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Imagine Boston 2030: party and final plan showcase

Learn about how Imagine Boston intersects with how we're shaping the future of Boston.

July 11, 2017
  • 3:00pm - 8:00pm
  • 555 Columbia Road
    Dorchester, MA 02125
  • Contact:
    Mayor's Office
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Family friendly
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2017-07-11T15:00:00 - 2017-07-11T20:00:00

We're releasing the final version of Imagine Boston 2030 during an interactive showcase that will feature hands-on ways to engage with the plan. Imagine Boston 2030 is Boston's first citywide plan in over 50 years. The plan prioritizes inclusionary growth and puts forth a comprehensive vision to boost quality of life, equity, and resilience in every neighborhood in Boston.

The event is free and open to the public. Aside from the showcase, the launch party will include a block-party style celebration with:

  • live performers
  • food trucks
  • a beer garden
  • City department tables and booths
  • local businesses
  • the Imagination Playground, and
  • other family-friendly activities, arts, and more.
July 11, 2017
  • 3:00pm - 8:00pm
  • 555 Columbia Road
    Dorchester, MA 02125
  • Contact:
    Mayor's Office
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Family friendly
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2017-07-11T15:00:00 - 2017-07-11T20:00:00

Vision Zero Data Challenge kickoff meeting

Join us for our Speed Feedback Signs data challenge kickoff presentation on Wednesday, July 26, at CIC Boston.

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July 26, 2017
Event Date2017-07-26T18:00:00 - 2017-07-26T19:00:00

At the meeting, you'll learn about our new speed feedback signs. You can also ask questions about the data and the hackathon challenge.

We want your best ideas for how you can help make Boston’s streets safer.

Register for the event

July 26, 2017
Event Date2017-07-26T18:00:00 - 2017-07-26T19:00:00

About the feedback signs

The City of Boston recently procured 30 new radar speed feedback signs.

These signs are solar-powered and digital. We mount them onto street lights, and they:

  • display the speed limit and a passing vehicle’s speed, and
  • flash when the vehicle surpasses the speed limit.

With these new feedback signs, we’ll have 50 signs out in Boston neighborhoods.

Vision Zero

Reducing speed is one of the cornerstones of the Vision Zero Boston plan and a key component to building safer streets. Our experience shows that speed feedback signs reduce average vehicle speeds by roughly 4-5 mph and show even greater speed reductions when placed in school zones. They reduce speeds across the board, not just for motorists who were already traveling at lower speeds.

Image for a speed feedback sign on a city street

The challenge

We want participants to analyze a collection of criteria and propose locations where we should install speed feedback signs in the City. More importantly, we want to know the reasons behind your decisions.

The final product shouldn’t just be a list of streets, but a process. We want you to make your case for the method you use.

Sign up for the challenge

We expect you to take into account many potential variables, including:

  • crash clusters identified using EMS and BPD data
  • locations of fatal crashes using BPD data
  • data from the online Safety Concerns map
  • demographic information, such as density of school aged children, older adults, race and ethnicity, and median income
  • land uses, such as schools, parks, elderly housing, and hospitals
  • speed studies
  • 311 data
  • locations of existing speed feedback signs, and
  • locations suggested by City staff.

Jamaica Plain Open House

Join Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Boston officials, and representatives from a number of City departments and agencies for an open house at the English High School Gymnasium.

Food and refreshments will be served, and limited parking will be available in the adjacent lot. For questions, contact Alexandra Valdez, Jamaica Plain Liaison at alexandra.valdez@boston.gov or 617-635-2185.

July 10, 2017
  • 6:00pm
  • 144 McBride St,
    Gymnasium
    Boston, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    Alexandra Valdez
  • send an email
  • 617-635-2185
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2017-07-10T18:00:00

Join Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Boston officials, and representatives from a number of City departments and agencies for an open house at the Jackson Mann Community Center Gym.

Food and refreshments will be served, and limited parking will be available in the adjacent lot. For questions, contact Alexandra Valdez, Jamaica Plain Liaison at alexandra.valdez@boston.gov or 617-635-2185.

Meet representatives from: Boston Planning and Development Authority, Boston Transportation Department, Public Works Deparment, Inspectional Services, Parks and Recreation, Boston Public Schools, Office of Arts and Culture, Office of Immigrant Advancement and more.

July 10, 2017
  • 6:00pm
  • 144 McBride St,
    Gymnasium
    Boston, MA 02130
  • Contact:
    Alexandra Valdez
  • send an email
  • 617-635-2185
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Jamaica Plain
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2017-07-10T18:00:00

Phillips Square Community Meeting

Phillips Square is being re-imagined as a public space for the Chinatown community! Tell us your ideas and comment on the draft designs.

June 6, 2017
  • 6:30pm - 8:00pm
  • 885 WASHINGTON STREET
    CAFETERIA
    Boston, MA 02111
  • Contact:
    Josh Weiland
  • send an email
  • 617-635-0944
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Chinatown/Leather District
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2017-06-06T18:30:00 - 2017-06-06T20:00:00

We're working to turn Harrison Avenue — between Beach Street and Essex Street — into a neighborhood-friendly space. Based on ideas developed at previous meetings, we will present draft designs to the community. The goal is to develop designs that we can install this year, as well as create a long-term plan.

