Little Impact

On Sunday, August 16, the Storefront Library Project will appear at the 2009 August Moon Festival...

On July 28, 2009 the Boston Redevelopment Authority sent out a request for proposals to re-design Gateway Park (or “China Gate Park”). Th...

We’ve been thinking about the situation in Gateway Park for some time. Today, uncharacteristically, the trash cans in the park have not been emptied for days, and the litter is swirling around the park and playground. ...

Despite overcast skies, the Family Games at Chinatown Park were, once again, well attended tonight.The staffed play area is being provided by the Greenway Conservancy every Wednesday from 5-7PM through August 19, 2009.Here’s a little video from tonight:

Tonight from 5-7PM, the Greenway Conservancy has brought a staffed children’s play area with balls, games, and hula hoops to the Chinatown Park. Come outside and play.

We’re working on a project in the neighborhood called the Storefront Library, which willtransform one of Boston Chinatown’s vacant, commercial, street-level spaces into a temporary public library in the Fall of 2009 On Sunday, July 12, 2009 the Storefront Library Project will make an appearance at ...

This year we signed up withStone Soup Farm to receive a produce and egg share. We’re interested in exploring and supporting the CSA model downtown, andit’s great to have another source for produce in the neighborhood. We...

The Dewey Square Farmers’ Market opened today and will be open until 6:30PM this evening. This public market near South Station is a program of Boston Public Market. We’re glad to have it back in 2009, after missing it last year.

This week, the kids and I took a moment to think about our site. We decided to update the structure a bit. We want to talk about the neighborhood in two different ways: 1) small, quick encounters/observations; and 2) longer-term projects that take weeks or months of advocacy...