March Updates

David Aiken

Below are updates from the end of February / early March.  Please email us at board@jeffriespoint.org with any additional information or corrections.

  1. February Meeting Minutes: Now available on jeffriespoint.org under the Meetings tab.
  2. March Meeting Dates:
    1. Monthly Meeting: Monday March 13th @7PM. Agenda forthcoming; tentatively includes vote on 298 Marginal Street proposal
    2. P&Z Meeting: Moving to Wednesday 3/22 (tentative).  On 3/15 please instead attend the East Boston Main Streets monthly meeting where the 9 Chelsea Street (former Rapino’s Funeral Home) development is being discussed at Maverick Landing Community Room, 6PM.
  3. Neighborhood Slow Streets Application:
    1. The JPNA will be submitting this by March 24th for the area between Bremen Streets and Jeffries Streets bounded by Maverick and Marginal Streets.
    2. Please contact David Aiken at board@jeffriespoint.org with any questions or to offer support for this initiative.
    3. The application and information is here.
  4. AirBNB / Short Term Rentals– The JPNA would like to help understand the extent of short term rentals impacting the neighborhood. To that end, we are creating an inventory of short term rentals.  If you know of any, please email us at board@jeffriespoint.org
  5. Adapt East Boston: Harvard Graduate Students initiative with NOAH
    1. Please take this survey for graduate students working with NOAH on an East Boston planning effort English (http://bit.ly/AdaptEastBostonSurveyEng) and Spanish (http://bit.ly/AdaptEastBostonSurveySpa).
      1. Facebook: Adapt East Boston  @AdaptEastBoston
      2. Twitter: AdaptEastBoston
  6. East Boston Shines on April 28th-29th.  More information TBA.