The Boston Globe — Rose Nulman Park in Narragansett will close by Christmas due to erosion

Surfers near Point Judith in Rhode Island in 2020.STAN GROSSFELD/ GLOBE STAFF

Dec 9, 2021

By Brian Amaral — The family that owns the surfing hotspot are asking the public to lobby state and local officials for the funding needed to fix it

NARRAGANSETT, RI —  The family that owns Rose Nulman Park in Narragansett — a surfing hotspot with sweeping ocean views from Point Judith — say the park will close by Christmas because erosion is making it too dangerous and they haven’t gotten the money to fix it.

The Nulman family is now asking the public to lobby state and local officials for the funding needed to deal with erosion at the wind- and wave-swept site.

“We’re asking, finally, for the public for help,” family member Carol Nulman said in an interview Thursday.

Nulman said the cost would be “tens of millions of dollars.” There’s a historic amount of funding available right now, Nulman said, and in the Ocean State, it should be used for the coastline.

…