The Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) thanks the many people caring for our community.
Due to continued public health concerns regarding COVID-19, we will not hold any JPNA meetings in April. Both the monthly meeting and the scheduled Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Meetings are canceled. We encourage everyone to continue social and physical distancing to stay safe and slow the spread of the virus.
We continue to coordinate with the City of Boston regarding development issues. The Zoning Board of Appeals has canceled its March and April Meetings. The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) has assured us “ONS will support the JPNA on any delay regarding the community process and will continue to require projects to come before the JPNA as part of this process.”
Voting for JPNA funding will be moved to May. Nominations for open JPNA positions will happen in May.
We want to encourage people to contact the best available resources for help during this unprecedented time. Here is who we recommend:
- Emergencies: Call 911.
- Medical concerns: Call your doctors for guidance instead of walking into a health clinic.
- City detailed information: www.boston.gov. The banner at the top of the home page links to many resources.
- City of Boston Twitter accounts: City of Boston City of Boston Emergency Management
- City of Boston information via a daily text message to your phone: text BOSCOVID to 99411. This text service is also available in Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Cabo Verdean Creole, and Portuguese. Text BOSEspanol for Spanish. Text BOSKreyol for Haitian Kreyol. Text BOSFrancais for French. Text BOSKriolu for Cabo Verdean Creole. Text BOSPortugues for Portuguese. Updates in 10 total languages can additionally be accessed through boston.gov/coronavirus#multilingual-help. Each language has its own page and hosts multilingual print materials distributed citywide.
- City of Boston requests for service or appointments, Call 311, (please don’t walk into city hall without a scheduled appointment)
- State detailed information: www.mass.gov
- State Twitter: @COVID19MA
- Lina Tramelli, the East Boston Mayor’s Liason publishes an email newsletter for East Boston with up to date information on COVID-19 and other issues that impact East Boston. Follow this link to subscribe: https://www.boston.gov/neighborhood/east-boston
- There are several groups of local residents offering to pick up groceries and assist local residents. These can be found on Slack and Facebook.
- If you are in need of emergency resources, please go to www.boston.com/culture/local-news/2020/03/17/how-to-find-help-access-resources-impacted-by-coronavirus
- Boston.com is maintaining the most complete list of emergency resources for families and individuals in need.
More information is available at jeffriespoint.org
Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association Board of Directors:
Cindy Baxter | Rachel Blomerth | Mary Cole | Margaret Farmer | Andrew Pike