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{{main|Timeline of the Community Maritime Park}}
===Background===
In [[20012000]], the [[City of Pensacola]] purchased a 27.5-acre peninsular parcel of formerly industrial land, commonly known as the [[Trillium property]], at from The Trust for Public Land, a cost of national nonprofit conservation organization that had acted as an intermediary in the complex transaction, for $3.63 million.<ref>"City OKs contract to buy Trillium site." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 29, 2000.</ref> Located south of [[Pensacola City Hall|City Hall]] and [[Main Street]] to [[Pensacola Bay]], and bounded to the east and west by [[Port Royal]] and [[Bruce Beach]] respectively, it was the largest undeveloped waterfront property in the Pensacola area.
The site was soon considered for a municipal auditorium to replace the aging [[Bayfront Auditorium]]. Architectural firm [[Bullock Tice Associates]] created a conceptual plan, called the [[Festival Park]], which was approved by the [[Pensacola City Council]] on [[November 21]], [[2002]]. Initial work had already begun, including a massive concrete breakwater on the southern edge of the property, when a group called [[Citizens Against Trillium]] (led by [[Charles Fairchild]]) petitioned for a referendum on the project, utilizing a yet-untried proviso of the city's charter. On [[March 25]], [[2003]] the citizens of Pensacola voted to overturn the council's decision and scrap the plan.