF members attend town meetings on a frequent basis to address environmental issues and concerns. They are also involved with decision strategies and plans to halt industrial development in their residential community. Members, supporters and volunteers participate in activities and events planned by the organization.
History
The Concerned Citizens of Freetown was organized in May, 1999 because of the constant threat of industrial development on land located in a residential area of East Freetown. These parcels of land are situated on a two mile stretch of Braley Road where the predominantly black, Cape Verdean community lives. These multicultural neighborhoods of low to moderate-income families are the only minority group in Freetown that would be affected by future industrial development of these privately owned lots. This is the only area of Freetown that the residents have been victimized and subjected to "Environmental Racism" for 18 years or more and it continues even until today.
The CCF and their supporters have been very successful in preventing the development of an asphalt plant and a trucking and distribution center because of the massive increase in traffic that both would generate on the residents of Braley Road; and the banning of fly ash [coal] from being stored in Freetown. We are still involved in halting all industrial development located on Braley Road in the residential community of East Freetown.
As of July, 2003, we are still engaged in an ongoing battle with a local developer in our community who is trying to develop a 9-lot industrial park on 41 acres of land on 66 Braley Road. We believe that unclean businesses will form in our community as a result, such as a permanent concrete plant, a potential waste treatment plant, among others. We are very concerned for the well being of the people in this community for their public health and safety.
We want to reach out to all in Freetown. We are concerned for the betterment of Assonet and East Freetown and we invite those concerned to join us in making our town a better, more liveable place.
The Concerned Citizens of Freetown is open to any resident who resides in the town of Freetown. We are dedicated to a better quality of life for all who live in our town and we will share the knowledge we have with anyone who is concerned about the environment and residents who are adversely affected by growing development.
CCF continues to recruit new members and gather community support from other grassroots organizations from Boston, New Bedford, and local communities on Southeastern Massachusetts. Concerned Citizens of Freetown`s Environmental Justice Awareness Program continues to educate the citizens of Freetown about the functions of both state and federal environmental protection agencies, environmental regulations and the law, environmental pollution, toxic waste, health hazards and safety issues.
CCF members attend town meetings on a frequent basis to address environmental issues and concerns. They are also involved with decision strategies and plans to halt industrial development in their residential community. Members, supporters and volunteers participate in activities and events planned by the organization.
History
The Concerned Citizens of Freetown was organized in May, 1999 because of the constant threat of industrial development on land located in a residential area of East Freetown. These parcels of land are situated on a two mile stretch of Braley Road where the predominantly black, Cape Verdean community lives. These multicultural neighborhoods of low to moderate-income families are the only minority group in Freetown that would be affected by future industrial development of these privately owned lots. This is the only area of Freetown that the residents have been victimized and subjected to "Environmental Racism" for 18 years or more and it continues even until today.
The CCF and their supporters have been very successful in preventing the development of an asphalt plant and a trucking and distribution center because of the massive increase in traffic that both would generate on the residents of Braley Road; and the banning of fly ash [coal] from being stored in Freetown. We are still involved in halting all industrial development located on Braley Road in the residential community of East Freetown.
As of July, 2003, we are still engaged in an ongoing battle with a local developer in our community who is trying to develop a 9-lot industrial park on 41 acres of land on 66 Braley Road. We believe that unclean businesses will form in our community as a result, such as a permanent concrete plant, a potential waste treatment plant, among others. We are very concerned for the well being of the people in this community for their public health and safety.
We want to reach out to all in Freetown. We are concerned for the betterment of Assonet and East Freetown and we invite those concerned to join us in making our town a better, more liveable place.
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