Our next monthly meeting is
Thursday, March 27th from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Distillery, 516 E 2nd St.
We will share updates and continue to move forward on our Greenovate Boston community engagement project.
FYI - A few neat things:
Opportunities to clean up the neighborhood this Spring:
Also: check out this new web forum on Southie development issues LINK
See you Thursday!
As always, all are welcome at Planet Southie!
UPDATE: We hear from the City that the community process on this project will "most likely be concluding tomorrow" 3/11. Speak up now.
Our friends at the Saint Vincent’s Lower End Neighborhood Association (SVLENA) need your help to speak up about 340 W 2nd Street.
Please help by attending the ZBA meeting on March 11th at 11:30 am at Boston City Hall, Room 801 and speak out against this project because:
- Grossly exceeds the Floor to Area Ratio that is established on the site.
- Developer was unwilling to make height & density changes requested by the community.
- The entire Saint Vinny's Neighborhood Association is against this project.
- Major privacy concerns between proposed building and nearby existing building.
- Will create an unsanitary condition in the small gap between buildings.
- Density issues for the neighborhood.
- (Please feel free to add to this list)
It's time to name the campaign. Wait...what's this all about again? Read more here.
Got an idea for a name? Share it on the below form!
Tired of windblown trash vortexes, dog poop and a general sense of ewwww?
Well then, we have just the thing for you!
Here's what happened: in the past 2 weeks (coincidental with the melting snow), Southie's social media circles have been abuzz with ordinary neighbors of all stripes who are fed up with litter.
Over at the SaveKStreet blog, it's been stated frankly:
"Has anyone else noticed that the streets
of our neighborhood are overflowing with trash? Up and down every
Southie street are piles of trash."
OK. OK. So these things happen. The question is what to do about it?
A bunch of Southie neighbors who shared their frustration via Twitter decided to be proactive -- they got together via Planet Southie's "tweet up" (affectionately dubbed #SouthieTrashTalk) and excitedly agreed to help start a resident-led clean up campaign. Here they are this morning, hash-tagging it out:
Some of the ideas that have been floating around:
