BRA kicks off Dudley area planning process
February 26, 2016
By: Yawu Miller
Tags: Dudley Square Main Streets
Monday’s meeting was the first of six scheduled before BRA officials hope to submit a finalized plan to the agency’s board in August.
Monday’s meeting was the first of six scheduled before BRA officials hope to submit a finalized plan to the agency’s board in August.
Among the plans Boston Mayor Marty Walsh laid out at his second State of the City address was a push for the construction and expansion of parks using six acres of land across the city.
The initiative’s goal is to measure a city’s friendliness to elders along several criteria, including transportation, housing, social participation, civic participation, and communication.
The South End has welcomed several new parks in the few years.
Over the last 20 years, more than seven acres of urban renewal parcels on Washington Street were rebuilt from the demolition of vacant buildings of the late 1970s.
Neighbors and city officials will team up this weekend and fan out across the neighborhood in the second of three Boston Shines weekends aimed at tidying the city after a particularly dingy winter.
The grants, which will support initiatives in seven Main Streets Districts.