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Community Feedback Continues to Drive Moakley Park Project
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ver 50 people logged on to the Moakley Park Community Engagement meeting Wednesday night to hear an update on Phase 1, give feedback, and ask questions. “We’ve been working on this for so long and I just really appreciate you showing up and making your voices heard and making sure that we’re thinking about all the things that are important to you,” said Allison Perlman of Boston Parks and Recreation and project manager for the Moakley Park project. “It has been a long process but it’s important to get it right. Thank you for your participation and your support.” The position of Moakley Park within the neighborhood and in proximity to the harbor makes it ideal for flood protection, said landscape architect Cheri Ruane of Weston & Sampson. The Moakley f lood barrier will help protect
much of South Boston behind it. “There are many layers to this design and it’s not only functioning as an amazing multi-use, multi-generational park, but also flood protection and stormwater management,” said Ruane, who noted the robust tree plantings will help mitigate heat island effect. Added Perlman: “We believe this park can continue to provide recreation and reconnect the community to each other and the waterfront and protect our neighborhoods from flooding and heat.” The reason the Babe Ruth Park Drive end of the park was chosen for Phase 1 is because this section has the most vulnerable flood pathway and the design can install mitigating measures early in the process. From multiple community engagement activities at the park, many of which were organized by Boston Harbor Now, the park planners learned a lot from “you, the experts of your
own neighborhood,” Perlman said. “This really speaks to the importance of partnership and expanding our ability to involve more residents in the community process and shaping open space and waterfront design.” Ruane pointed out the vast diversity of spaces that will be included in Phase 1, including small intimate seating areas, big open fields, winding paths through the coastal landscape, plazas for community gatherings and barbecues, public bathrooms, and an operations and maintenance building. “And I think another thing that this first phase does is really starts to connect across the park,” Ruane said. “We were starting to hear a lot through the community process that it’s hard to navigate through the park and it takes up a big footprint. So in this case, you start to see pathways that are moving through from the neighborhoods
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into the park and accessing all of those different components.” Chris Reed of Stoss Landscape Urbanism reiterated that the community feedback has been helpful as they continue to evolve and refine the design elements. Wednesday’s meeting discussed refinements to three primary Phase 1 areas: the Overlook in the coastal landscape, the Premiere MultiUse Field, and the Community Plaza. The Overlook: Feedback included the desire for shade, picnic tables, seating (ranging from lounge chairs, benches, wall seating), a barbecue area, play elements, informational signage, and water views.
The Premiere MultiUse Field: Feedback included a sloped lawn facing the field, backed benches, bleachers, covered dugouts, lighting, and safety from errant balls. Community Plaza: Feedback included neighborhood access, food trucks, flexible programming, arts & culture, an overall natureinspired, lush, airy, and intimate area, garden features, and splash pads. Reed then took a poll of the
attendees. Which Community Plaza design did they like better? Option 1: More lawn space Opt ion 2: Incre a sed g a rden a nd pla z a spac e Option 2 won out, 70 to 30 percent. “That’s helpful to understa nd,” he sa id. Why Moakley Park? The greatest
asset is the infrastructure within and adjacent to Moakley Park, Perlman said. “The park is adjacent to one of the best urban beaches [Carson], in my opinion, and it’s next to Boston Harbor, but it’s also surrounded by a vibrant, diverse community.” At 60 acres, Moakley is a huge urban park. “It’s pretty unheard of
to have this much open space near the water, near downtown,” said Perlman. “It’s a significant open space that serves South Boston and the surrounding neighborhoods.” There was a lot more to the meeting, so you can watch the recording at boston.gov/parks/ Moakley-park within a week.
