Coming Up This Week

11/16/22 updated with link to Congress St project for tonight's meeting.

November 14: Better Bus Project Additional Public Meeting at 6pm. The revised bus design removes bus service from A Street. If you would like to share comments with the Implementation Team, please complete this Comment Form. View November 2nd Better Bus Review Public Meeting and view Boston/Brookline breakout.

November 14:  South Boston Transportation Action Plan Public Meeting at 6pm. Find out about planned transportation and infrastructure improvements in (South Boston) and surrounding (Fort Point and Seaport). Register. 

November 15: View 22 Drydock Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. The project proposes to combine the parcels into a single lot, clear the lot of its existing improvements, and construct in their place a seven-story, research laboratory building with a gross floor area (“GFA”) of approximately 319,750 square feet (“sf”), and including fitted-out, ground-level space for The Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, a non-profit organization.

November 16: View 22 Drydock Public Meeting recording (see 11/15 for project description)

November 16: View Congress Street Reconstruction Public Meeting recording about the final design for Congress Street between Sleeper Street and Boston Wharf Road. For more information about the former Crossroads project, visit Congress St in Fort Point.

November 19: Fort Point Channel Waterfront Final Design Presentations from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at Artists For Humanity located at 100 W. 2nd Street.

November 19: Hull LifeSaving Museum's Boston Rowing Center hosts The “Icebreaker”- The 30th annual Northeast Regional Youth Open-Water Rowing Championships from 8:30 am - 4 pm. The Boston Rowing Center is located at the Barking Crab Marina. 

orignally published 11.14.22

Election Day Today, A New Hotel, Daffodils & More

Here is a quick glance at what is going on this week and next. 

November 8: State Election (includes 4 ballot questions). Vote at District Hall from 7am - 8pm. If you haven't already, please vote and demonstrate we live here in Fort Point and the Seaport. 

November 9: 330 C Street Public Meeting at 6pm. The proposed project consists of a new six-story 74-room hotel, with a ground-floor restaurant, situated at 330 C Street in South Boston. The lot size is approximately 8,202 square feet and is currently occupied by a vacant single-story concrete block building that formerly housed a repair garage. The project is a small project review development. 

November 10: Fort Point Channel Landmark District Commission Public Meeting at 6pm. View agenda and meeting details.

November 11: Mass Fallen Heroes Flag Planting. Come help plant flags from 9am - 11am at 85 Northern Avenue in rememberance of 9/11 and Veteran's Day.

November 11: The Holiday Market at Snowport opens Friday and runs through December 31st. The Holiday Market is located at 100 Seaport Blvd. 

November 12: Fort Point Boston Blooms Volunteer Day from 10am - 1pm. Rain date is November 13th at the same time. 

November 14: Better Bus Project Additional Public Meeting at 6pm. The revised bus design removes bus service from A Street. If you would like to share comments with the Implementation Team, please complete this Comment Form. Last week's public meeting recording will be posted on the events page.

November 15: 22 Drydock Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. The project proposes to combine the parcels into a single lot, clear the lot of its existing improvements, and construct in their place a seven-story, research laboratory building with a gross floor area (“GFA”) of approximately 319,750 square feet (“sf”), and including fitted-out, ground-level space for The Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, a non-profit organization.

November 16: 22 Drydock Public Meeting at 6pm (see 11/15 for project description)

November 16: Congress Street Reconstruction Public Meeting at 6:30pm Share details and answer questions about the final design for Congress Street between Sleeper Street and Boston Wharf Road. 

November 19: Hull LifeSaving Museum's Boston Rowing Center hosts The “Icebreaker”- The 30th annual Northeast Regional Youth Open-Water Rowing Championships from 8:30 am - 4 pm. The Boston Rowing Center is located at the Barking Crab Marina. 

November 19: Fort Point Channel Waterfront Final Design Presentations from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at Artists For Humanity located at 100 W. 2nd Street.

May 24th Neighborhood Gathering Features Activities on Land & Sea

06/12/2022: Updated with available speakers' presentations

You Are Invited

to a
Fort Point Seaport Neighborhood Gathering

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
6 pm to 8 pm
ZOOM ONLY*

featuring
C-6 Boston Police Community Service Officers 

Anna White, South Boston Liaison
Office of Neighborhood Services

Summer Seaport Activations
Emily Soukas, WS Development
View Presentation 

Live from the Community Boat Building Shop
on Liberty Drive
Dave Pippin & Volunteers

Hull LifeSaving Museum on the Channel
Boston Rowing Center at Barking Crab Marina
Michael McGurl, Executive Director

&

What's New at Martin's Park?
Summer Programs & Volunteer Opportunities 
Sierra Rothberg
View Presentation

introducing

The Garret Bar
 70 Pier Four Boulevard, Suite 270
requesting support for an All Alcoholic Beverages 2am License
View Presentation

plus
Neighborhood News

* Please note that this month's gathering will be online only and not in person at District Hall

originally published 05.18.22

Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation Grantees Announced

The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), a member of the Fort Point Channel Operations Board (FPCOB), awarded four grants totaling over $50,000 to art, education and community organizations with plans for activating the Fort Point Channel watersheet for the 2020 season.

