Eight Streets
Neighborhood Association
Monthly Meeting
Agenda
June, 2014
Announcements:
Stoop party
Friday, June 13th on Waltham Street #Õs 84, 88, 89, 91, and 92
o Follow the balloons to the host stoops
o Rain day: Saturday June 14th, look to http://eightstreets.blogspot.com/2014/06/june-business-meeting.html by 5pm on the 13th for confirmation if the weather looks questionable
o Any other questions related to this stoop party please contact Don Weber at donweber37@aol.com
June 14th
Pride parade, look to City of Boston website for street closings
o parade leaving Copley at 11am this year!
As of July 1st,
2014 the new trash contractor for Boston is a company called Sunshine
o Recycling now on both days, twice per week
o South End pick up at 7am, they are now discouraging the use of small blue recycling bins
o Public alleyways are still covered in this new trash contract
Homes will be flyered by City to announce the trash changes formally
City trash
website and trash regulations:
o City trash web site: http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/RecyclingandSanitation/
o Trash regulations: http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/RecyclingandSanitation/regulations.asp
Guest speakers: Eve Ward and
Carlos Gonzales
Local business
focus: South End Errands
South End
concierge and errands business
Owned and
operated by local residents, Eve Ward and Carlos Gonzales
About South End Errands, taken from their website:
ÒOur aim is to provide a friendly service that is
professional and efficient. We take a neighborhood approach to Errands and Concierge, building
relationships locally that instill trust. We ensure we understand your needs and wants from
the everyday to the extraordinary. We take a proactive approach; our focus is you,
your family and your business. To you we will feel like your local building concierge and be just
as discreet.
We share a mutual love not only of the South End,
but also of Community. This is what inspired us to create South End Errands.Ó
The types of services offered by
South End Errands are quite impressive, for a detailed list please visit their
website noted above. The
services offered include errands related to but are not limited to:
Errands
around the home
Errands
for the family
Life
Management
Pet
errands
Relocation
management
Guest speaker:
Maryellen Hassell - South End Historical Society
South End garden
tour: a self guided tour of private and community gardens in the historic South
End of Boston
Saturday, June 21st, 2014 - 10am to 4pm, rain or shine
Tickets $25
day of tour; $20 in advance
Children under
12 free
Tour starts at
the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library at Rutland Square and Tremont
Street, Boston
Tour path:
West Newton to Mass Ave, from Corridor to Tremont
Post tour
reception at City Year Headquarters, 287 Columbus Avenue, Boston
Special new
component this year: each garden will have an artist creating art from the
garden, these will be made available for sale at the reception
30 garden
sites on the tour
Tour takes
about two hours
DONÕT MISS THIS EVENT
All proceeds from ticket sales come back into the neighborhood gardens!
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: www.southendgardentour.org
House Tour
Fall, third
Sat in October
Fundraiser for
historical society
5 to 6 town
houses this year
$25 in
advance, $30 on the tour
This yearÕs tour will be Saturday, October 18th, 2014. All proceeds from the House Tour are used to support the Historical SocietyÕs ongoing efforts to preserve the neighborhoodÕs architectural integrity and to promote its rich social history
For more information on the walking tour please log onto:
www.southendhistoricalsociety.org