Massport’s Community Summer Jobs Program Kicks off Thousands of local students have benefitted since 1991
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he Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is celebrating another year of its Community Summer Jobs Program, supporting thousands of local students through partnerships with community organizations. This year, 29 organizations are receiving grants for nearly 300 seasonal jobs. The annual program is designed to help civic and social service agencies by providing funds to hire youth workers in Ma sspor t’s neig hboring communities including Bedford, Charlestown, Chelsea, Concord, East Boston, Lexington, Lincoln, Revere, South Boston, Winthrop, and Worcester. Participating organizations are responsible for recruiting, inter viewing,
hiring and supervising student employees. Since Massport’s C om mu nit y Su m mer Jobs Program started in 1991, over 8,000 local high school and college students have had the opportunity to gain professional experience in various roles includ ing c a mp counselor, off ice assistant, maintenance worker and lifeguard, which are all paid for by the grant. “Massport is proud to partner with and support the great work of many local nonprofit groups and community organizations that employ young workers,” said Massport CEO Lisa Wieland. “These summer jobs provide many youth the opportunity to gain knowledge and life skills, and give back to their communities in the process.” Massport also supports local youth athletic and enrichment
programs throughout the year and offers scholarships for graduating high school seniors. For more
information on Ma sspor t’s community initiatives and youth programs, visit www.massport.com.
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Look who's cooking! Tatyana Sukennik
By Carol Masshardt
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w n e r /c h e f of Fromage at 401 West Broadway for the past seven years, Tatyana Sukennik, originally from Ukraine, has both the delicacy and conviction well expressed in her fine European inspired menu of freshly made crepes, soups, and a distinguished wine bar. She is also someone who seized an opportunit y af ter work ing at Ma ss. Genera l Hospital as a medical technologist in the transplant unit for almost t went y years. A s with many natural cooks, it was common for her to be encouraged to start a restaurant, but quite another to convert a former pizza place into a s oph i s t ic ate d a nd u n ique bistro on one of the busiest and most restaurant saturated st reet s i n Sout h B oston. “My mother was an amazing cook. If you asked her for a recipe, she would say it takes a little of this and that, and then keep tasting it. When I teach people in the kitchen now I do it the same way. They watch me and then taste and keep perfecting,” she sa id. Creativit y and ingenuit y are not new to Tatyana or her family. “My dad taught himself to k nit, a nd made drums, accordions, and guitars, and also taught himself German and then taught us all of these things. You described something and he could make it,” she said. “We immigrated to Boston from Ukraine in 1968 and chose this city because my husband had a distant cousin here. I think Boston is one of the greatest cities in the world,” she said. It is a place where she has contributed the strong work ethic, she brings
wherever she works. “I go the extra mile. You have to reach high and far to feel satisfied. Here I can do what is my passion and I love cooking for groups.” Along with the support of her daughter, Stephanie Noonan, she persists in a competitive section of the city she knows well. “South Boston has been wonderful. It was a ghost town during the pandemic, and we had to close for three months, but we’re back. In addition to the nicely designed interior “We can do some take out and have the outdoors set now, too. The customers appreciate what we have, and that is the biggest reward. They are all kinds of people and more young, friendly well-educated professionals and that is very nice to see,” she said. She also knows people struggling with homelessness who stop by, and she wonders where they are when one day they are gone. Of c ou rse, her m i nd is never far from her home countr y and her family still there. “I hear bombing when I call, and my sister said they can’t have the lights on. It is terrible, and for the Russian soldiers, too. They are like brothers, and this is all a great tragedy. I worry all the time, but the American customers are unbelieva-ble. Look at this,” she said, and shared tips up to $1,000 that she uses to purchase non-perishable food for her beloved people under siege. I n t he e ver yd ay, she struggles along with her peers in the food business to hire people who share her dedica-tion for excellence, and happily awaits a f irst grandchild in coming weeks. She keeps Fromage active with fresh food and an impressive wine collection Tuesday through Saturday from 12-11PM, and
Tatyana Sukennik c on f ident ly a nd e x p er t ly offers something refreshingly m at u re i n a c om mu n it y a nd c ou nt r y s he love s .
