PSF HOLIDAY CELEBRATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS

PSF HOLIDAY CELEBRATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS

See the popular film

FROZEN 

Free Pizza  

AND IN OUR NEW BALANCE COMMUNITY ROOM

WE WILL OFFER BEER AND WINE FOR SALE TO ADULTS ALONG WITH GOOD CONVERSATION 

Date and Time: Saturday, 6 December following the Oak Square Tree Lighting. The event will start at @ 5:45 pm

Place: The Presentation School Foundation Community Center, 640 Washington Street.  

Parking is available. The PSF Community Center can be reached by the 57 bus and the 64 bus.

PSF volunteers will help with children during the film.

A DISCUSSION ON LOCAL FOOD AND NUTRITION

 LOCAL FOOD: IS IT HEALTHIER? IS IT BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT? WHERE TO FIND IT?

  

Date and Time: Tuesday, 18 November from 7 to 8 pm

Place: The Presentation School Foundation Community Center, 640 Washington Street.  The event will take place in a community room on the building’s lower level.

Join Zach Conrad, a PhD Candidate at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University

Parking is available. The PSF Community Center can be reached by the 57 bus and the 64 bus.

A WHOLE FOODS COOKING DEMONSTRATION

PREPARING A HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE MEAL IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME

Free Food Samples Will Be Provided

Date and Time: Wednesday, 15 October from 7 to 8 pm

Place: The Presentation School Foundation Community Center, 640 Washington Street.  The event will take place in the New Balance Community Room.

Join representatives of Whole Foods for this cooking demonstration on preparing a nutritious meal.

Parking is available. The PSF Community Center can be reached by the 57 bus and the 64 bus.

Discuss Public Safety with Boston Police Commissioner William Evans

A PRESENTATION SCHOOL FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FORUM

PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IN ALLSTON-BRIGHTON

WITH COMMISSIONER WILLIAM EVANS OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date and Time: Tuesday, 7 October from 7 to 8 pm

Place: The Presentation School Foundation Community Center, 640 Washington Street

Join Commissioner Evans for a discussion of public safety issues in Allston-Brighton. The presentation will include a question and answer period.

Parking is available. The PSF Community Center can be reached by the 64 bus and the 57 bus.

Boston Ward 21 Democratic Committee: Summer Social

Boston Ward 21 Democratic Committee: Summer Social on June 24



Join the Boston Ward 21 Democratic Committee, elected officials, Democratic candidates, and our special guest former Governor Michael Dukakis

Tuesday, June 24
7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Scoozi restaurant, 580 Comm Ave, Boston, just west of Kenmore Square

Presentation School Foundation Summer Social - June 14

SAVE THE DATE 

PRESENTATION SCHOOL FOUNDTION COMMUNITY CENTER

640 WASHINGTON STREET 

SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH FROM 7:00 TO 11 PM.

   THE PSF SUMMER SOCIAL CELEBRATING THIER TENTH BIRTHDAY

APPETIZERS, DESSERTS, MUSIC AND, A SILENT AND LIVE AUCTION

ALL THIS AND MORE FOR $25 (seniors: $20)

RESERVE A TICKET BY CALLING 617-782-8670 OR VISITING PSF-INC.ORG

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Common Boston Charlesview Redevelopment Tour

Charlesview Redevelopment Tour

Sunday, June 1, 2014 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Common Boston (commonboston.org) Is a volunteer organization of the Boston Society of Architects. Our mission is to open up Boston in celebration of architecture and design in our neighborhoods, generating dialogue between designers and the public to create more sustainable, equitable, and vibrant communities.



Join Common Boston for a walking tour of the old and new Charlesview, an affordable housing development in North Allston, whose story is an important part of ongoing development efforts that will continue to shape the neighborhood for years to come.

Saturday, May 3: Potluck at the Presentation School Community Center

BRA cancels review of $80M Cleveland Circle project

BRA cancels review of $80M Cleveland Circle project after neighborhood group protests - Boston Business Journal:

"The Boston Redevelopment Authority has retreated from a plan to review an $80 million proposal to transform the shuttered Cleveland Circle Cinema in Brighton amid vocal opposition from neighborhood groups."

Preschool will open at Charlesview property

Preschool will open at Charlesview property - News - Allston/Brighton TAB - Allston, MA:

Responding to residents’ request for a daycare/preschool, Community Builders reached out to Pine Village in November, which is a Spanish-immersion preschool with eight locations and 400 children in the Boston area.

The preschool will occupy the westernmost space in the Charlesview property, with an estimated 4,200 square feet and space for 60 children. They expect to open in early September.

