About The Neighborhood & Harbor This Week

July 15: Blood Drive outside of 268 Summer St. from 8am to 2pm.  Blood donations are important during the summer when regular donors are on vacation.  The need for a blood for surgeries, cancer treatment, etc., does not take a vacation! Make your appointment.

July 15: Conservation Commission Public Hearing at 6pm. Agenda includes the Boston Children's Museum (underground stormwater holding tank and associated outfall, deployable flood barriers, and waterproof cladding & other resiliency improvements)

July 16: Office Hours: Updates to Dimensional Definitions and Code Structure from 4pm to 6pm. This amendment to the Zoning Code focuses on updating the zoning definitions for dimensional requirements, such as building height, yards, building lot coverage, and more. Also on July 23^rd and July 30^th, see Boston Planning calendar.

July 17:  Join Mayor Wu’s South Boston Liaison, Lydia Polaski, for a chat at Elephantine Bakery  (332 Congress St) from10am to 11am.

July 17: Water Transportation Fair hosted by Seaport TMA, A Better City TMA, and Lower Mystic TMA at Christopher Columbus Park/Long Wharf from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (rain date: July 24). Celebrate the best way to get around Boston! Discover all the different water transportation options the Harbor offers and how you can use it to commute, visit local restaurants, visit the Harbor Islands, get to the airport, and more. Avoid street traffic. Enjoy ocean breezes. 

Special guests include the MBTA, Massport, Seaport Ferry, Boston Harbor City Cruises, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, Bluebikes, Wada Hoppah (electric ferry), Everett Active Transportation Advisory Committee, The American City Coalition, and more! 

July 18: Fish & Farm Market every Saturday from 9am to 1pm at the Boston Fish Pier. 

July 20: US Army Corps of Engineers Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management draft report will be released on Army Corps (USACE) Study Partnership | Boston.gov.