(Carol Masshardt can be reached at carolhardt@ comcast.net)
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Artistic Vision Virginia Kropas’ Garden is a Masterpiece By Ginger DeShaney “All gardening is landscape painting.” – Alexander Pope
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his rings true at Virginia Kropas’ Hardy Street house. Virginia is an artist and her garden is her palette of color, shape, and texture … and her serenity. “I can shut out most of the sounds,” she said. “It’s very peaceful. I can rest my eyes on green stuff.” Virginia gets a great view of the back yard from her second-floor deck, where her cat, Abigail, likes to hang out, too. “I come out when I get up,” Virginia said, noting she may be in the garden working, or looking at it, for up to two hours in the morning. “I may just be staring and contemplating.” She also comes out in the evening. Her front yard, side yards, and back yard are stunning, But to the retired Boston Public Schools art teacher, her landscape
painting is a work in progress. “I’ve moved one shrub at least 15 times,” she said. “Things need to be moved.” She’s considering removing a paperbark maple because it’s too dense for its location. She’s always thinking of ways to upgrade, change, or redesign her garden. Virginia bought the house on Hardy Street from her aunt and uncle in 2004. When she moved in, the flower beds were quite narrow. At a certain point, she began expanding all the way around the edges and adding plants. She is a wealth of information on plants. How does she know so much? “I’m interested to know; that’s why I remember.” Virginia, who grew up in South Boston, always wanted to live in the woods. Her family had one of the bigger yards in the neighborhood “but it looked like the surface of the moon because we were allowed to do everything. We made forts out of dirt. It was a neighborhood place.” Virginia, who will be 70 in August, was always curious. Her mother liked looking at nature as well. “I started doing a little bit … oh, that looks pretty, and that
Virginia Kropas looks pretty. Oh, I want that, too.” Virginia has more than 125 species of plants in her yard, many of which attract bees and butterflies. Her yard includes: feverfew, purple larkspur, pink clovers, sedum, blanket flowers, autumn joy, black-eyed susans, milkweed, bee balm, tarragon, fragrant English lavender (strategically placed at the bottom of her deck stairs so that it
rubs against her clothes when she comes out or goes in the house), dill, goldenrod, plantain-leaved pussytoes, mint, arugula, ceanothus, lots of groundcover, steeple bush, chives, obedience plants, Russian sage, Joe Pye weed, hydrangeas, a sculpture she created, and so much more. Virginia’s landscape painting will continue to evolve, much to the delight of the neighborhood.
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The Red Sox, by the Numbers (Again) by Rick Winterson
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ast week, the Boston Red Sox lost four straight games to the Tampa Bay Rays. They then fell short twice against the Yankees over the weekend, after taking the first-ofthree from them last Friday by 5 to 4 (in extra innings). This puts the Sox in fourth place in the American League East Division, 16 ½ games behind the Yankees and 3 ½ games behind Boston’s arch enemies – the Rays from Tampa Bay. Also, Boston is peri-lously close to being swallowed up by Baltimore, who are in last place in the A.L. East at 46-46. That’s an even .500 win-loss percentage, which is very close to the current Red Sox W-L number of .516 Not only that, the Yankees beat the Red Sox by a total of 27-3 in the last two games before the AllStar break. That’s the type of score we’d expect to see when the Pats
beat the Jets in an NFL game, not in two MLB games against New York. And there’s immense sadness at the loss of Chris Sale, of course. Talk about Sale being down on his luck. No, there was no joy in Mudville on Sunday night! But before talking player trades, buyouts, and selloffs on or before the August 2 deadline, please recognize a few numbers. The American League East is by far the toughest, best performing Division in Major League Baseball, and it has been that way all season long. The entire American League East Division – all five teams added together, including Baltimore – has a W-L percentage of .561. Both the A.L. Central and the A.L. West Divisions are averaging well below .500. The A.L. East is still the Division to watch for wild cards and playoffs. Remember that six (6) A.L. teams out of 15 (more than one-third of them) get a playoff slot at the season’s end.
