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VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74

Two South Boston Businesses Begin Hiring Efforts

by Rick Winterson Two enterprises new to the South Boston neighborhood have begun their initial plans for hiring qualified people.

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he se c ompa n ie s are located at the eastern and western ends of the South Boston Seaport District. One of them is Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP).

Their project is referred to as “776 Summer Street”, which marks its location under construction and extends from the Reserved Channel to Summer/L Street. The other is the Eli Lilly and Co. building. At its address on 15 Necco Street, it looks out on the Fort Point Channel from the northern edge of the Procter & Gamble/Gillette parking lot.

The HRP project is still under construction; the Lilly

building is ready to open.

Accurate estimates of how many positions will be filled aren’t yet available, but various media statements from them both imply this will be hundreds and perhaps could be as many as a thousand (1,000) over the next several months. And the development aspects of the HRP and Lilly projects are extremely interesting.

HR P, headqua rtered at 101 Seaport Boulevard, is completely replacing what was originally the Edison Power Plant (“the Edison”, back in 1902). When finished, their mixed-use project will amount to 1.7 million (1,700,000) square feet on 15 acres. Right now, the project is in what HRP calls the “Deconstruction” phase, meaning that they plan to retain and renew key classic structures.

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Moakley in Bloom

Volunteers Brave the Weather to Plant Bulbs

By Ginger DeShaney

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he d ri zz le on Saturday morning actually helped the volunteers who were planting bulbs at Moakley Park as part of the Make Moakley Bloom event.

In the circle at the entrance

of Saunders Stadium, volunteers cleared the weeds before planting the bulbs. “It sure enough made it a lot easier,” said volunteer Clifton Braithwaite, who is running for at-large City Council.

“And honestly, this weather is not bad for planting,” said Jaye Mea kem, Communit y Eng a gement Ma na ger for Boston Harbor Now, which Continued on Page 4

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Business Hiring The lengthy structure with the arch to the left (on the northern side) is an original turbine hall, which will be converted into a unique, multi-level indoor marketplace.

Much of the total project will consist of residences. HRP is well-known for its architectural projects that preserve classic buildings by converting them into other uses. And they’ll be devoting one-third of their “776 Summer Street” property (five acres out of 15) to public open space.

Last Wednesday afternoon, the 18th, HR P held a wellattended Community Job Fair at

776 Summer Street the “L” – the Curley Community Center. Because they are still u nder c on st r uc t ion, H R P

asked everyone who attended to “explore roles in construction, architecture, project

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Eli Lilly and Company is a U.S. pharmaceutical firm headquartered in Indianapolis.

It is international in nature and very well known worldwide for anti-depression drugs like Prozac, modern diabetes medicines, and polio vaccines. With a market value over $500 billion ($500,000,000,000), Lilly is the most valuable pharmaceutical firm in the world. It is about to open its Lilly Institute for Genetic Medicine in a strikingly designed, twelve-story building in Fort Point. This building was once intended to serve as the headquarters for General Electric; it possesses 350,000 square feet suited for a combination of laboratories and off ices.

Lilly, at a pharma summit in Boston earlier this year, announced informally that it planned to relocate its science labs in Cambridge to South Boston as soon as the new building in Fort Point was ready.

No exact figures are available yet, but the Lilly Institute plans to add some employees as soon as they move. This is only a rough estimate, but their new building can hold perhaps 600 employees in total, so they’ll be hiring now, and in the near future as well.

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Udate on City Response to Crises Centered at Mass & Cass Beginning today, the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) will post notices to notify individuals in the area of Mass and Cass that the prohibition on tents, tarps, and other temporary structures approved by the Boston City Council yesterday will begin on November 1, 2023.

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ayor Michelle Wu today provided an update on the City’s public health-led response to the intersecting crises of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders and unsheltered homelessness centered in the area of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue (Mass and Cass). Mayor Wu recently announced a phase change to double down on this approach and ensure the safety and health of those living in the area, service providers, and local business owners and workers.

