Looking To Get More Involved In Your Neighborhood?

updated 11/19/24 with tonight’s Boston Police Department COMPSTAT Meeting.

Lots going on in and about the neighborhood in November. Looking to get more engaged in your neighborhood? Here are some upcoming opportunities:

11/12: Boston Civic Design Commission Monthly Public Meeting at 5pm with greetings from the new Chief of Planning Kairos Shen.

11/12: 244 – 284 A Street Watersheet Activation and Floating Dock Virtual Public Meeting from 5:30pm to 7pm.  A presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

11/13: City Council Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Docket #1002, A hearing to create a Boston Development Fund in the Planning Department at 2pm.The creation of a $100 million development fund, using a one-time appropriation from the city’s “free-cash” balance, would be targeted at boosting development across the city; and allow developers to tap into the fund for four reasons:

• city granting lower-than-market-rate loans targeted at building already permitted housing units
• city purchasing permitted-but-unbuilt IDP units as forever-deeply-affordable units owned by the city
• city matching a development’s coastal resilience effort up to $1,000,000
• city purchasing retail vacancies in unbuilt office buildings to use as civic space such as libraries, senior centers, day cares, and community centers (similar use of Chapter 91 public spaces).

For more details, view the docket.

11/13: Boston University's Community Discussion & Research regarding the Gillette Redevelopment at 6:30pm at 105 W. First St, and hosted by FPNA and West Broadway Neighborhood Association. 

11/14: Fort Point Channel Landmark District Commission Public Meeting at 6pm

11/14: Blue Bike Station Expansion Virtual Public Meeting at 6pm

11/18: Design Vision Office Hours from 9:30am to 12pm. The Planning Department in partnership with the community has compiled a draft report on a Design Vision for Boston. The draft report includes design principles and values meant to help guide the future of design and development by helping us build what we value, center people, and uplift diverse lived experiences in Boston. Join to learn more and share your feedback on the draft report. This is the first virtual office hours event and is open to the public.

11/19: Boston Police Department COMPSTAT Public Meeting from  6-7:30 PM at Gillette Headquarters, 1 Gillette Park.  COMPSTAT has traditionally been an internal meeting where Boston Police Department (BPD) leaders discuss current crime trends and patterns in all of the City’s districts and coordinate planning to strategically address them. In 2023, the BPD began incorporating the community as a key partner in these efforts, to improve the BPD’s work to address the continually changing needs of the communities they serve. This meeting will focus on the South Boston community. For more info, please contact the BPD C-6 Community Service Office at 617-343-4747.

11/19: Boston Harbor Now Harbor Use Forum Celebrating 40 Years of Harborwalk with Harborwalk co-founder Lorraine Downey from 6pm to 7:30pm at the Fort Point Room at Atlantic Wharf and via zoom.

11/20: Design Vision Office Hours from 3:30pm to 7pm. The Design Vision draft report includes design principles and values meant to help guide the future of design and development by helping us build what we value, center people, and uplift diverse lived experiences in Boston. Join us to learn more and share your feedback on the draft report. This is the 2nd virtual office hours event and is open to the public.

 UPCOMING DEADLINES

November 18: MA ResilientCoasts survey due. ResilientCoasts initiative is to develop a comprehensive, state-wide strategy for coastal resilience in the Commonwealth. Scroll down to the middle of the page for meeting presentations and videos.

November 27: 263 Summer Street PDA amendment and PDA Development Plan comments due.  

November 27: 263 Summer Street Chapter 91 amendment to license #9342b to perform stormwater improvements and change the use of an 8-story building with basement as follows: convert basement management office into a gym, convert basement storage area to restaurant or retail use, continue retail and restaurant use on first floor, and convert floors 2 through 8 from commercial office to residential use with an associated roof deck located on Filled Tidelands comment deadline. Enter  #24-WWAR-0083-APP into EEA Portal. Send comments to frank.taormina@mass.gov 

November 30: Blue Bike Station Expansion survey due.

December 15: Action Plan to Improve Boston’s Development Review Process (Article 80) comments and survey due. View Presentation, public meeting recording and take survey. 

originally posted 11.12.24