Paul J. Gannon PC

617 Dorchester Ave f/k/a 20 Boston St

Project Proponent: Mark Little

Project Description: mail to: Tyler Ross

The information at this meeting is crucial to you as a City of Boston resident, and s takeholder. Interpreting services are available to communicate the content of these documents at no additional cost to you. If you require translation services, please contact the following: Tyler.C.Ross@boston.gov. The meeting is scheduled for 5/10/2023. Please request interpreting services no later than 5 days before the meeting date. Meeting of the general public to review 617 Dorchester Ave f/k/a 20 Boston St.

This meeting will be focused on the proposed 617 Dorchester Ave f/k/a 20 Boston St project. Please note that this is a Public Meeting. The meeting will begin with a 45-minute presentation of the project by the development team, followed by 45 -minutes of public Q& A.

Boston Planning & Development Agency

One C ity Hall Square, 9th Floor Bos ton, MA 02201 phone: 617.918.4214 email: tyler.c.ross@boston.gov website: www.bit.ly/617DorchesterAve

@BostonPlans BostonPlans.org

Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

Last Saturday was April 22. That was the day in 2023 when the Boston Police Department publicized their police station lobbies as secure places where you could deposit your unused medicines – especially legitimate prescription drugs you didn’t need any longer. Our Station C-6 lobby at 101 West Broadway was open for disposal all day long. Getting rid of your unused medicines safely and securely is an important battlefront in the war against drug abuse. We are fighting this war nationwide, as well as here in South Boston. If you need proof of that, just walk by Mass/Cass any day and see what it looks like.

Coincidentally, April 22 was also Earth Day 2023 – a day commemorating the enormous oil spill that took place off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, in 1969. In 1970, some 20 million (20,000,000) people demonstrated

A Brief Reminder

against pollution and global warming on April 22, in what many think was the largest single protest that has ever happened. Earth Day has been observed for 53 years ever since then.

So what is the connection, other than this being an interesting coincidence? Our answer is that drug abuse and global warming are both serious problems here in South Boston. Please be aware that you can dispose of unused medicines anytime at Station C-6. We purposely included a photo of Moakley Park in this editorial because it has become susceptible to flooding. Simply stated, drug use and global warming will affect South Boston now and in the near future.

Both of these problems need your attention right now, so please get involved: Help save our people! And help save our planet!