CPA Forum at Tierney Center
by Rick Winterson First, a brief backstory: “CPA” stands for “Community Preservation Act”, an act that the Massachusetts state legislature passed in 2000, seventeen years ago. Brief ly stated, this involved levying a 2% surcharge on existing property taxes, which would then be earmarked for funding preservation projects. “Community Preservation” was loosely defined; it included three general types of project [...]
Civic Innovation Series Packs Seaport District Hall
By Richard Campbell This past Tuesday evening a packed meeting at District Hall in the Seaport featured a forum sponsored by Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center and Venture Café on the housing crisis in Boston. It was a rather spirited presentation by development representatives, housing planners, architects, and city officials from the mayor’s innovation lab. The forum explored Boston’s current [...]
CLEAN SWEEP! Keep Southie Clean
Until Sunday, February 25 (at any time you choose), it’s “Help Clean Up The South Boston Neighborhood”. But the good news is that Dede, Lyllie, and Dyan have pitched in to help. The photo shows them cleaning up the intersection of K Street and East Broadway. You can help too! The DPW will provide brooms, trash bags, and whatever you [...]
Boston Design Center Series: Galerie d’Orsay in the Seaport
By Richard Campbell The venerable Newbury Street Galerie d’Orsay opened a pop up gallery in the Boston Design Center to work hands-on with interior designers looking to acquire art for businesses and residences in the fast growing Seaport. South Boston Online got the full tour of the main gallery, and the satellite branch in the Seaport from Camille Super (pictured [...]
Nicely Done: The Progressive New England Boat Show
By Richard Campbell Some trade shows at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center may be more dazzling, but it would be hard to find a more congenial group than the nautical purveyors collected this past week at the New England Boat Show as produced by Progressive Insurance. Outside of the sheer quantity of every conceivable water traveling craft, from sail [...]
New Notre Dame Education Center Building Planned for 200 Old Colony Avenue.
For Immediate Release March 8, 2018 Notre Dame Education Center and All Saints LLC have an agreement to build a new education facility and 55 units of housing at 200 Old Colony Ave., the present site of the education center today that is directly across from the Washington Village Development site in South Boston. More than 500 adults annually [...]