On Monday, June 13th City Councilor Matt O'Malley, chair of Environment and Health Committee, held a public hearing concerning the Arborway Yard. A number of people testified on the current environmental hazards of the "temporary transit facility", including representatives of the CPCAY, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council, the Jamaica Pond Association, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, the Franklin Park Coalition and the Stoney Brook Neighborhood Association. Testimony also centered on the MBTA's broken promise to build a permanent transit facility and to turn over 8 acres of the site to the City of Boston for community development. Councilors O'Malley, Tito Jackson and Council President Stephen Murphy all made strong and eloquent statements about the MBTA 's responsibility to fulfill its promise and commitment to the neighborhood and the City to fund the construction of the facility. The Mayor's office was represented by Jim Hunt , as did Representative Liz Malia, who has been an extraordinary supporter of the CPCAY for the past 12 years.
Jim Hunt cited one positive development: in a meeting with the Mayor a few weeks ago the Secretary of Transportation and the MBTA general manager conveyed that they had identified a source of possible federal grant funds for the construction of the transit facility. The CPCAY and our elected officials will be following up on this possibility over the next few weeks.
Many thanks to all of you for your continued support.
Henry Allen
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Whole Foods - Add your opinions to the many flying around JP
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Meeting! These are rare, short and fun! Come!
Greetings
There have been a couple of crimes committed on Yale Terrace in our neighborhood, and a couple of weeks ago 2-3 people dressed in black hooded sweatshirts were observed crouched at the back door to St. Andrews Church at around midnight. The police were called, but the individuals had left by the time police arrived.
For this reason we have asked the Community Relations division of our Police Area E-13 to come to speak to us on Monday, May 16, in the basement of St. Andrews Ukranian Orthodox Church on Orchard Hill Rd. at 630 pm. If we come out in good numbers, the police are more likely to pay more attention to our neighborhood. As many of us know, a few years ago there was a string of break-ins in the neighborhood.
Second, Liz O'Connor, co-chair of our neighborhood organization, is our representative to the Casey Overpass Working Group. As you know, the Casey Overpass is slated to be replaced within the next few years and this will obviously have a great impact on our neighborhood. Liz will be there to give us an update.
Third, especially for those of us on Orchard Hill Rd., there has been an issue with the locking of the gate into the cemetery on many weekdays. We could discuss this issue, and I will try to get the President of Forest Hills Cemetery to attend.
Feel free to bring any other issues to the meeting.
IF YOU WOULD NO LONGER LIKE TO BE ON THE WRCNA MAILING LIST, PLEASE EMAIL LIZ O'CONNOR AT liz@strategymatters.org Also feel free to give her the email addresses of anyone who you think is not on the mailing list and might want to be.
There have been a couple of crimes committed on Yale Terrace in our neighborhood, and a couple of weeks ago 2-3 people dressed in black hooded sweatshirts were observed crouched at the back door to St. Andrews Church at around midnight. The police were called, but the individuals had left by the time police arrived.
For this reason we have asked the Community Relations division of our Police Area E-13 to come to speak to us on Monday, May 16, in the basement of St. Andrews Ukranian Orthodox Church on Orchard Hill Rd. at 630 pm. If we come out in good numbers, the police are more likely to pay more attention to our neighborhood. As many of us know, a few years ago there was a string of break-ins in the neighborhood.
Second, Liz O'Connor, co-chair of our neighborhood organization, is our representative to the Casey Overpass Working Group. As you know, the Casey Overpass is slated to be replaced within the next few years and this will obviously have a great impact on our neighborhood. Liz will be there to give us an update.
Third, especially for those of us on Orchard Hill Rd., there has been an issue with the locking of the gate into the cemetery on many weekdays. We could discuss this issue, and I will try to get the President of Forest Hills Cemetery to attend.
Feel free to bring any other issues to the meeting.
IF YOU WOULD NO LONGER LIKE TO BE ON THE WRCNA MAILING LIST, PLEASE EMAIL LIZ O'CONNOR AT liz@strategymatters.org Also feel free to give her the email addresses of anyone who you think is not on the mailing list and might want to be.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Forest Hills Transporatation Action Plan
Dear Forest Hills Community Members,
Please join us for the next Forest Hills Improvement Initiative Community Meeting on, Thursday, March 13th, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Boston English High School, 144 McBride Street (enter on Williams Street) , Jamaica Plain. Translation to Spanish and other languages will be provided if requested by March 7th. A light supper and refreshments will be served.
This meeting will focus on the Forest Hills Transportation Action Plan including DRAFT Transportation and Streetscape Improvement Recommendations. An agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting to allow for your advance review.
Community participation is of great importance to the quality of this effort. We ask and hope each of you will assist us in community outreach by forwarding this notice on to friends and neighbors you think would be interested in attending. Attached and below are flyers in both English and Spanish for your distribution next week. We would be pleased to provide flyers to folks for distribution to neighbors or at local meetings; please call and let us know of your needs.
For additional information, visit the BRA Web site: http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra
Select “Planning Initiatives”, and then select “Forest Hills Improvement Initiative”.
Appreciatively,
John Dalzell, AIA, LEED-AP
Senior Architect
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Please join us for the next Forest Hills Improvement Initiative Community Meeting on, Thursday, March 13th, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Boston English High School, 144 McBride Street (enter on Williams Street) , Jamaica Plain. Translation to Spanish and other languages will be provided if requested by March 7th. A light supper and refreshments will be served.
This meeting will focus on the Forest Hills Transportation Action Plan including DRAFT Transportation and Streetscape Improvement Recommendations. An agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting to allow for your advance review.
Community participation is of great importance to the quality of this effort. We ask and hope each of you will assist us in community outreach by forwarding this notice on to friends and neighbors you think would be interested in attending. Attached and below are flyers in both English and Spanish for your distribution next week. We would be pleased to provide flyers to folks for distribution to neighbors or at local meetings; please call and let us know of your needs.
For additional information, visit the BRA Web site: http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra
Select “Planning Initiatives”, and then select “Forest Hills Improvement Initiative”.
Appreciatively,
John Dalzell, AIA, LEED-AP
Senior Architect
Boston Redevelopment Authority
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