Roberto Clemente Park is the heart of the Cambodia Town district in Lowell, Massachusetts! Learn more about Clemente Park Committee and the Annual Khmer New Year Celebration here.
Clemente Park Committee
Clemente Park Committee is a group of concerned citizens organized to promote conservation and awareness of the history and value of Clemente Park. The group is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the relationship between the park and the community at large. Entrusted with its care, the group shares a commitment to protect this great open space for today and for future generations.
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About Us
We are a volunteer group, whose main focus is to build upon and maintain the Robert J. Clemente Park and the Pailin Volleyball Sports Complex in the Lower Highlands neighborhood in Lowell, Massachusetts. Since the late ‘70s and until now, the park has become known as “Pailin Park” and is a landmark and symbol for the Cambodian community. As an anchor to the Cambodian Town district, our efforts are to seek to enhance the Cambodian heritage through sports, art, and architecture. “Pailin Park” is one of the most highly used parks in the City of Lowell. We work with the Commissioner of Park, patrons, and the residents around the neighborhood to collaborate on additional recreational use.
The group was initially founded when former City Council Vesna Nuon asked a group of community members to form a committee to help provide feedback to the City of Lowell during the last Master Plan initiative. Clemente Park Committee organically came together in 2010 and had the first Khmer New Year Celebration at “Pailin Park” in 2012. The group has since then come into its own and is a staple entity in the Cambodian community here in Lowell, Massachusetts particularly for the volleyball players and patrons of “Pailin Park.”
Why Clemente Park Committee? As a nod to the previous contribution of the park’s name sake, Roberto J. Clemente, it is a gesture of respect, inclusiveness, and the spirit of working together. The park has shifted and changed as it reflects the changes in demographic of the neighborhood.
We are a voluntary, non-paid independent community group made up of individuals from the community at large.