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Archive for April, 2019

Save the Date: Birds of the Back Bay Fens, May 5th, 7:30 a.m.

Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2019|

Dear Members:
Please mark your calendars and join us for FCA’s annual “Birds of the Back Bay Fens” guided bird walk with Stephen Baird, Naturalist, Friends of Jamaica Pond. This event is free – all are invited, so come and bring a friend!
See below for details and for photos of our 2018 sightings.
FCA Birdwalk 2019

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Important Meeting: DORMITORY PROPOSAL

Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2019|

Dear members and friends,
SCAPE, the proposed developer of the multi-building complex at 1252 – 1270 Boylston St. intends to build a 15-story, 533-unit dormitory and other amenities. A public meeting about the proposal will be held on Monday, April 22 at 6:00 PM at Simmons University’s main building, located at 300 The Fenway, Room C 101.
On Wednesday, April 24, the Project’s IAG member meeting, also open to the public, will convene, same time and place as above.
Article 66 of the Fenway neighborhood zoning legislation forbids the creation of student dormitories on Boylston Street. Our FCA board unanimously supports these zoning standards developed by a multi-year consensus of residents, businesses, institutions, and city officials. The “no dormitory” provision was purposely inserted into our Fenway zoning to limit institutional expansion and preserve neighborhood quality of life. Our board strenuously objects to any stripping of that provision by the City and SCAPE. We encourage residents to read this proposal and participate in the public process for this project.
You may read the project description and send your comments by visiting:

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Two events for Tuesday + DCR Street sweeping

Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2019|

Dear Members and Friends,
Please see the following events scheduled for this Tuesday, April 9 and the DCRs Street Sweeping schedule
 
1. Muddy River Symposium, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. 
We would like to let you know about this year’s annual Muddy River Symposium, sponsored by the Muddy River Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee (MMOC) and the Colleges of the Fenway.
The symposium will focus on “Boston’s Urban Ecosystem” — Tuesday, April 9 at Simmons University, 4:30 to 7:30 PM. Free.  To register, visit: 2019muddyriver.eventbrite.com.
For more information on the event, contact Fran Gershwin, Chair – Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee (MMOC)
fgershwin@muddyrivermmoc.org
www.muddyrivermmoc.org
2. Public meeting to discuss a proposed Cannabis Dispensary at 1114 Boylston Street, 6:30 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Hilton Hotel: Fenway Room, 40 Dalton St, Boston, MA 02115
If you have any questions about this meeting or have comments about the proposal please contact: Yissel Guerrero Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services at Yissel.Guerrero@boston.gov or by calling  617-635-2679
3. DCR resumes street sweeping: The Department of Conservation & Recreation’s annual program of monthly street-sweeping along selected roadways in the Boston area to clean those roadways and improve the quality of storm water runoff begins Monday, April 1 and will continue through Friday, November 29. AM sweeping starts at 8 AM unless other arrangements are made. PM sweeping starts at 12 Noon
To read the schedule, visit https://www.mass.gov/guides/dcr-street-sweeping

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Upcoming volunteer event and Yawkey Station name change

Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2019|

Dear Members and Friends:

Thank you to everyone who attended last week’s public board meeting.
We have some upcoming announcements as follows:
1. Volunteer opportunity: Saturday, April 6 Pancakes and Partnerships, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
FCA is pleased to partner with Northeastern University for its spring Pancakes and Partnerships clean up event. This annual-clean up and celebration is designed to have residents volunteer alongside student volunteers to beautify the neighborhoods in and around the university. This year, Fenway Civic will be mulching and cleaning tree pits and roads in the Westland Avenue and Hemenway Street area. For more details and to sign up, please see the following:
The Breakfast Club is a clean-up program led by Northeastern students on 16 Sundays during the academic year, beautifying the streets of Mission Hill and Fenway neighborhoods. So far this year: 329 students have volunteered and collected 57 bags of trash!
Please join the effort in this end-of-season event! Sign-up here and we will contact you will more details about the day. The clean-up will be for two hours from 10:00 a.m. to noon, followed by a celebration at the Puddingstone Tavern with food and some honorary thank-you prizes for some well-deserving residents and students from noon to 1:30 p.m. Please join us after volunteering to eat, mingle, and get to know fellow neighbors!
We kindly request that you sign-up for this wonderful annual spring clean-up event so we may plan for food. Please contact me with any questions at 617-373-8480 or r.regan@northeastern.edu
2. Yawkey Station name change: Monday, April 8
Effective Monday, April 8, Yawkey Station on the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail Line will be renamed Lansdowne Station.
Following the name change of a municipal roadway in the vicinity of the station, the MBTA selected Lansdowne as the station’s new name.  The selection was made in accordance with the MBTA’s station naming policy, which includes guidance to prioritize local geography such as nearby streets, squares, or neighborhoods; the policy also emphasizes that the selection of names be based on simplicity, brevity, and distinctness.
In an effort to avoid potential confusion, the MBTA selected April 8 to ensure the name change takes effect prior to the first Red Sox home game of the season.  In the coming days, the MBTA and Keolis Commuter Services will be updating station and system signage, as well as schedule information on MBTA.com, the Commuter Rail app, and mTicket.  In addition, customers will be notified of the name change through onboard announcements, T Alerts, and on @MBTA and @MBTA_CR.
3. Member renewals:
We are working on our Annual Flower Share program and hope to finalize order forms in early April. If you have not sent in your renewal forms, please do so today!

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