June 6, 2017
  • 6:30pm - 8:00pm
  • 885 WASHINGTON STREET
    CAFETERIA
    Boston, MA 02111
  • Contact:
    Josh Weiland
  • send an email
  • 617-635-0944
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Chinatown/Leather District
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2017-06-06T18:30:00 - 2017-06-06T20:00:00

Better Business through Cooperation

Learn about the benefits of employee-owned and cooperatively-owned businesses.

June 22, 2017
Event Date2017-06-22T10:00:00 - 2017-06-22T12:00:00

The City of Boston has launched a Worker Cooperative Initiative in concert with Mayor Walsh’s efforts to expand support for small businesses and entrepreneurs. We want to create opportunities for economic mobility for every Bostonian.

As entrepreneurs, we know you are constantly:

  • looking for ways to lower your costs
  • get better prices for your product or service
  • secure investment for growth, and
  • retain great workers and encourage them to feel the sort of responsibility for your reputation that you do as a business owner.

This workshop will highlight ways that entrepreneurs like you have used the cooperative model to build better businesses. You will learn about the different types of cooperative businesses that exist in the US. You'll also learn about the process for converting your business into a co-op, from co-op members who have made that transition successfully. We'll offer information about the Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF) and the Boston Center for Community Ownership.

This event is presented by:
June 22, 2017
Event Date2017-06-22T10:00:00 - 2017-06-22T12:00:00

Employee ownership workshop

Learn about the benefits of employee-owned and cooperatively-owned businesses.

May 31, 2017
Event Date2017-05-31T10:00:00 - 2017-05-31T12:00:00

The topic for this event is employee ownership. You will learn about selling businesses to employees, different types of employee ownership, and improving business.

We're engaging workers from the Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF), Boston Center for Community Ownership, and the ICA Group.

This event is presented by:

 

May 31, 2017
Event Date2017-05-31T10:00:00 - 2017-05-31T12:00:00

Evening Clinic for housing help

We offer housing support for tenants and landlords to meet after regular business hours.

July 6, 2017
Event Date2017-07-06T17:00:00 - 2017-07-06T19:00:00

We offer a community clinic in Egleston Square for Jamaica Plain and Roxbury residents on May 4, June 1, and July 6, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

What is the Evening Clinic?

The Evening Clinic is a resource for residents — tenants and landlords — to talk with a housing professional about:

  • tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities
  • affordable housing opportunities, and
  • available housing resources.

We assist tenants and landlords on various housing-related matters. Tenants can learn about their rights if:

  • their building is sold
  • their rents are rising, or
  • they are facing eviction.

Landlords can get information on enforcing lease provisions. We also have information on cost-effective resources to resolve tenant-landlord disputes.

July 6, 2017
Event Date2017-07-06T17:00:00 - 2017-07-06T19:00:00

Evening Clinic for housing help

We offer housing support for tenants and landlords to meet after regular business hours.

June 1, 2017
Event Date2017-06-01T17:00:00 - 2017-06-01T19:00:00

We offer a community clinic in Egleston Square for Jamaica Plain and Roxbury residents on May 4, June 1, and July 6, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

What is the Evening Clinic?

The Evening Clinic is a resource for residents — tenants and landlords — to talk with a housing professional about:

  • tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities
  • affordable housing opportunities, and
  • available housing resources.

We assist tenants and landlords on various housing-related matters. Tenants can learn about their rights if:

  • their building is sold
  • their rents are rising, or
  • they are facing eviction.

Landlords can get information on enforcing lease provisions. We also have information on cost-effective resources to resolve tenant-landlord disputes.

June 1, 2017
Event Date2017-06-01T17:00:00 - 2017-06-01T19:00:00

Evening Clinic for housing help

We offer housing support for tenants and landlords to meet after regular business hours.

May 4, 2017
Event Date2017-05-04T17:00:00 - 2017-05-04T19:00:00

We offer a community clinic in Egleston Square for Jamaica Plain and Roxbury residents on May 4, June 1, and July 6, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

What is the Evening Clinic?

The Evening Clinic is a resource for residents — tenants and landlords — to talk with a housing professional about:

  • tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities
  • affordable housing opportunities, and
  • available housing resources.

We assist tenants and landlords on various housing-related matters. Tenants can learn about their rights if:

  • their building is sold
  • their rents are rising, or
  • they are facing eviction.

Landlords can get information on enforcing lease provisions. We also have information on cost-effective resources to resolve tenant-landlord disputes.

May 4, 2017
Event Date2017-05-04T17:00:00 - 2017-05-04T19:00:00

Historic Presentation for Seniors: Brighton Allston

Listen to a lecture by Mary Regan, of the Brighton Allston Historical Society, discussing local historic surroundings.

May 17, 2017
Event Date2017-05-17T13:00:00 - 2017-05-17T14:30:00

Join the Commission on Affairs of the Elderly and the Brighton Allston Historical Society for a fascinating presentation about local historic sites.

May 17, 2017
Event Date2017-05-17T13:00:00 - 2017-05-17T14:30:00
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