FPNA Neighborhood Gathering 5/28 and Upcoming Happennings

updated 5/29/24 with additional events, agendas and public feedback opportunities. 

 FPNA cordially invite you to
A Neighborhood Gathering

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
6 pm to 8 pm
CRISPR Building Lobby
105 West First Street
or via Zoom

featuring
Our C-6 Community Officers 

MA Representative David Biele’s Office Legislative Updates

Sleeper Street & Congress Street 
Interim Changes to Improve Pedestrian Safety
Pat Hoey, Boston Transportation Department 

Farnsworth Family Shelter Update
Wind Down Plans
United Way & Unitarian Universalist Association

&
Cypher Street Pollution Remediation Update
Ileen Gladstone - Community LSP and SVP at GEI

introducing
Five Iron Golf 
311 Summer Street
A new virtual golf entertainment establishment
requesting an all alcohol license with 2AM closing

A Street Park Beer Garden
Wednesdays through Sundays June 16 - June 30
Craig Panzer - Roundhead Brewing
Cassandria Campbell - Fresh Food Generation
 
plus
Neighborhood Updates  
Fort Point Festival & Arts Marketplace and Development Updates

 Upcoming Happenings

Reserved Channel Project, approximately 1,739,000 square feet of development in eight new buildings. Building uses are proposed to include a variety of commercial, research and development, civic, residential, and ground floor uses. 

May 22: MEPA site visit at 4pm at 645 Summer Street

May 22: Wrap Up Meeting and MEPA Consultation at 6pm at the Condon School, 200 D St. and via zoom

June 7: Reserved Channel Master Plan Environmental Notification Form comments due to MEPA Analyst, Alexander Strysky. (new date)

June 7: Reserved Channel BPDA PNF comment deadline. (new date) 

May 31: Mayor Wu's South Boston Coffee Hour at the Medal of Honor Park from 9:30am to 10:30am. It' a great opportunity to talk to the Mayor and City department heads about neighborhood issues and ideas. You can even get a free plant grown by the Parks Department.

May 31: Comment deadline on the Cannabis Zoning Amendment to remove 1/2 mile buffer between establishments. The intent of the existing buffer zone is to prevent cannabis establishments from opening in clusters to ensure that no particular neighborhood would become the center for cannabis shops, and to ensure that dispensaries are spread out in the city, while allowing access to patients and customers. View amendment and public meeting. Read Councilor Flynn's position statement and hearing order.  Please send your comments to Will Cohen.  

June 1: 13th Annual Southie Family Fun Day hosted by the MOMS Club of South Boston from 11 am to 4 pm at DCR Marine Park, 98 Farragut Park. Free.

June 5: Conservation Commission Meeting at 6pm, includes 7 Channel Center St. NOI and related stormwater report regarding the demolition and construction and 232 A Street request for a determination of applicability. 

June 6: Life Science Public Safety In Person Public Meeting at 6pm at 105 W 1st St. This  is a public meeting in partnership with the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), Boston Fire Department, and Boston Emergency Medical Services to discuss the public safety protocols and regulatory responsibilities currently in place for the Boston Life Sciences industry.  

June 8: Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2024 from 12pm to 3pm at The ICA. 

originally published 05.22.2024

About The Neighborhood This Week and Next

updated 10/29/23: Pumpkin, Paws & Pints postponed due to ☔️

10/18: Conservation Commission Public Meeting at 6pm

10/20: Boston Design Vision - Designing for a Diverse Boston Open House at 4:30pm at City Hall Plaza Civic Pavilion. Learn more about the Boston Design Vision and share your design ideas for how to build a Boston for everyone.

10/21: Boston Design Vision - Designing for a Diverse Boston Open House | Boston Planning & Development Agency from 9am – 1pm at t City Hall Plaza Civic Pavilion. Cancelled due to weather.

10/24:  Boston City Council At-Large Candidate Forum hosted by FPNA, DBNA, LDNA and WDC at 5:30pm at Atlantic Wharf, Fort Point room, 2nd floor of 290 Atlantic Ave.

10/25: 244 -284 A St Chapter 91 comment deadline for consolidated written determination encompassing 8 chapter 91 licenses.

10/26: Public Meeting on Proposed Zoning Amendment for Cannabis Establishments at 6pm. This meeting has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. In the meantime, please feel free to reference last year's previous meeting on this proposed zoning change to understand the process to date. A new date will be announced as soon as possible.

