Grimes Park is a POPS (Privately Owned Public Space) park.

Comments were made by Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Councilor -at-Large Willie Burnley Jr., Eliza Datta, Founder of E2 Development, Kathleen Evans, Sr. Director of Capital Deployment at MassHousing, Johanna Stone, VP Community Development Lending at Eastern Bank and Senior Public Space Planner from the City of Somerville, Jon Bronenkant.