“Over the last two years, Boston has built an infrastructure for coordinated services to address the overlapping crises of homelessness, substance use, and mental health that has supported hundreds of individuals in need and highlighted the effectiveness of a public health and housing-led approach,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “As we head into colder weather, our teams are taking action to ramp up outreach for shelter, treatment, and services citywide to ensure the health and safety of all community members.”

Over the past few months, outreach teams and provider partners have continued to develop their relationships with people chronically living in the area to help identify the shelter or treatment option that best meets each individual’s needs.

Beginning today, the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) will post notices to notify individuals in the area of Mass and Cass that the prohibition on tents, tarps, and other temporary structures approved by the Boston City Council yesterday will begin on November 1, 2023.

Based on individual needs and case management conversations, individuals

will be provided transportation to low threshold sites, general shelter, a treatment program, or will be reunified with their family. Storage will be provided for their personal belongings and City staff will maintain a real-time inventory of available safe sleeping space.

“The health, safety, and wellbeing of every resident, no matter their housing status, is the steadfast focus of the City’s coordinated teams,” said Director of the Coordinated Response Team Tania Del Rio. “As we support people transitioning from the Atkinson St. encampment into safer and more supportive environments, we will continue to make sure unsheltered persons citywide receive offers of lifesaving services, while ensuring public spaces remain safe and available for all.”

Some medical services to support unsheltered residents will be temporarily relocated. The Boston Public Health Commission, in partnership with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), will open a temporary site at 774 Albany Street for clinical services so that individuals have uninterrupted access to care during the transition. Security will be stationed inside and outside the temporary site on a 24/7 basis.

“This ordinance ensures that the Boston Public Health Commission and our partners can continue doing the critically important work of connecting people suffering from substance use disorder to treatment; delivering dignified, compassionate care; offering life-saving harm reduction services; providing emergency shelter; and placing people who have been living on the street into safe spaces where they can recover,” said Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Commissioner of Public Health and Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission.

Mayor Wu and the Boston Public

Health Commission (BPHC) also provided an update on the additional shelter beds and temporary overnight space that BPHC has worked to prepare over the last few months in partnership with provider partners. To increase the availability of low-threshold housing for chronically unsheltered individuals who currently live in the Atkinson Street encampment, the City will open 30 temporary transitional beds at the Boston Public Health Commission’s campus at 727 Massachusetts Avenue.

These beds will be reserved for specifically identified individuals who are currently engaged in services with BPHC’s case management teams.

These beds will only be available until the individuals move onto permanent housing or an open low threshold spot at one of the other housing sites and are not intended to be populated with new individuals. Additional shelter capacity has been established at various locations across the City.

“The City of Boston is working with many non-profit partners to make sure that the individuals living on the street have access to shelter and, as importantly, services,” said Chief of Housing Sheila Dillon. “To respond to the growing need for shelter, additional space has been brought on line for both this effort and the colder months. Getting individuals off the street and into shelters will enable our partners to better help individuals pursue pathways out of homelessness and into the treatment and permanent housing that everyone deserves.”

The Boston Police Department (BPD) will have a sustained presence on Atkinson Street and the surrounding area. Mobile Citywide units will coordinate through a central operations post to address criminal activity in the area and return Atkinson Street to standard use as a road for vehicular

traffic, while addressing any other areas of concern citywide. During this time, the City will be restricting access to Atkinson Street. The Engagement Center located there will be temporarily closed and services previously provided there will be available in other locations.

The Boston Police Department and the Boston Public Health Commission will lead a coordinated response that will include mobile units of police and recovery services staff to restore Atkinson Street and Southampton Street to regular use and ensure compliance with all laws in surrounding areas. The Boston Police Department will coordinate these efforts at a central operations post and will have a presence in the area at all times.

Residents are encouraged to report encampments they see to 311.

These requests will be directed to the Coordinated Response Team, which will activate a co-response between outreach workers and BPD to connect the individual in the encampment to the appropriate services. Criminal activity should be reported by calling 911.