10/26: 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat for children up to 8 years old from 3:15pm - 5pm at 1187 Columbia Rd.

10/27: City Council Committee on Government Accountability, Transparency, and Accessibility Hearing on Docket #1538 at 10am. A hearing to discuss and evaluate the Boston Planning and Development Agency's (BPDA) community engagement process with regard to various neighborhood planning initiatives across the city. View docket.

10/28: Boston Children’s Museum’s 4th Annual Spooktacular for infants, toddlers, kids, teens and adults from 5pm to 8pm

10/28: Halloween Howl Open Mic Competition from 7pm-10pm at Aloft, 401-403 D St. 

10/29: Pumpkins, Paws & Pints from 2pm- 4pm at the Pappas Way Recreation Center. Family friendly. Cancelled due to weather.

10/29: Inundation District, a 79 minute film on sea level rise and storms, and the development of the Seaport created by David Abel and Ted Blanco, will be screened at the Brattle at 7pm followed by discussion with the creators. Purchase tickets for virtual viewing.

originally published 10.17.23

FPNA Kicks Off 2023 With City of Boston Chief of Planning & BPDA Director Jemison

 Dear Neighbor, 

You are invited to 
A Conversation on Planning and Development
in Fort Point and the Seaport
with
James Arthur Jemison
Chief of Planning for the City of Boston
Director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency

on

Tuesday, January 31, 2023
6 pm to 8 pm
Sign Up
District Hall, 75 Northern Avenue
or
via Zoom

plus

Our C-6 Community Officers

&

Neighborhood Updates
Fort Point Resilient Infrastructure * Cannabis * Streets

Our 2023 Neighborhood Kickoff is your opportunity to talk to Chief Jemison about planning, development and climate resiliency in our Fort Point and Seaport neighborhoods, hear about the Wu administration's strategy for community planning and development and to ask questions. 

FPNA

originally published 01.24.23

Around The Hood: This Week

updated 11/3/22 with Nov. 2nd Cannabis meeting & Nautilus meeting recordings plus City Hall To Go Truck Nov. 4th.

October 31: “Trick or Treat along East and West Broadway” from 4-6 p.m. Look for orange and black posters inviting the children to stop by for a treat.  If you are starting on West Broadway going toward East Broadway, walk on the odd-numbered (southern) side of the street. If you are starting on East Broadway heading to West Broadway, walk on the even-numbered (northern) side of the street. Hosted by the South Boston Chamber of Commerce and the South Boston NDC. 

November 2: 2nd Public Meeting on Proposed Zoning Amendment of Cannabis Establishments at 6pm. View  November and August meeting recording and presentation plus amended text. 

November 2: MassDOT Revised Bus Network Public Meeting at 6pm. Share your comments.

November 2: Nautilus Restaurant (300 Pier 4 Blvd) Abutters Meeting at 7pm via Zoom. Requesting to amend entertainment license to include live entertainment indoors only (4 instrumental/vocalist, tvs, and dj). Indoor hours until 2am with existing non-live entertainment on patio until 11pm. To view meeting enter password, W&*@Ld6z

November 3: Early voting and mail-in ballot drop off at the ICA from 12pm to 8pm plus free admission to the musuem after voting. 

November 3: Seaport Square Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. View Notice of Project Change for changes in uses, particularly residential to labs, along with the introduction of biosafety 3 labs intermingled with housing, a reduction in green park space important for climate resiliency to prevent or manage flooding and heat island impacts.

November 4: City Hall To Go Truck with City Council President & District 2 Councilor Ed Flynn at the Municipal Lot at 450 W Broadway, from 3:30 - 5 p.m. You can apply for resident parking permits or dog licenses, request birth, death, or marriage certificates, paying or appealing parking tickets, etc... without making the trip to City Hall. 

November 12*: Let's Beautify Fort Point. Come get your hands dirty planting daffodils from 10am -1pm. Meet up at Wormwood Park. Details and to sign up. *new date

originally published 10.31.22

FPNA March Neighborhood Meeting: Taking It To The Streets

You are invited to a virtual Fort Point Seaport Neighborhood Gathering Tuesday, March 30, 2021 6 pm to 8 pm Zoom Sign In featuring Our C-6 Community Service Officers former Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion  290 Northern Avenue requesting support for All Liquor License Nautilus Pier 4 300 Pier 4 requesting support for outdoor entertainment license including live music & DJ Taking It To The Streets Sleeper St & Congress St Improvements Pat Hoey, Neighborhood Planning Director, Boston Transportation Dept. Zach Wassmouth, Chief Design Engineer, Boston Public Works Dept. &  Mayoral Candidate Spotlight District 4 Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell with Neighborhood Open Discussion & Updates Cannabis Shop (Blue Dragon), Development, Committees, Love Your Block

We invite you to renew your membership or become an FPNA member for the first time. An individual membership is $35 and a family membership is $50. You can pay by check or via venmo @FPNA-Boston.  Join FPNA today!

