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From YouTube: Office of Public Service and Community Outreach | Civic Academy: Open Space | April 21, 2021
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The Office of Public Service and Community Outreach hosted a discussion on ways to activate open space in the City of Boston.
A
E
C
Yeah,
so
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
love
your
blog.
Our
main
mission
is
to
transform
physical
landscapes
with
social
programming,
to
highlight
our
communities
and
one
aspect
of
our
love.
Your
blog
is:
we
offer
many
grants,
usually
in
the
springtime,
but
as
of
covid,
we
paused
it,
but
we
begin
to
resume
in
the
fall,
and
these
grants
are
up
to
3
500
to
any
resident,
neighborhood
group
or
non-profit
and
any
other
project
that
aligned
with
our
mission
and
over
the
past
five
years,
we
have
funded
over
20
projects.
F
And
to
speak
about
like
the
neighborhood
cleanups,
so
basically,
we
have
a
different
like
we
have
different
tactical
initiatives
that
help
promote
the
benefits
in
the
long
term,
like
impact
of
the
cleaning
of
the
neighborhoods
and
as
well
as
we
provide
tools
and
services
to
help
make
boston
shine.
And
we
do
that
through
the
beautification
and
like
open
spaces.
F
We
also
have
a
doc
a
block
which
is
basically
to
encourage
residents
to
participate
within
their
community,
and
they
do
that
by
helping
by
you
know,
just
coming
out
to
help
clean
and
we
have
the
block
parties,
which
are
small
fundings
that
go
towards
like
engagements
in
the
communities,
but
those
they're
on
hold
for
now
and
they'll
open
up
spring
to
fall.
Based
on
the
schedule
in
the
picture
below
is
just
like
a
recent
cleanup
that
we
had
in
roslindale.
F
It
was
a
good
turnout
and
you
know
a
lot
of
the
residents.
They
really
loved
it
and,
like
appreciated,
you
know
us
coming
out
to
help
them
and
just
on
the
right
is
just
a
diagram.
Just
illustrating
past
like
like
in
the
literature
campaign
just
past
cleanups,
and
it
happened
in
2020,
and
it's
just
illustrating,
like
the
number
of
volunteers
and
just
showing
the
different
amounts
of
bags
picked
up
based
on
the
amount
of
volunteers
that
we
had
turned
out.
B
B
We
adapted
it
to
be
a
part
of
the
city
of
boston,
and
that
is
where
it
stands
now,
so
we
are
able
to
offer
that
citywide,
and
so
here
are
some
of
our
past
projects,
where
I
felt
like
we
really
activated
some
space
spaces
and
transformed
transformed
them.
So
we
have
here.
We
have
evelson
square
where
we
just
did
some
simple
gardening
and
really
transformed
what
that
area
looked
like,
and
that
was
back
in
2016..
B
We
also
have
here
on
the
right
is
the
curtis
scout
elementary
school,
and
this
is
in
east
boston,
and
so
this
was
a
school
garden
project
and
it's
still
operating
to
this
day,
and
so
one
great
thing
about
the
love.
Your
block
mini
grants
is
that
after
a
year,
so
not
the
direct
next
year,
but
after
it
has
been
a
year
that
your
project
has
been
in
place.
You
can
apply
again
for
some
additional
funding
through
love,
your
block,
obviously
they're
very
small
mini
grants,
but
we
will.
B
There's
flooding
going
on
in
the
area,
that's
affecting
the
residents
and
the
businesses,
and
it's
just
you
know
it's
underutilized
space,
and
so
this
is
something
that
our
office
is
actively
thinking
about
and
looking
for,
partnerships
from
and
as
you
guys
will
learn
from
the
other
departments.
A
lot
of
this
is
able
to
come
to
fruition
through
residence
right,
so
I'm
being
resident-led
and
having
that
request
and
support
there,
because
you
guys
are
the
ones
we
are
all
the
ones
that
live
with
it
every
day.
B
B
G
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
shauni
fletcher,
I'm
the
program
manager
of
the
grassroots,
open
space
program
at
the
department
of
neighborhood
development.
You
may
know
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
as
the
affordable
housing
department
of
the
city
and
my
program
is
actually
not
focused
on
housing.
