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From YouTube: Age-Friendly Bench Program Launch
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Mayor Walsh, Commissioner Osgood, and Commissioner Shea joined members of the community to celebrate the addition of two new benches that were installed outside of the BCYF Grove Hall Senior Center. Courtesy of Age Strong, Public Works, the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics, and WalkBoston benches are being added throughout the city in an effort to encourage independence and activity in older Bostonians.
A
A
A
B
Thank
you
very
much.
I'm
gonna
be
I'm
not
going
to
talk
too
long,
but
it's
a
beautiful
day
today,
as
I
said
earlier,
I
want
to
thank
a
bunch
of
different
people
for
today
and
the
organization.
So
if
you
just
deal
with
me
for
a
minute,
I
want
to
Emily
Emily
in
eight
strong
Commission
Lachey
in
the
HR
commission
for
all
their
great
work.
I
want
to
thank
the
Public
Works
Department,
who
installed
the
benches
and
do
amazing
work.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
The
city
is
investing
ninety
thousand
dollars
to
bring
eighty-nine
benches
around
the
neighborhoods
and
most
need
them.
I'm,
not
sure
why
we
didn't
do
90
benches,
but
we
did
89.
So
we
ain't
inventions
come
around
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
want
to
say
I
want
to
thank
the
city
for
investing
I
want
to
thank
a
AARP
who
invested
$10,000
less.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
great
work.
B
We
also
want
to
thank
Walk
Boston
when
DC
at
work,
when
he's
gonna
talk
already
kinda
clever
in
a
few
minutes
in
charge
all
and
thank
Wendy
for
being
Tufts
health
plan
foundation.
For
you,
great
work
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
coming
out
today.
You
know
the
benches
are
here,
obviously
they're
comfortable.
B
They
here
for
people
to
relax,
but
it's
also
important
to
make
sure
that
we
get
exercise
and
the
exercise
that
we
have
walking
from
your
home
or
walking
around
the
block
or
whatever
it
might
be
just
to
keep
those
legs
moving
and
keep
that
heart.
Pumping.
It's
so
important.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
in
Boston
what
we're
blessed.
So
we
have
so
many
active
people
and
as
I
look
out
at
the
audience
today,
I
know
most
of
you
personally,
you
volunteer
in
the
city.
B
You
help
people,
you
come
to
the
events
you
get
active.
You
raise
your
children,
your
agent,
you
help
raise
your
grandchildren.
Some
of
you
have
great-grandchildren
because
of
we
have
such
a
great
city
we're
a
great
city
because
of
all
of
you
and
what
you
do-
and
this
is
a
great
neighborhood
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
what
you
do
being
part
of
this
and
I'm
excited
to
see
more
of
these
coming
around
the
city
of
Boston,
because
it
truly
is
important
that
we
put
benches
all
over
the
city.
B
C
So
so
thank
you
and
Commission.
We
were
trying
to
decide
where
we
should
have
this,
this
bench
ribbon-cutting.
You
know
we
have
benches
all
across
the
city
now,
which
is
so
exciting,
and
we
thought
why
we
have
a
fabulous
group
here
in
profile.
Let's
have
it
outside
Rahal.
So
thank
you
all
for
your
support
and
for
your
activism
around
the
benches
and
all
the
other
things
that
you
do.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
Boston
College
neighborhood
Improvement
Fund.
C
Now,
you're
gonna
hear
a
little
bit
in
a
minute
from
Wendy
Landman
about
how
we,
how
how
we
started
with
trying
to
make
sure
that
our
streets
are
walkable
and
and
then
the
older
adults
can
easily
navigate
around
our
streets
and
the
benches
are
a
huge,
huge
part
of
that
mission
and
I
want
to
tell
you
I've
been
going
out
across
the
city
and
everywhere
I
go
I'm.
Hearing
about
these
benches.
I
was
over
at
Freedom
House
together
day
and
they
said
thank
you
for
the
bench
outside
everywhere.
C
I
walked
in
the
city,
I
see
someone
else
on
a
bench
and
I
actually
was
on
the
phone
with
a
reporter
the
other
day,
and
he
said,
do
you
know
anything
about
these
benches?
We
were
talking
about
something
else,
but
he
said.
