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| Welcome Sleeping Moon October 19!
After several years of work and fundraising, Sleeping Moon will soon be landing on the Ashmont Station Plaza! Please join sculptor Joseph Wheelwright, Mayor Menino, the MBTA, the Boston City Singers, Dorchester Arts Collaborative and SMAMS in welcoming this beautiful landmark - Tuesday, October 19, 4:30 PM at the corner of Dot Ave and Ashmont Street. Rain date Thursday, October 21. For more information, please call the SMAMS office, 617-825-3846.
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| Free Bike Tune-Ups at Farmers' Market This Friday!
The Boston Cyclists' Union will join us once again this Friday, Sept 24, offering free bike tune-ups and very low-cost brake work.
Not to mention what you'll find at the farm stands -
meats, cheeses, eggs, breads, cookies, pastries, flowers, herbs, and all kinds of late-summer fruits and veggies from Langwater Farm (now certified organic!), Farmer Dave's, Spring Brook Farm, and Cedar Grove Gardens.
The market runs every Friday through October, 3-7 p.m. at Ashmont Station Plaza (corner of Dorchester Ave and Ashmont Street). Free parking available for shoppers at ODWIN Learning Center, 1943 Dot Ave! Also, two-hour free parking is available on the Ave.
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| Rezoning Dot Ave - Call for Volunteers
The Boston Redevelopment Authority is begining to work on consolidating Dorchester's two zoning districts - Dot Ave and the rest of Dorchester - into a unified zoning district. BRA is looking for additional members for an advisory group for this project and has asked SMAMS to nominate some potential members. The group currently contains members of the Dorchester Ave Task Force, which planned the streetscape improvements now under construction.
Group members will attend all working sessions and public meetings for the project. The planning phase will begin in early 2011 and should take approximately one year. Meetings will take place in the evning at the Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Ave, and wil last approximately 2-3 hours.
If you live near Dorchester Ave, or if you own a business or a building near the Avenue, and you would like to be considered for the advisory group, please submit to SMAMS by October first a statement of interest describing why you think you would make a good addition to the group. SMAMS will submit its choices as nominations to BRA. Appointments will be made by Mayor Menino.
Email submissions are preferred (address office@smams.org), but you can also mail to us at: St. Mark's Area Main Street, 1914 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, MA 02124. Please feel free to call the SMAMS office at 617-825-3846 if you would like further information. |
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