These measures will build on the City’s successes in helping individuals move from chronic unsheltered homelessness into supportive housing and recovery by improving public safety, reducing crowding, violence, and drug trafficking in the area, and creating better conditions for case management and outreach workers to assist individuals in need. Since January 2022, more than 500 individuals who were living at the Atkinson Street encampment have gone through the City’s six low-threshold housing sites and 172 have moved into permanent supportive housing. There are currently 133 individuals living in the sites, 72 of which have a housing resource in hand and are looking for a housing unit.

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Moakly Park organized the third annual event with the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department.

“We’re doing more bulbs this year,” Jaye said. “By next weekend, there will be 1,800 bulbs planted in Moakley. So hopefully we’ll have a longer season of Moakley in bloom.”

About a dozen volunteers showed up to plant the bulbs; Doughboy Donuts donated donuts and pastries for the event.

Chris Swagler, a recent g r adu ate of Nor t he a ster n University, “just wanted to get involved with the community.”

He found out about t he event through Boston Cares.

“It’s fun; it’s a good time,” he said, despite the weather.

Madelyn Va l e n z u e l a ,

Paul R anda ll, and Abigail Kei lma n, a long w it h her husband, Ben Keilman, are part of a sustainability group at SmithGroup Boston, an architectural and engineering f irm. T he y’ve volu nteered with One Tree Planted and the Charles R iver Watershed Association. After doing some

online research, Madelyn came across the Moa k ley event.

“More people are getting warmed up to the idea of coming out for a few hours and doing something for the environment,” Madelyn said.

After interning for Boston Harbor Now, Sahil Duvadie is now volunteer coordinator for

the organization. This is his first Moakley event, though he has been planting for the National Park Service for several years.

Sahil said the event helps improve the park for the community. “It’s a great way to have the community come out and give back and improve the park for the f uture.”

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Overy Thirty and Under Three: Bob Monahan

Bob Monahan

By Carol Masshardt (The series features residents who have made SB home for more than thirty years or fewer than three by alternating weeks.)

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outh Boston non-profit leader and engaged community member, Bob Monahan, has made South Boston home for all of his sixtynine years. He has never stopped appreciating and working toward better lives for the families in a familiar and changing landscape.

It is here that his values and aspirations developed, and his contributions and professional life shaped. At every bend, he credits his late mother, Marion Monahan.

“Growing up as one of five brothers, we played sports, went to see whatever was happening in the cit y, played in the streets. What really mattered though were the exa mples of people giving back, and that hasn’t changed,” he said.

“My mother believed in education and college was the goal. She also embodied the Golden Rule and didn’t have a prejudiced bone in her body. She loved history and books and the beach. She was also an advocate. When the rink wasn’t open on time, she walked with a group of other mothers to the State House and it didn’t happen again,” he said.

Stories of his mother’s

values, attitudes and abilities deepen what “ homema ker” means, and provided a platform for all the good that was to follow in his life. When he says, “we had it all,” it seems likely that it was the optimism and vigor with which she lived. His father was a sportswriter, and the family’s home was a three story that was configured in different ways to suit three generations.

Perhaps because of the neighborhood families, or his own, or just a natural curiosity and wish to help, Bob knew he wanted to work with families.

After Gate of Heaven and BC High, he applied only to Harvard and BC and went to Harvard as a Psycholog y and Social Relations major. He commuted, except his senior year, from South Boston and worked at various jobs including Howard Johnson’s to help pay his way. His education may have been across the river, but his heart and mind were focused on South Boston.

He went on to work with and was inspired by the work of Sisters Louise Kearns, Carol Hood, and others. “They were models of leadership, period,” he said. With them he worked at “Fun in the Sun” and the rest is history. Following graduation, his life in non-profit community organizations devoted to families and children impressively grew.

Program Director at the Tynan Community Center to the SB Boys and Girls Club Director to Executive Director of Julie’s Family Learning to name a few.