Upcoming Happenings Monday, March 29: 5:30 pm - 7 pm Amendment of Groundwater Trust Overlay District to extend protection to groundwater levels in areas of the city with older buildings on wooden piles built on filled land. This includes us and parts of East Boston, Downtown Waterfront, Roxbury/South End, and Audubon Circle. Tuesday, March 30: FPNA Neighborhood Gathering 6pm - 8pm. Details above. Monday, April 5: Wednesday, March 31: 6 pm - 7:30 pm  Amhreins (80 West Broadway) Public Meeting for a proposed mixed use lab/research building with ground floor retail and retention of 4 story building.  Monday, April 5: 6 pm - 7:30 pm: 24 Drydock Avenue Impact Advisory Group Meeting for proposed demolition of a 3 story building for an 8 story mixed used building of Life Sciences, marine industrial and supportive uses in the Raymond Flynn Marine Park. Public is welcome to attend.  Wednesday, April 14: 1 pm Boston Cannabis Board Hearing for recreational pot shop at 324 A Street (Blue Dragon site) by operator Keltic Green. Street Sweeping Starting April 1st, overnight street cleaning from 12:01 to 7am on Congress St (Dorchester Ave to E. Service) and on Sleeper St. Starting Tuesday, April 6 street sweeping on A Street and Binford Street from 9 am - 1 pm. Click here to learn more and to sign up for alerts .  Neighborhood updates, questions or concerns, please contact FPNA originally posted 03.24.21

Fort Point Cannabis Shop Community Meeting

updated 09/15/20 with Facebook meeting video.  Comment period open.  Video link and contact information below. 

The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services will be hosting a 

Virtual Community Meeting
 Proposed Cannabis Establishment 

Monday, September 14, 2020

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm 

VIEW MEETING ON FACEBOOK

Operator: Keltic Green
Location: 324 A Street (Blue Dragon)
Zoning Change Request: Restaurant to Cannabis

Please join your neighbors and our elected officials to hear the proposal to convert the Blue Dragon restaurant into a recreational cannabis shop. Our elected officials and the Cannabis Commission want to hear your concerns and feedback on this proposed Fort Point location. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and make comments. Keltic Green presented a preliminary plan at the FPNA September 2019 Neighborhood Gathering.

Let the City know what you think. Comments should be sent to:

• Councilor Ed Flynn, District City Councilor
• Haley Dillon, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services South Boston Liaison

originally published 09/03/20

FPNA September Neighborhood Gathering On Cannabis

Fort Point Seaport Neighborhood Gathering

Monday, September 30, 2019

6 pm to 8 pm

District Hall

75 Northern Avenue

featuring

Keltic Green: A Retail Cannabis Shop Proposal

324 A Street (Blue Dragon)

plus

Neighborhood Updates

UPCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS

Wednesday, October 2nd: Seaport Transit Strategic Plan Community Meeting (focusing on transit improvements & connectivity in the Seaport & Fort Point) will take place from 6 pm to 8 pm at WPI Seaport located at 303 Congress St. on the ground level. 

Monday, October 7th: LaPosta Public Abutters Meeting will be held at 6pm at 12 Farnsworth. LaPosta is a new pizzeria to be located in part of the former Bee's Knees space, and is requesting an all alcohol license. All are welcome to attend. 

originally posted 09.20.19

Fort Point Cannabis Shop Community Meeting

The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services will be hosting a 

Community Meeting
 Proposed Cannabis Establishment 

Thursday, May 30, 2019

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

District Hall

Operator: Elevate Arc
Location: 355 Congress St. (Congress & A Sts)
Lucky's Building & future home of 8 residential condos

355 Congress St

The City wants to hear your feedback on Fort Point's first cannabis shop proposal to determine whether it is the right location for a recreational cannabis shop and the right operator for Fort Point. The public can give testimony/comments. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.

Current law mandates cannabis establishments not be within 500 feet of a school and not within 1/2 mile of each other, which means one location can preclude another establishment.