Harold Brown plans $200k upgrade to Twin Donuts

Harold Brown plans $200k upgrade to Twin Donuts in Brighton - Boston Business Journal:



"Twin Donuts, a 1950s-era landmark and long-serving restaurant in Allston’s Union Square, will undergo a major face lift this spring"

40 apartments planned for Cambridge Street

The owners of several properties in Allston (including the historic Pizzeria Regina building) are proposing this $7 million new building on Cambridge Street on the site of Do Re Mi karaoke.

More info at:
http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/03dbc2ae-a64e-4132-97ee-acc03f26d4ec

The Presentation School Foundation March Event on Health and Nutrition

11 March, Tuesday: Organic Foods and GMOs- Pros and Cons

Join Zach Conrad for a discussion from 7 to 8 pm focusing on the debate over organic food versus food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Some say that organic food is healthier and better for the environment, while others argue that GMOs are necessary to feed the world. As consumers, how can we make sense of this debate so that we know what to buy at the grocery store? Zach Conrad is a researcher on nutrition and agriculture at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

http://www.psf-inc.org/

CommonBoston Forum – Allston-Brighton & Kendall/MIT

CB Forum – Allston-Brighton & Kendall/MIT- Eventbrite:



"An Interactive Discussion on Vibrant Communities, featuring panelists from the City of Cambridge, NB Development Group, the Charles River Conservancy, Allston Village Main Streets and more!



Please join Common Boston in kicking off our 2014 programming with a very special event, the CB Forum! This interactive conversation will be framed by our theme "The Places In Between" and focus on our two Common Point neighborhoods– Kendall/MIT and Allston-Brighton. We'll chat with local residents, students, designers, business people and community leaders about what makes for a vibrant community from their perspective. Audience Q&A to follow."



https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cb-forum-allston-brighton-kendallmit-tickets-10772830827

Microsoft NERD Center

• 1 Memorial Dr #1
  Cambridge, MA 02142
• Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Someone Thought Allston Would Make a Great Home for the Olympics

Boston Olympics 2024: Google Maps Layout of Olympic Venues in Allston | BostInno:



It's on the Charles River. It's flanked by Cambridge Street, Soldiers Field Road, and Interstate 90. It's where traffic (everything really) comes to a complete standstill. It's the home of the 2024 Boston Olympics: Allston, Massachusetts.

Linden Street party throwers land in jail

Repeat party throwers land in jail in Boston - Metro - The Boston Globe: 

That party, thrown last September, earned its four alleged hosts, all Boston University students, one charge each of keeping a disorderly house. They were put on pretrial probation, police said, and were told that if they stayed out of trouble, all would be forgiven.
But four months later came the second party. When police arrived around 1 a.m., partiers slammed the door in officers’ faces and locked it, police said. Scores of people, many underage, began pouring out doors and windows. When police did get in, they found more than 1,000 beer cans.
Partygoers at the January bash told police that the house was used by a BU fraternity, “Z.B.T.”, according to the police report. The fraternity president declined to comment Thursday.
Boston University spokesman Colin Riley said he could not comment on individual students.
“We expect our students to be good neighbors and respect the laws,” he said.

Frosty reception to Boston Skating Club’s proposed $50M facility

Frosty reception to Boston Skating Club’s proposed $50M facility - Boston Business Journal: "Proponents of a $50 million facility for the Boston Skating Club faced an icy crowd on Tuesday night as residents of Boston’s Allston-Brighton neighborhood balked at the planned three-rink development on Lincoln Street, less than a mile from the existing rink."

Smith Health Center gets $8M tax credit

New health center coming to Allston-Brighton - Boston Business Journal: "The Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center in Boston’s Allston-Brighton neighborhood has secured an $8 million New Markets Tax Credit that will help finance its new health center."

Harvard Task Force Report Outlines Vision for Allston

Left unsaid is how Harvard would like Allston to feel for people who live here.



SEAS Task Force Report Outlines Preliminary Vision for Allston Campus | News | The Harvard Crimson:

“Allston should feel like home to both students and faculty,” the authors wrote. “A home is not luxurious necessarily, but is fully appointed with the comforts and attractions of a place students and faculty want to go to, return to, and never leave.”

"Local Food: Is It Better?" at the PSF Community Center, Thursday at 7pm

The Presentation School Foundation Community Center

"Healthy Food and Nutrition: Local Food: Is It Better?
Come hear Zach Conrad discuss whether locally grown food is healthier than other food and whether it is better for the environment. The discussion from 7 to 8 pm also will focus on how to find local foods. Zach Conrad is a researcher on nutrition and agriculture at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University."

The event is free and open to the public.

The event will take place at the PSF Community Center, 640 Washington Street, either in the recently renovated New Balance Community Room or the Little Sprouts Community Room for Budding Scholars. Both rooms are on the lower level of the community center. Parking is available and the PSF Community Center can be reached by taking the 57 or 64 buses to Oak Square.