There’s another set of numbers that is worth thinking about, too. Now, Boston has losing records against all four of the other A.L. East’s teams – New York (4W-6L), Tampa Bay (2W-5L), Toronto (3W7L), and good ol’ Baltimore (3W5L). That’s not very good. But oddly enough, our best W-L record is against the New York Yankees. The Yanks are not only Division leaders, they have the best W-L record in all of MLB right now! Perhaps there is hope for the Red Sox yet – we are able to win when we must, and still stay in contention. Remember that now at the All-Star break, less than two-thirds of MLB’s regular season games have been played. The Red Sox have 69 more games between now and October 5, 38 of them against A.L. East oppo-nents. The last 14 games of the Red Sox season will be against the Yankees (4), Orioles (4), Blue Jays (3), and the Rays (3).
Whew! Literally, anything can happen between now and then. And any talk about massive trades is foolish, especially of players from the core of the batting order. Yes, the Red Sox offense has been weak lately, but please keep the top of the order as is. If some personnel moves are essential, confine them to getting a right-handed relief pitcher on board ASAP, and (perhaps with some good luck) using Chris Sale for brief, left-handed relief roles, in the unlikely event he can somehow return to the roster later in the season. After last week’s losses (including Sale), no optimism is called for. However, before allowing pessimism to take over completely, think about the numbers above. Except for the Yankees in first place, the A.L. East Division is still very tightly contested. In my opinion, there’ll be some (very) interesting baseball played over the next 69 regular season games.
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Reception for Artist Caroline Coolidge at SPOKE Gallery
Artist Caroline Coolidge exhibits at South Boston’s SPOKE Gallery.
by Rick Winterson
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aroline Coolidge is an artist whose works embrace multiple challenges and media. To say that her works of art are “original”, while certainly a compliment, is much too short an answer to questions about what she creates. Caroline is based in Cambridge, and she’s a
recent Harvard graduate who now holds a BA degree in Art, Film, and Visual Studies. She has had four solo shows to date, including one in Berlin, Germany; a second in Harvard’s Carpenter Center; and two at the IS Gallery in Weston. And now Caroline is showing her more recent works at a fifth solo exhibit in South Boston’s SPOKE Gallery at 844 Summer Street. For the SPOKE Gallery, she reconfigured her undergraduate thesis exhibit, and she calls this solo show “re/de/ constructed language”. It consists of a projected video, accompanying sound, and six of her abstract drawings that are wall-mounted over shelves holding computer generated working notes. Being multi-level and multi-media, Caroline’s exhibit is deservedly called an “installation”. And we encourage you to spend some time there. The installation opened on Monday, July 11; it closes on Friday, August 19. Gallery hours extend from 12 noon ‘til 5 p.m. on Wednesday-ThursdayFriday. Saturday viewings can be had by appointment, but the SPOKE
Caroline Coolidge, in a Q&A session with SPOKE Curator Kathy Bitetti (r.). staff asks that you request such appointments a few days in advance. Yesterday evening (Wednesday, the 20th) in SPOKE Gallery, Caroline herself and her installation were feted at a gala Hybrid Reception. More than 50 guests arrived in person between 6 and 8 p.m.; an added remote contingent took part in the festivities via ZOOM. Refreshments were served, and the guests were treated to a Gallery talk and a spirited Q&A period, both emceed by SPOKE’s Curator Kathy Bitetti. While studying at Harvard, Caroline worked in drawing, printmaking, video, text, and new media. She had always had difficulties with reading – specifically, dyslexia and phonemic awareness – and thus she used Kurzweil 3000 as a powerful text-to-speech tool to help her to read. In Caroline’s own words, she says, “I took the tool that I use to read, and used it in an unintended way – as a tool for artmaking and my
collaborator … Scans of my drawings were inputted into Kurzweil 3000 as readable PDFs and the program broke my marks apart as it sought to identify, isolate, and give voice to them.” Caroline’s drawings in her exhibit are all abstract. Most of the six drawings include dominant, curvilinear verticals. The writer’s favorite was dominate by horizontals. During the Q&A period, one questioner asked her about the smoky look he detected in one of the drawings. Much of the discussion was focused on questions that basically asked Caroline, “How did you ever think of this?” In an earlier brief interview, she said at one point, “My imagery came from studies of nature, and how to abstract it.” Perhaps imagining the first Lascaux cave painter working in near total darkness, might shed some metaphorical light on the challenge Caroline faced in assembling her installation and current solo exhibit at the SPOKE Gallery.
