sustainable living & healthy food access, get the DIRT
On Thursday December 16th, hear DEHC present the latest on Dorchester’s community gardens projects at the Codman Sq. Health Council meeting, 4 to 5:30 PM at 637 Washington Street (Codman Sq Health Center) – also presentations on other local sustainable living resources, including a green, healthy home under construction on Brent Street.
On Friday December 17th, join us at 230 Bowdoin Street to hear the DIRT…
This fall, Bowdoin Street Health Center’s student interns, in collaboration with The Food Project’s DIRT (Dynamic, Intelligent, Responsible Teenagers) crew, conducted research on healthy food access Continue Reading »
Volunteers needed -Energy Efficiency Work Party Dec. 11
Be part of an Energy Efficiency Work Party in Dorchester! Co-op Power will be holding a work party to reduce the energy use and energy costs at a 3-family home Continue Reading »
Fairmount Greenway community meeting, Oct. 6
Come see a presentation of new detailed design options for the FAIRMOUNT GREENWAY planned for Wednesday, October 6th, at 6 PM.
At previous community meetings with the Fairmont CDC Collaborative, local residents determined their preferred routes for the greenway and identified potential locations for development into parks and other open space.
A team from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning is helping to facilitate more detailed design studies of the Fairmont Greenway as it goes through the Dorchester neighborhood.
What will be presented - visions for what certain streets, bike routes, green spaces and intersections might look like. The team would like to hear Dorchester residents’ feedback, ideas and opinions. Please come to this meeting to help further design and plan this Greenway.
Meeting location: 193 Talbot Ave. Click here for meeting flyer.
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For more information contact: Cullen Deas
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
Phone: 617-825-4224 x130
Email: CULLEN@CSNDC.COM
In partnership with: Greater Four Corners Action Coalition * University of Massachusetts, Amherst-Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning * Urban Ecology Institute *
CityRoots Supporting Four Dorchester Organizations
Now entering its eighth year, Urban Ecology Institute’s CityRoots program has engaged 32 neighborhood and community groups and over 700 individuals of all ages in projects of ecological restoration and urban regreening, fostering community engagement.
Four Dorchester organizations will receive CityRoots support this year:
- Boston Project Ministries-TNT Green Space Alliance – Plant 20 trees through their Park Patrol (co-sponsored by DEHC), and advocate to key stakeholders for increased tree planting in the Norfolk corridor.
- John McCormack Civic Association –Develop the Russell School lot to install and maintain a new outdoor classroom space and add new elements to the “Paul’s Triangle” park, the creation of which last year led to decreased car break-ins.
- United Neighborhood Association – Improve greenspace, sustainably landscape private yards, and install a green roof on the Claybourne Street Community Garden tool shed.
- Upham’s Corner Westside Neighborhood Association – Strengthen and maintain social connections among neighbors through soil quality education, community-wide testing, and by planting trees, shrubs, and installing raised beds in the neighborhood.
Neponset River Trail Extension Project
Over 100 residents of Dorchester, Mattapan, Hyde Park, and Milton attended a public meeting in May to hear about alternatives for linking the Neponset Greenway where it now ends at Central Avenue in Milton to Mattapan Square and upriver trails in Hyde Park and beyond. The planned extension to Blue Hill Avenue will open about 7 miles of trail along the Neponset River, connecting Pope John Paul II Park in Dorchester to the Neponset Valley Parkway in Hyde Park, providing a regionally linked recreational amenity and bike commuting option. Joe Orfant, Chief of the Bureau of Planning and Resource Protection at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), presented an update on the Neponset River Trail Extension Project, including several different route options.
Two site walks have been scheduled by DCR on July 22 and 26, 6:30-8:30 PM, and the public comment period has been extended to August 14, 2010. In early fall, DCR will hold a second public meeting to present the recommended alternative.