“I was the first person from the community at the Boys and Girls Club and it was a job I loved. We had autonomy to do things that mattered, and even started a theatre group with some talented people in the recovery community and beyond. It was a wonderful, importa nt time,” he sa id.

He was promoted every place he worked, eventually retiring as the Executive Director of

Julie’s Family Learning. Such a strong legacy doesn’t typically end with pure leisure, though anyone would wish that for this man. Ask him about retirement and he responds, “when does it start?’ That said, he has come to devote time to his personal life, improved blood pleasure, and the joy of his two sons, Alex, living in Reading, MA, and Patrick in LA. Bob Mona ha n doe sn’t romanticize the past or future. He knows well the issues but strikes a philosophy of hopefulness.

“The recovery community has always existed here, along with the problems, and it is still the case. There is also still a value in giving back and support when someone has a need. My

worry is about families being able to afford stay here,” he said.

There are few who have been as continually involved in the non-profit world of South Boston as Bob Monahan, and though traveling more, his home base is where it began, and that ha s benef it ted enu merable families who have known the efforts of someone who loves and knows a community. Bob Monahan has woven the concept of giving back through a deep career and continued service.

(Please contact Carol Masshardt at cmasshardt@comcast.net if you know of someone who might like to be profiled.)

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John McGahan Receives 2023 Leadership Award

by Rick Winterson

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ohn McGahan, the President of the Gavin Foundation, was recognized for his many, many years of devoted service to the vital cause of Recovery – Recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction.

He is the recipient of the 2023 “Martin J. Walsh Leadership in Recovery Award”, which was conferred upon him last Thursday evening at South Boston’s Seaport Hotel. This Award is presented annually by the Joseph Nee South Boston Collaborative Center (the SBCC). The actual, in-person presentation was made to John by Andy Ward, the SBCC’s Executive Director, and Marty Walsh himself, for whom this Award is named.

To say that John McGahan richly deserves the 2023 Leadership in Recovery Award is a true statement if there ever was one. For the past 32 years, John has spent his time and his quiet but immense energy in providing Recovery services here in South Boston.

After an hour or so of festivities among the hundred guests in the Seaport’s Lighthouse Room (great harbor view!), Andy Ward took to the podium to emcee the Award ceremony. He thanked everyone for coming and introduced the opening speaker, Michael Kineavy, who is a Board Member of the SBCC. Kineavy brought back memories of the Center’s beginnings in 1997, when the serious nature of South Boston’s addiction problems became achingly obvious. He recalled Darlene Sheehan’s efforts as the first Director of the SBCC, to which she (literally!) had devoted her life.

Robert DeLeo, former Speaker of

the Massachusetts House, spoke of funding the Recovery efforts at first, and referred to John McGahan as “one of our primary people”.

Marty Walsh then took the podium, and said, “I’ve watched how John has grown the Gavin.

Every single time someone called him, he never, ever said ‘No’! I can’t describe how much he deserves this Award. John and his staff at the Gavin Foundation are heroes.”

He then conferred the Leadership in Recovery Award upon John to intense, well-deserved applause and a standing ovation. John’s remarks mostly expressed his gratitude to those he worked with. At first, he said, “I am most grateful to my family and my wife, Anne.” He then said humorously, “I get the praise. The Gavin Foundation Board and my staff of 241 – they’re on the front lines, so I just sit back and take credit. Without the Gavin, I wouldn’t even be here.”

John McGahan is the fifth person to receive the Martin J. Walsh Leadership in Recovery Award. The four other Awardees include Jon Cronin, the Hon. Robert DeLeo, former Governor Charlie Baker, and current Governor Maura Healey. Marty Walsh is known to every South Bostonian. He has held various political positions culminating in the Secretary of Labor under President Joseph Biden. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the NHL’s Players’ Association. He frequently provides support for any and all Recovery efforts, which is why the Leadership in Recovery Award is named after him.

Once again, John McGahan, President of the Gavin Foundation, richly deserves this year’s Award.

John McGahan receiving the Walsh Leadership Recovery Award from Andy Ward and Marty Walsh.