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Abstract drawings by Caroline Coolidge at SPOKE. FAVORITE: The drawing to far right.
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SB Youth Enjoy a Perfect Day on Spectacle Island
Boston Police c-6 Youth Leaders joined Save the Harbor/Save the Bay for a free All Access Boston Harbor trip to Spectacle Island
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oston Police C-6 Youth Leaders, South Boston Boys and Girls Club and South Boston Neighborhood House joined Save the Harbor/Save the Bay for a free All Access Boston Harbor trip to Spectacle Island
Last week, 543 kids from 15 organizations in 10 communities including 75 kids from South Boston set sail to Spectacle Island as part of Save the Harbor/ Save the Bay’s free All Access Boston Harbor program. Among the local groups that took part
on the trip were South Boston Neighborhood House, South Boston Boys and Girls Club and Boston Police C-6 Youth Leaders. “These free trips to the Boston Harbor Islands are some of the best parts of the summer,” said Kristen Barry,
Deputy Executive Director at Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. “No matter what community they come from or what group they are a part of, they always come back to shore with new experiences and new perspectives.” The groups gathered in the
South Boston Neighborhouse Kids Enjoy Spectacle Island Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston’s Seaport where Save the Harbor’s Historian, David Coffin, told kids about the island’s history. Coffin spoke about how Spectacle Island was a dumping ground for Boston’s trash, burning continuously for more than a decade. Today the island is now the most popular destination in the Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park. “This is one my favorite stories,” said Coffin to the gathered groups. “You can be a flaming pile of trash for ten years and you can still turn your life around.” David Coffin tells kids about the history of Spectacle Island This summer Save the Harbor’s youth and beach program staff of 40 will run two free cruises a
week to the Boston Harbor Islands, as well as scores of free events and programs on Boston’s waterfront and on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket. On most trips to Spectacle, the youth break into groups to explore the beach and hike to the top of the north drumlin for the spectacular views of the harbor. However, when the weather is hot and the tide is high they just can’t wait to hit the water.
It was perfect weather for swimming on Spectacle Island, and DCR’s lifeguards ensured the safety of the kids To beat the heat, some kids swam in the clean, cool water of Boston Harbor under the watchful supervision of four DCR’s lifeguards. Others caught crabs and fish from the pier or searched for the “Treasures of Spectacle Island” with Save the Harbors program staff, collecting shells and
sea glass, which they shared with each other before returning them to the beach where they belong “Our free programs give kids and families who might not otherwise have a chance the opportunity to experience these beautiful natural resources firsthand,” said Save the Harbor/ Save the Bay’s Executive Director Chris Mancini. “We are proud to share our spectacular harbor, beaches and islands with them.”
Members from the South Boston Boys and Girls Club.