It's
it's
a
small
part
of
the
or
of
the
agency.
That's
not
focused
on
housing.
I
focus
on
helping
people
develop
community,
gardens,
farms,
food
forests
and
other
open
spaces
on
city
land,
and
that's
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about
today
that
process.
G
G
So
the
process
of
acquiring
land
in
the
city
is
a
pretty
complicated
one
and,
like
I
said
my
job
is
to
help
people
make
their
way
through
it.
But
the
first
step
is
always
community
engagement.
So
if
you
have
an
idea
of
something
you'd
like
to
see
a
community
garden
started
on
a
parcel
of
land
or
a
food
forest
which
is
basically
like
a
small
orchard
for
the
neighborhood,
you
would
start
by
talking
to
you
know
a
butters
of
whatever
the
site
is
that
you're
interested
in
you
see.
G
You
know
you
see
a
vacant
lot
in
your
neighborhood
and
you
want
to
turn
that
into
a
garden.
You
start
doing
community
engagement
and
you
can
certainly
reach
out
to
us
in
the
beginning
and
say
hey
we're
interested
in
possibly
putting
a
garden
here,
but
the
what
we'll
always
say
is
that
the
most
important
thing
is
that
the
neighborhood
wants
that
there
wants
that
land
to
be
used.
That
way.
G
G
G
I
can't
just
like
say:
hey
sure
here
have
this
right:
there
has
to
be
a
what
we
call
a
request
for
proposals
process
and
what
that
basically
means
is
once
we
know
that
the
community
is
in
support
of
a
certain
parcel
of
land,
which
is
what
we
call
like.
The
way
that
land
is
organized
is
by
parcel
we
once
we
know
that
the
community
is
in
support
of
that
parcel
being
like
a
garden
or
a
farm
or
something.
G
Then
we
will
issue,
what's
called
like,
I
said,
a
request
for
proposals
and
we
then
wait
for
organizations
to
apply
to
own
the
land
and
tell
us
how
they
want
to
create
the
garden
or
the
farm
and
chapter
3.
I
have
chapter
30
be
on
that
slider.
That's
the
the
law
that
directs
our
process
the.
Once
we
have
proposals,
we
have
an
internal
selection
process
and
then
we
make
a
recommendation
to
the
public
facilities.
G
Commission
and
the
land
itself
is
sold
for
a
hundred
dollars
a
parcel
if
they're,
if
the
project
has
like
a
public
benefit,
so
any
kind
of
sort
of
passive,
open
space
use,
that's
not
going
to
be
a
city
park
or
any
food
producing
open
space.
That's
like
for
community
use
like
as
long
as
you're,
not
trying
to
keep
it
for
yourself
and
you're.
You
know
just
you
and
your
friends,
then
we
can
usually
sell
the
land
for
100
a
parcel.
G
It
can
often
take
a
lot
of
money
to
develop,
especially
like
a
garden
or
a
farm,
and
if
you
need
to
add
water,
a
water
connection,
that's
expensive,
but
the
actual
land
itself
is
not
expensive.
Then
there's
a
couple
of
stages
of
a
process
with
the
public
facilities
commission
because
they
decide
they
are
the
ones
who
make
the
decision
about
sale
of
property,
and
so
so
I
work
with
neighborhood
groups
to
navigate
that
process.
G
Like
I
said,
I
won't
go
into
all
those
details
now,
but
you
can
reach
out
to
me
and
and
get
more
information
about
that
process
and
that
can
take
if
you,
from
the
beginning
of
like
having
an
idea
to
when
a
garden
is
like
up
and
running,
can
take
anywhere
from
like
12
to
18
months.
This
website,
boston.gov
building
housing,
is
where
you
can
find
the
parcels
that
are
in
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
inventory
that
might
be
available
to
be
a
garden
or
a
farm
in
your
neighborhood
or
whatever
neighborhood
you're.
G
G
So
then
money
is
the
another.
