May 9, 2024
Fresh News for the Neighborhood You Love
Monthly meeting of the Housing & Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council - On the agenda will be Chuck Collins discussing his report 'Towering Excess' on the effects of the luxury housing boom in Boston; also on the agenda is review of development proposal for 150 Stedman St., construction of 21 residential units. All meetings are open to the public.
Stonybrook Neighborhood Association holiday potluck. Friday, December 7 from 7-9:30 pm, Commonwealth Circus Center, 4 Brookley Rd. No meeting, just a holiday potluck! All Stonybrook neighbors welcome. www.sna-jp.org
Monthly meeting of the Housing & Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council. On the agenda: Marty Martinez, Chief of Health & Human Services, will discuss the City’s overall management and delivery of addiction & recovery services, and how he anticipates these services will be provided in the future, both in the short-term and long-term. This topic is of particular interest to the Committee because of the current planning for the Shattuck campus. Also…
Join us at the Jamaica Plain Forum, alongside scientists and activists from 350 Mass for a Better Future, Sierra Club and Mother's Out Front, to dissect the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Climate Assessment, compiled by hundreds of scientists from around the world. These reports warn that these dangers are no longer remote or hypothetical. Both reports call for urgent action. How do we respond to a crisis…
Stonybrook Neighborhood Association meeting, back room of Doyle’s, 3484 Washington St. More info: www.sna-jp.org.
Monthly meeting of the Housing & Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council - On the agenda: Janna Cohen-Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Franklin Park Coalition, will talk about the FPC and the Master Plan for Franklin Park. Janna is a member of the Community Advisory Board for Shattuck Campus Planning, and will also share some of the FPC's hopes/considerations for the upcoming changes at Shattuck. All meetings are open to the public.
Invite your Facebook friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/199542620990000/ Join the Jamaica Plain Forum to welcome globally recognized UK health leaders Richard Wilkinson and Kate Picket will be speaking at the JP Forum about their new book, THE INNER LEVEL: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-Being. In 2009, Wilkinson and Picket revolutionized our understanding of economic inequality with their globally-recognized book, THE SPIRIT LEVEL: Why Equality is Better for Everyone. They are coming…
Monthly meeting of the Housing & Economic Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council -On the agenda will be a proposal for development at 121 Brookside Ave.; also, discussion of environmental benefits in new construction, such as carbon neutral, net-zero, renewable energy with guest speaker Colin Booth, local architect and designer specializing in carbon neutral construction & development. All meetings are open to the public.
The Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts (JCAN-MA) announces the Second National Jewish Climate Change Conference on March 24. More than 30 presenters on over 20 topics will provide actionable responses and technical actions for homes, synagogues, and other organizations, as well as spiritual responses, organizing techniques, and basic messaging around climate issues. Hosted at Temple Reyim in Newton, MA, from 12:30 - 7:30 PM, this Jewish Climate Change Conference will culminate in an environmentally…
The Giving Tree Health Center, Inc. has entered into a preliminary agreement to lease 769 Centre St., currently home to AAA Appliances subject to issuance by the city and the state of permits and approvals as required. An application has been filed with the City of Boston Inspectional Services Department (ISD) for a conditional use permit as required for the retail sales of cannabis products. a refusal letter was issued by ISD and an appeal…
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