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Carnival on Carson Beach by Rick Winterson
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he Caribbean American Carnival Association is a new, active, and dedicated neighborhood group in Boston. “Carnivals” are what they offer, wherever they go. Their recent Carnival took place last Saturday, July 16, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. The locale was South Boston’s Carson Beach. The specific site of Saturday’s Carnival was the acre of grassy area between the west edge of the Beach and the Mother’s Rest gazebo on the Harborwalk. This was a licensed activity that registered its many guests as they arrived. Trucks after trucks provided refreshments to all who came. Games and performers were everywhere. Musical vibes dominated. Association President Shirley
Shillingford enthusiastically welcomed the guests to the Carnival as they signed in. Ruth Georges is the Association’s Public Relations Officer; she also served as the Carnival Event Organizer. Installation of the Carnival’s structures and stations was carried out by cheerful and willing volunteers, including
Carnival Organizer Ruth Georges and Association President Shirley Shillingford open the Carnival.
Ione and Lily finish erecting the Carnival entrance on South Boston’s Carson Beach.
Ione (Entertainment) and Lily, accompanied by music from DJ Alwyn whose recordings vibrated with an amplified bass beat.
The Caribbean American Carnival Association plans several more activities around Boston over the rest of the summer.
Cal, Zizi, Chris, and Eileen are set to register Boston Carnival’s many guests.
Alwyn (the “Groovemaster”) provides rhythmic Caribbean music for Saturday’s Carnival.
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Dan McCole’s 93rd Birthday Party
Dan McCole by Rick Winterson
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an McCole’celebrated his 93rd birthday on July 16. His family members got together and threw a gala Birthday Party for him. And quite an event it really was! The Party took place in Dan’s loft, which is in the Distillery Building on Second Street between G and H. Dan’s second-floor loft serves as his office, his residence, and (of course) his studio as well. You see, Dan is an accomplished artist who is very well known in South Boston, in particular for his vivid watercolors. Special guests included Bob Dunlap on guitar, Kathy Taylor on drums and vocals, and Skip Toomey on accordion, who have been frequent and immensely popular entertainers at Dan’s loft parties in the past. They played many of the crowd’s (and Dan’s) favorite tunes, ranging from folk to pop to country to Irish. Dan himself sang a few solos, including “Steve O’Donnell’s Wake”.
Maewyn, one of Dan’s three greatgranddaughters, danced an Irish jig to that song while Dan sang it. A high point of the afternoon’s festivities was the conferral of two citations – from the Boston City Council initiated by Council President Ed Flynn and Councilorat-Large Michael Flaherty, and from the Massachusetts Senate submitted by state Senator Nick Collins. Joanne McDevitt spearheaded obtaining these citations; she presented them to Dan during his Birthday Party. The words in the citations included “vision”, “dedication”, and “community”, in recognition of Dan’s role in the South Boston Arts Association for 18 years. He has also been active in many South Boston youth programs; Dan is known for his community leadership talents as well. He expressed his profound gratitude for the citations. We asked Dan if he has any particular art projects on the fire right now. He replied that he would like to install some kind of tribute along Day Boulevard to the so-called “Tree of G”. This is a large tree that once upon a time had a huge, low-hanging branch that provided a natural seesaw for South Boston’s kids to play on. Over many years, the Tree of G became a kind of “Family Tree” for all of South Boston’s young people. Let’s see if Dan can make that happen. We did not keep count of the guests, but it appeared that there were more than fifty on hand. Their sprits were high throughout. Many of them had not really seen much of the other guests since the pandemic shut down most of South Boston’s social life. Catch-up conversations were continuous. And you can imagine that laughter and joyful exclamations punctuated the Party all afternoon long. Of course, there was a twinge or two of regret as the party wound down late Saturday afternoon. A lot of us felt the party should go on forever. But it was a great party, especially for Dan’s 93rd! Do we dare repeat that old saying – “And a good time was had by all!”
