BU to build new park in Johnson City Sidney Slon/Photography Editor Binghamton University is developing a greenspace park within the BU Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City. Amid gentrification concerns, University sees park as part of ongoing revitalization efforts April 15, 2021 Binghamton University plans to develop a park in Downtown Johnson City amid concerns of gentrification and the impact on town residents. On March 26, BU President Harvey Stenger announced over WNBF News Radio 1290 that the University is creating a greenspace within the BU Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City. Near the recently built campus for the Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, the two-acre project will contain a park and a walkway between Corliss Avenue and Main Street with amenities, such as art installations, picnic tables and benches. The project will be exclusively funded through the Binghamton University Foundation, although designs of the park are being collaborated on by the University, Broome County and the Johnson City Mayor’s Office. Construction is planned to start by the end of April.