For more information, call 617.782.8670 or email PSF at psfcommunitycenter@gmail.com

Skating Club of Boston comment period extended to Wednesday, February 19th

Comments about the proposal at http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/projects/development-projects/skating-club-of-boston for the Skating Club to move to Lincoln Street should be sent to Casey.A.Hines@Boston.gov

New Balance buys 2.5 acre BL Makepeace property

New Balance fits parcel into plan | Boston Herald

"New Balance, which is building a new $500 million headquarters complex in Brighton, added to its property holdings there this week with the more than $10 million purchase of another Guest Street property. The Hub athletic footwear and clothing company bought the approximately 2.5-acre property at 125 Guest St., the site of a reprographics company."

Skating Club - Lincoln Street project meeting

The Boston Redevelopment Authority is hosting a Public Meeting regarding

The Skating Club of Boston,

176 Lincoln Street

Wednesday, January 29th, 6:00PM

The Skating Club of Boston

1240 Soldier’s Field Road

Brighton, MA 02135

Project Proponent: The Skating Club of Boston

Project Description: The Proposed Project includes the development of an

approximately 190,000 square foot skating facility with associated parking and

loading space on an approximately 5.2 acre site at 176 Lincoln Street in the Allston

neighborhood of Boston.

Close of Comment Period: Wednesday, February 12, 2014

MAIL: CASEY HINES

BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

ONE CITY HALL SQUARE, 9TH FLOOR

BOSTON, MA 02201

PHONE: 617-918-4244

EMAIL: Casey.A.Hines@cityofboston.gov

Harvard Construction Meeting - January 22

The Allston Construction Mitigation Subcommittee met on this past Monday (1/6) to discuss issues related to the Barry's Corner development.  Several community members attended to ask questions and express concerns about construction worker parking, truck routes through the neighborhood, rodent control plans, and the City's permitting process for hours of operation.  Good information was shared by the developer, but many questions remain and new issues were raised that will require additional follow-up.

The next meeting of the subcommittee will be Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Honan Allston Branch Library.

Continuing and new issues to be discussed at the next meeting, include:

• developer responsibility for rodent control in the neighborhood
• cost of parking for construction workers and vehicle identification system/process
• process for neighborhood input into overtime work hours/days
• update on Swiss Baker's dumpster location and maintenance
• design of construction screening fence (artwork? mural?, etc.)
• names of all subcontractors working for Samuels/Harvard development for identification purposes
• follow-up on long-term requirements for Charlesview barrier/fence 
• traffic lights and surveillance cameras

These meeting are important to continue to ensure neighborhood involvement in the Barry's Corner construction.  All are welcome.  Please join us.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at kotonjl@aol.com.

Ed Kotomori

Construction Mitigation Subcommittee Chairman

First look into new Allston Rock City Hall at Studio 52

New performance space coming to Everett Street

First look into new Allston Rock City Hall at Studio 52 | BDCwire:

Allston Rock City Hall, the new performance hall named for its neighborhood’s longtime moniker, is almost set to, well, rock. Here’s a peek inside the space when it’s all shiny and new, before it’s covered in sweat and blood and whatever other liquids go along with rock and roll.

A slice of Allston transformed - The Boston Globe

A slice of Allston transformed - Metro - The Boston Globe

"The grungy old industrial garages and warehouses that lined two blocks in Allston have vanished. In their place: 200 new, luxury, ecofriendly apartments, 100 more opening soon, with one-bedroom units going for up to $2,100 a month. The tenants include doctors, lawyers, and computer engineers."

Allston rail yard is ripe for growth - The Boston Globe

Great story in today's Globe by Paul McMorrow about the potential of the now-empty rail yard.
Allston rail yard is ripe for growth - Opinion - The Boston Globe:

"BEACON PARK Yard is as forlorn a place as there is in Boston today. The old Allston rail yard — sandwiched between the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Charles River, and Boston University — used to be a major freight hub for CSX. That was before the shipping giant pulled up stakes last year and traded Allston for a new freight terminal in Worcester. Now the Harvard-owned yard sits in silence, a maze of rusting railroad sidings sprawling over 140 acres of concrete, covered in a tangle of Turnpike lanes, ramps, and tollbooths. It’s a desolate place. But it also could become the site of Boston’s next great building boom."

Former A/B State Rep. Brian Golden appointed acting head of BRA

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/01/08/former-state-rep-brian-golden-appointed-interim-head-boston-redevelopment-authority/xLmLDKMQunjOlq5UUWPAxL/story.html

"Former state representative Brian P. Golden was appointed acting director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority this afternoon in a surprise announcement e-mailed to staff by Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s new administration. 

Golden represented Allston-Brighton in the State House from 1999 to 2005, overlapping with Walsh’s time in the House. Several years ago, he was appointed to the post of BRA executive director."

From David S. Bernstein
Clarification: contrary to initial reports, this is not an appointment per se; this is a procedure set in place by law to give the person in Golden's position authority at BRA while the director position is unfilled.