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The Reserved Channel Still Thrives in Autumn We have written up the bustling Reserved Channel before, especially now that Conley Terminal is postPanamax capable, and the cruise ship passengers stay in love with visiting Boston at the Flynn Black Falcon Terminal. Huge container ships still dock at the bigger-than-

life-sized overhead cranes installed in the Conley. But they are dwarfed by the passenger liners docked on the other side. The Norwegian Pearl (2021, 2500 passengers, 93530 tonnage, 1000 feet long) proves that.

Welcome to Boston. Are you here to do some leaf-peeping this weekend?

Dog, dwarf, and a dozen ducks! Can you spot all of them?

Plus, taking a long look at the many lovely fall flowers, accompanied by lots of greenery. And rocks, rocks, rocks.

But these rocks, unlike those in most rock gardens, are used to build things, and are even mortared in place – to construct walls, a tower, and rough minarets, all focused upon an eye-catching pool of water below.

At 350 K Street.

PUBLIC NOTICE: OPEN DISCUSSION ON MCCA CYPHER STREET REMEDIATION PROJECT On Thursday, November 2 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority will host a community discussion at CRISPR Therapeutics regarding an upcoming soil remediation project on Cypher Street.

MCCA officials will be presenting and available to answer questions.

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Industry Leaders Honored at Plumbing Contracts Appreciation Night State Sen. Nick Collins, a longtime union ally spoke about the importance of plumbing industry leaders having a voice in the broader conversation about the transition to green energy, as well as development in Boston.

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lu mbing indu st r y leaders Harry Brett and Hugh Kelleher honored with Lifetime Achievement awards; Boston Celtics broadcaster and former player Brian Scalabrine and Massachusetts Senator Nick Collins addressed the largest gathering of union plumbing contractors in ea stern Ma ssachusetts Plumbing industry giants Harry Brett and Hugh Kelleher received Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors A s s o c i a t i o n ’s “Industr y Appreciation Night,” which also featured ex-Boston Celtics and NBC Sports host Brian Scalabrine and state Sen. Nick Collins.

More than 450 contractors, union plumbers and guests turned out at the Omni Seaport Hotel Thursday, Oct. 12 to raise money for college scholarships for the sons and daughters of union plumbers and employees of Greater Boston PCA contractors.

(l to r) Greater Boston PCA Executive Director Andrew DeAngelo, Greater Boston PCA President Paul Dionne, Sen. Nick Collins, Local 12 Business Manager Tim Fandel The event also honored Brett, International Representative of New England for the United Association, and Kelleher, the former Executive Director of the PHCC of Greater Boston which would later become the Greater Boston PCA. The bi-a nnua l e vent celebrate s achievements in the plumbing industry and this year’s theme was “The Power of Partnership.”

“Ha rr y a nd Hugh a re legend s in t he plu mbing industry and the union labor movement in Boston,” said Greater Boston PCA Executive Director A ndrew De A ngelo.

Retired Boston Celtics player and NBC Sports on-air host Brian Scalabrine

“It was fitting to honor them on a night where we celebrated the importance of ‘partnership’ as they worked together for decades to build unity, trust and success with labor and management. Congratulations also to all the scholarship recipients, ma ny of whom represent the next generation of partnerships that will shape our industry in the years to come.”

State Sen. Nick Collins, a longtime union ally whose district includes the Seaport, spoke about the importance of plumbing industry leaders having a voice in the broader conversation about

the transition to green energy, as well as development in Boston.

Scalabrine regaled the crowd with tales of being a member of the 2008 NBA Championship team with the Celtics “Big Three” - R ay A llen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce - as well as sharing his personal journey as a hard-working role player who had an 11-year pro career. He is now an on-air analyst for Celtics broadca sts on NBC Sports and hosts a basketball show on SiriusX M’s NBA channel.