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South Boston Sophomores and Juniors Experience Taste of College Through Minds Matter Mentorship Program
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early 10 0 sophomores and juniors from high schools in Greater Boston, including three from South Boston, will be spending part of their summer taking college courses at some of the most prestigious colleges in the country thanks to a program sponsored by Minds Matter Boston. The program is designed to provide students with valuable exposure to life on a college campus, engage with college-level courses and schedules, and better position themselves for the transition to college once they graduate. They will also gain insight into the choices they have for major concentrations and eventual careers. Many of the students will also earn college credits depending on the program. Alessia Martinez (Harvard College), who attends Dearborn STEM Academy, Lillianis Rodriguez Rivera (Girls Who Code), who
attends Fenway High School, and Braddy Maria (Harvard College), who attends the John D. O’Bryant - all from South Boston - will begin summer terms soon that range from three-six weeks long. “These students’ personal growth and successes encapsulate what we do at Minds Matter,” said Executive Director Rachel Kanter. “Their determination and talent, coupled with the support and advice of their mentors, helped them excel in school and develop a sense of community. The opportunity to experience college life and college courses while still in high school will prepare them for the next stage of their education and beyond.” Minds Matter Boston (MMB) is a mentoring organization devoted to connecting driven and determined students from lowincome backgrounds with people and opportunities to support success in college and beyond. At MMB,
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776 Summer Street Public Meeting Wednesday, August 3
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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Toll Free: (833) 568 - 8864 Meeting ID: 161 809 0443
Project Description: The BPDA is hosting a Virtual Public Meeting for the 776 Summer Street - Phase 1 project located in South Boston. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Project Notification Form (PNF) and Planned Development Area (PDA). The meeting will include a presentation followed by Q&A and comments from the general public. The Phase 1 Project will be located on 8.4 acres / 364,409 square feet within the approximately 15.2 acre (approximately 661,500 square foot) parcel of land known as and numbered 776 Summer Street in South Boston. The Phase 1 Project includes the rehabilitation of the Edison Turbine Halls 1, 2, and 3 and the construction of the buildings on Blocks D and F.
mail to: Stephen Harvey Boston Planning & Development Agency One City Hall Square, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02201 phone: 617.918.4418 email: stephen.j.harvey@boston.gov
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Alessia Martinez (Harvard College), who attends Dearborn STEM Academy, Lillianis Rodriguez Rivera (Girls Who Code), who attends Fenway High School, and Braddy Maria (Harvard College), who attends the John D. O’Bryant - all from South Boston these students are provided with intensive 2:1 mentoring, professional ACT and writing instruction, wide access to college-immersion summer programs and personalized college advising to ensure that these promising students earn their college admission and experience college success. The program, which introduces students to new experiences and acts as a catalyst for their enthusiasm to pursue a four-year degree, is just one of many impactful Minds Matter programs conducted in cities across the United States.
Volunteers from various Boston businesses and organizations dedicate hundreds of hours over three years to guide their mentees through college prep, as well as helping them to navigate the college application and grant and scholarship application processes. This commitment has resulted in 100% of MMB graduates gaining admission to four-year colleges. In addition, $1.4 million in scholarships was awarded to MMB graduates in 2021 alone. To learn more about MMB and how to get involved, visit https:// w w w.m ind smat terboston.org /
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THURSDAY JULY 21, 2022
CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION
Matt Flaherty and Mike Kelly from the BFD Construction Facility apply a fresh coat of red paint to the firebox on the corner of K and East Broadway where Rooney Real Estate is located.
Virtual Public Meeting
7 Channel Center Public Meeting Wednesday, July 27 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Zoom Link: bit.ly/3yKuRZd Toll Free: (833) 568 - 8864 Meeting ID: 161 823 0992
Project Description: 7 CC 73 Owner, LLC (the “Proponent”) proposes to redevelop 7 Channel Center Street in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston (the “Redevelopment Site”), by constructing a new office/research and development (“R&D”) building (the “Redevelopment”).
mail to: Daniel Polanco Boston Planning & Development Agency One City Hall Square, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02201 phone: 617.918.4460 email: dan.polanco@boston.gov
Close of Comment Period: 8/3/2022
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