Debate THIS tuesday.

A reminder that Eight Streets is a co-sponsor if the City Councilor
debate THIS Tuesday. Eight streets, as part of the south end forum
and the South End News is sponsoring a debate amongst the candidates
for City Councilor district 2.

Please join us THIS Tuesday, Marth 27th, from 6-8 at the Benjamin
Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley St. The more people
we can get there, the more the candidates will realize there are
people in the South End who are interested in the issues. Both the
Chinatown and South Boston events were packed. We've got to do the
same if we want candidates to pay attention to us...

Please let me know if you can also volunteer during the night of the event.

And don't forget the general meeting is coming up April 4.

Hope to see everyone on Tuesday!!!

Berkeley Garden dates

Some important dates for Berkeley Community Gardens, the community
garden that runs along East Berkeley Street.

If you already have a garden, garden renewals will be taken April
7th, 10a-noon, at the YWCA, 40 Berkeley street. If you have not
gotten your notice yet, please contact garden leadership.

May 5th - garden cleanup. This is the annual spring garden cleanup
AND the date for the garden lottery. If you want to get a garden at
Berkeley, this is the meeting you need to attend.

For more information on both events, please see their site at

http://www.berkeleygardens.org

Ringgold park news

We've received the following event notifications from the Friends of Ringgold Park.

Spring Clean-up: Sunday, April 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tools and refreshments will be provided. Come tidy the park with us to prepare for our busy season! Caroline Foscato will be overseeing this cleanup - please contact her at cfoscato@yahoo.com for more information. Raindate: Saturday, April 7, from 11 to 2 p.m.

Spring Egg Hunt: Join us on Sunday, April 8th at 10 a.m. for the annual Egg Hunt! Kids and egg hunters of all ages welcome!  Coffee and refreshments will be served.   If you are interested in helping with this event, we need volunteers for the following:

    Egg Hiding (9 a.m. on Sunday)
    Refreshments
    Clean Up

If you can assist us with this fun event, please call or e-mail us at ringgoldpark@verizon.net. We are also collecting money to cover the costs for family events such as this and Halloween.  If you can help contribute to this very worthy cause, it would be very much appreciated; there will be a box at the  clean-up and egg hunt  for  your tax-deductible donations.   If you would prefer to write a check, it can made out to "The Friends of Ringgold Park, Inc."

Community Meeting to discuss 2007 Planting Plan: Friends, neighbors, and supporters are invited to review the planting plan prepared for us by landscape designer Doug Fitzgerald of Community Outreach Group design firm. Doug will be on hand to answer questions on April 29th, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., location TBD. We are especially interested in feedback from abutters of the park, so please come to see our exciting plan to beautify Ringgold Park this year!

Ringgold Park Spring Fundraiser:  Please note that we have a revised "Save the Date"!  We are moving the Spring get-together and fundraiser from April 3rd to the evening of Wednesday, May 23, to give us more time to plan this wonderful event, which we hope will become a festive annual tradition.  Please save the date and we will be sending out more information shortly.

Grant Applications:  Lastly, thank you to all who provided letters of support for our 2007 Small Changes grant application for our beautification project. It's not too late - additional letters should be sent to the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, Attn: Small Changes Grant Program, by April 2.

Polling place to change

As an advance notice, (and to stop rumors), the polling place for
Eight Streets is changing. We are working with the city to see when
it will change (before or after the April elections) and how the city
will inform everyone. When the date of change is official, watch
the blog and the ESNA mailing list (as well as newspapers) for notice.

Next meeting and blogging

As an advance notice, our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 4th.
The agenda can be found on the web site (see right). We'll post
another notice once the agenda has been finalized.

And a reminder, if you look on the right there is a Subscribe field.
If you enter your email, you will get an email when the blog is
updated (max 1 email per day). If you often forget to check the
blog, this is a handy way for updates to be sent right to your inbox!

District 2 Candidates Debate

  The Neighborhood Forum (Eight Streets is a member) and South End News are sponsoring a "Candidates Night" for the District 2 City Council special election and we need your help in getting the word out.

  

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

41 Berkeley Street

Free and open to all. Spanish interpretation provided. PDF flyer at  http://tinyurl.com/2564mh  

 

 

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the candidates vying to represent YOU on the City Council. All of the candidates have been invited. Find out where they stand on issues that are important to the South End.

  

  The preliminary election will be held on Tuesday, April 17, and the final election will be held on Tuesday, May 15.

 

 

 

 

March meeting

Hi Everyone,

A reminder that this Wednesday brings our March Eight Streets
business meeting. We'll be meeting this

Wednesday, March 7th, 6:30-8:30

6:30-7 - neighborhood networking
7-8:30 - business meeting

This month:

Meet City Council district 2 candidate Susan Passoni, the only
candidate of the 8 running form the South End.

As you may have read the Dog Recreation Space at Peters Park has been
approved by Boston Parks Department. Come and see what the final
design of the DRS will be.

Hope to see you there!