FPNA April Gathering Features Future Development of Fort Point

FPNA cordially invites

Fort Point and Seaport Neighbors

to gather together on

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6 pm sharp
Capital One Café
57 Seaport Blvd

featuring

Future Development of Fort Point
100 Acres Master Plan

in context with
pending sales of 
Gillette Parking Lot and GE parcel (9.2 total acres)
&
Coastal Resilience: Channel Park & Fort Point Park 

with special guest

Richard McGuinness
Deputy Director for Climate Change and Environmental Planning
Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)

plus

Love Your Block Volunteer Days
Corporate Volunteer Day, May 10 (11 am - 2 pm)
Resident Volunteer Day, May 11 (10 am - 3 pm)

and

Neighborhood News & Updates
including a neighborhood conversation 
about retail cannabis establishments

Special thanks to Capital One Cafe for hosting and providing treats.

originally published 4.18.19

Fort Point & Boston Seaport Neighborhood Forum Recap

The neighborhood forum of Boston’s historic Fort Point and the Seaport District at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) on October 22, 2015 focused on the arts, culture and planning. The event was organized by Mayor Walsh’s administration in partnership with the Fort Point Arts Community, the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Urban Culture Institute. View slideshow.

ICA Executive Director Jill Medvedow welcomed the speakers and attendees. The eighty year Institute of Contemporary Art moved to the waterfront in 2006. 

Jen Mecca, Chair of the Board of Directors introduced the Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC). Founded in 1980, FPAC has developed three artist live/work buildings in Fort Point and hosts two open studio weekends every year in the spring and the fall. 

Christina Lanzl, co-founder of the Urban Culture Institute, gave an overview of her 20-year history in Fort Point and highlighted current projects in partnership with the City of Boston, the MBTA and FPAC. 

City of Boston presenters were Julie Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture, John Fitzgerald, Deputy Director of Imagine Boston 2030, and Rich McGuinness, Deputy Director of Waterfront Planning.  

Richard McGuinness shared his current work on the downtown waterfront and his insights on the series of planning projects he completed for the Boston Redevelopment Authority in Fort Point and the Seaport from 2000 to 2015. He concluded his remarks with lessons learned and inspirations drawn from a recently completed research trip to Seattle. 

Julie Burros gave an update on the ongoing Boston Creates city-wide cultural plan, which is expected to build a shared vision for arts and culture for the first time in the city's history. Of note are her plans to update the BRA's Artist Certification program and to increase the number of artist housing units. To bolster the capacity of the office of Arts and Culture, a new planner has been added to the team in October 2015.

​John Fitzgerald introduced the recently launched municipal urban design plan Imagine Boston 2030. The City's last master plan was completed 50 years ago. A robust community participation process is part of this initiative, similar to the cultural plan process.

Full summary at the Urban Culture Institute.

Fort Point and Boston Seaport Neighborhood Forum

The City of Boston, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), the Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) and the Urban Culture Institute invite those who work and live in Fort Point and the Seaport to join them in a discussion on arts, culture and planning on:

Thursday, October 22, 2015

6:30 pm - 8 pm

Institute of Contemporary Art

100 Norther Avenue

Register

Presenting are:

Julie Burros, Chief of Arts & Culture, City of Boston

Richard McGuinness, Deputy Director of Waterfront Planning, Boston Redevelopment Authority

The presenters will introduce their plans and vision for Fort Point and the Seaport, followed by a discussion with attendees.

The forum is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:15 pm.

Fort Point Channel Operations Board 2015 Grant Program Announced

The Fort Point Channel Operations Board is pleased to announce a grant program for 2015. The Grant Program provides financial resources for capital improvements and public programming within and along the Fort Point Channel as envisioned in the City of Boston’s Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation Plan.

The Fort Point Channel Operations Board expects to award up to $50,000 in total funding for the 2015 Grant Program.  Applicants can request up to $50,000 in funding. 

Applications are due 5:00 p.m. February 20, 2015. Click here for the application form and guidelines.

Outreach assistance for the grant program is provided by Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Julie Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture for the City of Boston.

Fort Point Neighborhood Monthly Meeting

Summer is coming. The timing is perfect for the new 100 Acres park to open and yes more restaurants! Come hear all about it plus valet parking for Melcher Street, and meet Boston City Councilor-At-Large Michelle Wu. 

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

6 pm - 8 pm

Factory 63

63 Melcher St (A and Melcher)

6:00 pm General Meeting

with presentations by

Spin Valet

Valet Parking Proposal

Bastille Kitchen & Blue Dragon

Richard McGuiness, Boston Redevelopment Authority
New 100 Acres Park on A opening June 2014

and introducing

Bon Me

Coming to Restaurant Row (Congress St.)

7:00 pm Featured Guest

CITY COUNCILLOR-AT-LARGE MICHELLE WU

All Fort Point residents and businesses are invited to attend.