Grant applicants were asked to submit creative proposals for water-based programming in and around Fort Point that will benefit the general public, including such things as public events, art installations, and educational opportunities.

The four grantees are proven non-profit organizations that have successfully delivered waterfront activation programs in the past. They fulfill many of the grant criteria, including equity and inclusion by introducing Boston students to the beauty of our waterfront, year-round activation through public programming and art installations and activation of the watersheet itself through boat programs.

The grant program builds on the goals of the Fort Point Watersheet Activation Plan, a BPDA planning process that involved local residents, business owners and stakeholders to create a vision for Fort Point channel as a location for public activation and use. The Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation Grant Program is funded by the Chapter 91 Waterways Regulations License for Atlantic Wharf, developed by Boston Properties.

2020 Winning Projects

Fort Point Arts Community 2020 Floating Public Art Series

Applicant: Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC)
Award: $16,000

Building on the successful growth of FPAC’s Floating Art Program, this funding will bring two new and engaging temporary floating public art projects to the Fort Point Channel and Harborwalk in 2021. These public art projects will continue to increase the visibility of Fort Point as a cultural destination.

Boston Rowing Center Adult Rowing and Lunchtime Livery Program

Applicant: Hull Lifesaving Museum
Award: $12,000

The Hull Lifesaving Museum will use this grant to continue bringing participants to their Boston Rowing Center in Fort Point Channel for fitness, exploration and community, beginning with the annual Fort Point Open Rowing Race and continuing through the year with weekly adult rowing outings. New this year, the Hull Lifesaving Museum has begun a series of workshops for adult rowing members to learn more about boating safety, navigation, and Boston’s maritime heritage.

Brown Box Theatre Project 2020-2021 Season: Much Ado About Nothing

Applicant: Brown Box Theatre Project
Award: $13,000

As part of the Brown Box Theatre Project’s tenth season of free theater on the Fort Point Channel, the organization will present Much Ado About Nothing for their annual Shakespeare offering. The grant will also help fund two additional productions as part of the 2021 season, which have yet to be determined.

Discovering Fort Point Channel

Applicant: “e”, Inc.
Award: $9,692

For the past six summers, “e” inc., a planet science learning and action center, has used this grant funding to provide free daily field trips to Fort Point Channel for youth from various urban summer camps and social service centers to enjoy hands-on science lessons on the Fort Point Channel in July and August.

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Fort Point Channel Opens To Rowers & Painters Plus Fireworks Tonight

Updated 6/11/18: The Tuesday, June 12th World Trade Center fireworks show is confirmed at 9 pm. Earlier that evening from 5 pm - 7:30 pm is the Taste of Seaport at Fan Pier featuring 25 restaurants, lawn games and music. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the event. If that is not enough the Portuguese tall ship Sagres is in dock and available for tours.

Look up to the sky tonight, Friday June 8, beginning at 9:30 pm to see fireworks over the Boston Harbor. Fireworks will be launched from Columbia Point, displayed over Dorchester Bay and viewable from beaches along Dorchester and South Boston.The fireworks show is a part of a series of public activations and celebratory events being offered in part of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Annual Meeting being hosted in Boston this week. There is also talk of fireworks on Tuesday, June 12th around 9 pm in the vicinity of the Seaport World Trade Center.

Paint The Channel
Saturday, June 9, 2018
8 am - 4 pm
Intercontinental
Register 

Artists are invited to paint (or draw!) the vibrant Fort Point Channel scene, including the museum’s traditional wooden boats and colorful race day. The Paint Out will take place at InterContinental Boston on Friday and Saturday, June 8th & 9th from 8 am to 4 pm.  A reception at InterContinental Boston will immediately follow the conclusion of the Fort Point Channel Open race on Saturday, June 9th, during which all works of art will be sold by silent auction.  The museum will receive a 30% commission on all auction sales to support our Boston Rowing Center, which provides free rowing to more than 300 Boston Public School students each year.

Fort Point Channel Open
Saturday, June 9, 2018

Boston Rowing Center
at the Barking Crab Marina
88 Sleeper Street, Boston
Race Start: 11 am

The Fort Point Channel Open will take place on Saturday, June 9th at the Hull Lifesaving Museum's Boston Rowing Center. Entering its 7th year, the Fort Point Channel Open is a community-wide event, bringing rowers and spectators from all over the region to Fort Point.  Competitors from across New England and New York come primed and ready to lay claim to the title of crewmaster.
This event is a Coxed Four challenge.  Teams line up side by side in a series of round-robin style heats. The course runs around the Boston Tea Party Museum ships, blasting under bridges and around tight turns, ending in a sprint for the finish line in front of Martin Richard's park next to the Boston Children's Museum.  

The race is open to crews of all skill levels.