State and Federal Government Representatives
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-MA Sen. John Kerry, D-MA Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA	Fmr. Rep. Peter Blute, R-MA Fmr. Gov. William Weld, R-MA Massachusetts State Legislature

Local Organizations and Government Bodies These groups formally endorsed the park project by furnishing a letter signed by their president, executive director, etc.
AGLAS Ahavath Achim Synagogue Allen's Neck Friends Meeting ArtWorks! Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of New Bedford Bierstadt Society Bristol County Convention & Visitors' Bureau Buttonwood Park Zoological Society Buzzards Bay Action Committee Cape Verdean-American Veterans Coalition for Buzzard's Bay Coastline Elderly Services Congregational Church of South Dartmouth Dartmouth Historical Commission Dartmouth School Committee Dartmouth Selectmen Downtown New Bedford, Inc. Ernestina/Morrissey Historic Association Fairhaven Historical Commission Fairhaven Improvement Association, Inc. Fairhaven/New Bedford-Tosashimizu Sister City Committee Fairhaven Selectmen First Church of the Nazarene First Congregational Church of Fairhaven First Unitarian Church of New Bedford Friends Academy Board of Trustees Friends New Bedford Monthly Meeting Grace Episcopal Church Greater New Bedford Association of Realtors, Inc. Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School Committee Greater New Bedford Zoo & Aquarium Corporation Hands Across the River Independent Insurance Agents of New Bedford Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford Latino Access Center Long Plain United Methodist Church The Luncheon Club Martha Briggs Educational Society MassTAC Mattapoisett Historical Society Merchant Marine Association NAACP of New Bedford New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce New Bedford Child and Family Service	New Bedford City Council New Bedford Committee for Music New Bedford Council on Aging New Bedford Educators' Association New Bedford Festival Theatre New Bedford Fire Museum New Bedford First Night Committee New Bedford Free Public Library Trustees New Bedford Harbor Development Commission New Bedford Historical Commission New Bedford Mayor Rosemary S. Tierney New Bedford Park Board New Bedford Port Society New Bedford Post 1, American Legion New Bedford Preservation Society New Bedford Public Schools New Bedford Symphony New Bedford Visitors' Center Volunteers New Bedford Walking Tour Guides New Bedford Whaleboats New Bedford Women's Center North End Business Association Opportunity Center of Greater New Bedford People Acting in Community Endeavors Pacific Union Congregational Church Pilgrim-United Church of Christ Portuguese Continental Union, Lodge #4 Prince Henry Society of Massachusetts Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum St. Paul's Methodist Church St. Peter's Episcopal Church of South Dartmouth The Salvation Army South End Business Association Spinner Publications Tifereth Israel Synagogue Trinity Lutheran Church of Fairhaven Union Baptist Church Unitarian Society of Fairhaven United Way of Greater New Bedford University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Wareham Garden Club Westport River Watershed Alliance Westport Selectmen Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE Whaling City Festival, Inc. Whaling Museum YMCA YWCA Zeiterion Theatre
There were also literally thousands of individual endorsers. The New Bedford Standard-Times alone gathered more than 1600 signatures from citizens of the city and area.

Local Businesses

A-1 Asphalt Co., Inc. Acushnet Company Acushnet Company, Rubber Division Advanced Water Technology Aerovox Alden Buick-Pontiac-GMC Truck Alphagraphics of New Bedford AWT Environmental, Inc. Bank of Boston BayBank Bedspread Mill Outlet Billy Woods Wharf/Ferry Alert Brewer Banner Design Brittany Dyeing and Printing Corporation Busyhaus Associates Calvin Clothing Cameo Curtains of New Bedford, Inc. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts Corporation Commonwealth Electric Company Commonwealth Gas Company Compass Bank Dartmouth Finishing Corporation Dermatology Services, Inc. Design & Conservation, Architects First Federal Savings Bank of America Freestone's, Inc. Glen Park Oil Company The Hair Group Highlights Hair Salon

IDS Financial Services (6 Planners) Julius Koch USA J.S. Luiz, Inc., General Contractors Luzo Community Bank Macedo's Pharmacy, Inc. R.A. Mitchell Co., Inc. Moore & Isherwood, Inc. National Bank of Fairhaven New Bedford Engineering Associates New Bedford Seafood Co-op New England Ropes NYNEX Yellow Pages, North Dartmouth Branch PCI Group, Inc. Polaroid Corporation, New Bedford Prescott, Bullard & McLeod Robert J. Rapoza, CPA Rogers Gallery and Framery Rutkowski & Kestenbaum Insurance Agency, Inc. Satkin Mills, Inc. SEA Tourism/Travel/Research Shawmut Bank Sippican Corporation The Standard-Times Teledyne Rodney Metals Titleist and Foot-Joy Worldwide Twenty Acre Purchase Corporation US Ring Binder William Rodman Associates

Other Non-New Bedford Area Organizations
Historic Massachusetts, Inc. Kendall Whaling Museum of Sharon, MA Mystic Seaport Museum	The Melville Society, as well as individual members of the Society from as far away as Germany