“Brian Scalabrine embodies the work ing class ethos of the Ma ssachusetts labor movement,” said Greater Boston PC A President Paul Dionne. “He understands the value of hard work, dedication and teamwork. In that spirit, it was fitting to hear his stories of persevera nce during his journey from a small town in Washington state to the NBA.” Plu mbers & Ga sf it ters Local 12 Business Manager Tim Fandel also spoke about “The Power of Partnership” between the union a nd contractors, saying: “We are far stronger when we advocate for our industry issues together. Local 12 will always be there as a strong industry advocate and partner.”

(l to r) Harry Brett, International Representative of New England for the United Association, and Hugh Kelleher, former Executive Director of the Greater Boston PCA.

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Washington Village Now Leasing

by Rick Winterson

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a s h i n g t on Village is a complex project.

Eventually, it will partly encircle Andrew Square.

The first of the seven buildings planned for Washington Village occupies the 235 Old Colony Avenue address on the corner of Dorchester Street. This building has just completed its construction phase and has begun leasing activities.

It is a mixed-use, six and seven story structure with commercial space on the ground floor and residences above. Management at Washington Village has named this newly finished building “South

Standard”; its website address is www.livesouthstandard.com.

On Monday, we had a brief, in-person interview with Ty Brieske, the South Standard General Manager.

He told us that South Standard will be ready for full occupancy before year-end, 2023 – two months from now (or less). He also said that one of South Standard ’s three commercial spaces has already been leased.

Mr. Brieske’s office is directly across the intersection at 240 Old Colony Avenue, a location that once was the site of a small communications center. Now, it is plainly marked as “South Standard at Washington Village”.

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Zoo Howl Returns to Franklin Park Zoo

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n October 28-29, at 10:00 a.m– 3:00p.m. thrills, chills, animals and more await you at Franklin Park Zoo’s annual Zoo Howl! This popular, family-friendly events includes the opportunity to trick-or-treat amongst the animals. Wear your best attire and you might just win the costume

contest. As you enjoy the haunted happenings, be sure to meet with our educators who can tell you more about our curious critters and the importance of purchasing treats made with sustainable palm oil, for Halloween and all year round. The animals won’t be left out of the fun; watch as they receive seasonal enrichment like pumpkins!

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Welcome to our new Toddler B Class

BIG SBCA Welcome to our new Toddler B Class and their new Teacher, Ms. Linda Sandoval and her Aide, Ms. Martha Wright. “In our classroom we have lots of fun.

We do circle time where we learn the days of the week, letter of the day, the numbers, weather etc. We also read books everyday. One of our class favorites is “Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see?”

For music time we do the “ Freeze Dance”, “Head Shoulder Knees and Toes” among other songs.

We do many different Arts and Crafts that our toddlers enjoy. As an outdoor activity we go to the school playground. We have many learning toys in our classroom that

our students can play with and learn at the same time. Our classroom is a happy place of playing and learning and our toddlers enjoy it.”

Ms. Linda, graduated in 2018 from Salem State University with a Bachelors Degree in Psycholog y and is looking to pursue her ECE Certifications through the Lynch foundation.

She loves to spend her time with family, especially her nephews and niece. She also loves to bake, take outdoor walks and is an animal lover. Ms. Linda loves children and they are what makes her happy. She feels blessed to be part of the SBCA Family and being an educator of our f uture generations.

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w e L e W n O h event SOUTH BOSTON BARK PARK PRESENTS

SATURDAY october 28, 2023

11AM-1PM JUDGING AT NOON at The South Boston Bark Park William J Day Blvd. And Columbia Rd.

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fundraiser to benefit community dog park

dog costume contest

prizes - raffles - pooch party favors For only $25/yr you can help us cover the operating costs and insurance to sustain the park as your pup’s favorite playground!

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BYO picnic and enjoy the foliage on the Lawn on D Open 7 am - 11 pm everyday.

Concessions are closed for the remainder of the season, which means you are welcome to bring food and non-alcoholic beverages.

Bring a bite and savor the cool, crisp weather on The Lawn -- see you soon! The Lawn will close for the season on Tuesday, October 31.

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