Let
me
ask
you:
do
you
know
anything
about
these
benches?
I
was
sitting
there
the
other
day
and
I
was
watching
this
bench
be
installed
and
and
an
older
gentleman
was
waiting
to
sit
on
it
and
as
soon
as
it
got
screwed
in
he
sat
down
there
great.
C
He
said
these
benches
are
great,
and
so
we
got
to
tell
him
about
our
age-friendly
walking
project
the
Tufts
health
plan,
foundation-funded
walk
Boston
to
work
with
the
city
on
and
also
about
our
fantastic
benches.
So
we
have
lots
of
partners
across
the
city.
My
age,
friendly
team
at
the
Commission,
has
put
a
lot
of
work
into
this
project
along
with
Public
Works
and
our
walk
on
it.
So
many
city
departments
were
involved,
neighborhood
services
and
and
that
I'm
sorry,
neighborhood
services,
the
police
department
walked
with
us.
C
Boston
EMS
is
here
today,
and
this
will
end.
The
very
first
step
in
this
whole
project
was
the
mayor's
office
of
new
urban
mechanics,
taking
a
look
across
our
city
at
where
we
had
benches
and
where
we
didn't
and
how
we
could
look
to
improve
on
that.
So
without
further
ado,
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
Wendy
lemon
from
walk
Boston.
But
thank
you
all
again
for
being
here
today
and
I'm
excited
you're
cutting
the
ribbon
with
us.
D
So
people
know
that
they
have
a
place
to
sit
down.
They'll
walk
further
they'll,
do
more
errands
they'll
stop
along
the
way,
get
up
and
continue.
So
the
bench
program
is
just
so
important
and
the
fact
that
the
mayor
and
the
city
decided
to
go
ahead
and
make
big
and
significant
investment
in
putting
benches
in
around
the
city
is
just
so
exciting.
So
we
know
that
people
walk
further.
We
know
that
people
walk
far
when
their
benches,
so
we're
thrilled
that
the
city
has
this
robust
bench
program
and
I
want
to
say.
D
Just
in
a
little
bit
of
conclusion,
when
the
benches
first
gets
started,
getting
installed,
I
got
an
email
on
a
Saturday
from
Public
Works.
They
said
we
can't
believe
it
just
the
same
story
that
Emily
just
said.
As
soon
as
we
install
the
bench
there,
people
sitting
on
it-
and
he
said
the
guy
who
sent
pictures
out
to
the
whole
group,
was
showing
people
sitting
on
the
benches
within
minutes
of
their
being
installs.
So
we
know
there's
a
need.
We
don't
very
often
do
something
that
immediately
and
use
that
fast.
E
Thank
you
for
the
benches
to
the
mayor
and
Andrea
and
Emily,
and
everyone
this
benches
serve
as
a
a
place
for
everyone
that
come
up
and
down
the
street
even
for
the
seniors
that
come
out
in
the
evening,
and
they
need
somewhere
to
sit
for
the
ride
to
pick
them
up
because
most
of
the
times
there
is
no
way
for
their
ride
to
stop
to
pick
them
up.
They
have
to
go
up
and
down,
even
sometimes
in
the
winter
time,
when
there
is
nowhere.
Someone
can
pick
you
up.
E
You
have
to
go
up
and
down
that
the
cars
behind
a
honking.
So
this
way,
if
you
sit
on
the
benches,
someone
can
pick
you
up.
So
we
want
to
just
say
thank
you
for
the
benches.
We
need
it
sometimes
just
to
come
out
of
the
center
and
sit
here
before
you
cross
the
street.
It's
a
worthwhile.
Sometimes
we
are
going
somewhere
and
the
center
is
closed.
E
F
So
I
bring
greetings
from
ARP,
national
and
775
thousand
members
and
I
want
to
let
you
know
how
proud
I
am
to
be
here.
First
of
all,
I
am
a
resident
of
the
city
of
Boston,
put
yourself
in
and
I'm
so
happy
and
pleased
to
see
the
work
that
our
city
is
doing
as
we
travel
across
the
country.
Austin
has
become
star,
everybody
wants
to
be
like
monster,
so
I'm
really
really
pleased
I'm,
really
really
honored,
as
I
travel
the
country
to
see
that
we
are
the
North
Star.