The
other
big
resource
that
we
offer
at
the
grassroots
program
and
most
of
our
funds
get
distributed
in
association
with
land
acquisition,
meaning
in
terms
of
you
know,
if
you're
applying
to
buy
a
parcel
of
land
in
the
rfp,
we
will
usually
put
you
know
that
we're
offering
it
with
also
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
or
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
develop
the
garden
or
the
farm
or
the
food
forest.
G
Only
501
c
3
organizations
can
receive
funds
and
those
funds
can
only
be
spent
on
capital
expenses,
which
means
like
building
something
replacing
something
in
most
cases,
if
you're
starting
a
new
project,
you'd
be
like
you
know,
sort
of
building
from
the
ground
up
and
that's
that's
what
capital
funds
are
for.
The
funds
can
also
only
be
used
in
la
low
to
moderate
income
neighborhoods,
and
that's
something
you
can
always
check
with
me
about
about
whether
it
qualifies
under
the
census.
If
you're
looking
at
a
certain
site.
G
We
also
this
those
rules
apply
to
our
our
main
source
of
funding,
which
is
the
federal
funding.
We
also
will
soon
also
have
some
mayor's
youth
council
funding
available
with
projects
and
those
that
money
can
only
be
spent
in
roxbury,
dorchester
or
matapan,
and
those
are
for
new
farms
or
gardens,
and
then
we
also
have
funding
available
for
projects
not
on
city
land.
So
if
you
I'm
sorry
not
on
land,
that
dnd
has
in
its
inventory.
G
So
if
you
have
like,
if
you
want
to
start
a
community
garden
on
a
school
on
school
property
or
on
the
property
of
a
branch
of
the
library
or
on
private
property,
you
can
apply
for
funding
from
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
through
the
grassroots
funding
rfp
and
I'm
sorry.
I
don't
have
that
link
here
julia.
You
can
find
that
it's
in
my
signature,
you
can
put
that
there
and
then-
and
that
is
one
where
you
can
apply-
also
for
like
up
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
capital
funds.
G
Oh
that's
supposed
to
say
501c3s.
I
had
a
typo
there,
but
it
can
be
private
or
public
land,
just
not
in
our
inventory.
So
that's
that's
up
now
and
the
deadline
is,
you
can
apply
any
time
up
until
may
31st
and
it's
first
come
first
serve
and
then
we'll
have
it
again
available
after
july
1.,
and
then
we
also
work
with
cpa.
So
a
lot
of
times,
people
will
apply
for
cpa
funds,
which
is
the
community
preservation
act.
G
C
B
G
Oh
yes,
I
wanted
to
say
this
is
this:
is
julio's
going
to
speak
about
this
blue
hill
avenue
action
plan
in
a
moment,
but
we
one
thing
that's
related
to
that,
but
is
also
applicable
to
other
parts
of
the
city.
Is
that
it's
also
possible
to
do
an
activation
on
open
space
on
an
open
space
parcel
for
some
kind
of
something
temporary?
So
if
you
have
something
where
you
want
to,
you
know
plant
flowers
in
your
neighborhood
or
do
some
other
kind
of
show
more
short-term
project
on
open
space.
G
You
can
reach
out
to
me
about
that
as
well,
because
we
do
offer
licenses
temporary
use
licenses,
so
you
could
have
like
a
license
for
six
months
to
a
year
to
do
some
kind
of
open
space
project.
That's
not
like
a
permanent
project!
Yeah-
and
I-
and
I
don't
know
when
you
want
to
take
questions
kyrah,
but
maybe
julio
can
speak
on
this
first
and
then,
whatever
you
think
that
sounds.
A
Okay,
all
right
I'll
try
to
be
brief,
be
cognizant
of
time,
but
thank
you
that
was
actually
really
good.
So
I
think
that's
a
really
good
summary
of
what
we
do
at
dmd
or
at
least
on
the
development
side
of
dnd,
there's,
obviously
other
resources
that
the
department
offers
as
well,
some
of
which
include
you,
know,
foreclosure
prevention
and
you
know
landlord
tenant
dispute,
mediation
and
and
home
buying
assistance.
A
A
A
A
We
did
that
through
surveys,
community
meetings,
we
also
made
sure
to
work
with
some
of
the
other
agencies
that
are
also
looking
at
local
avenue,
which
includes
the
transportation
department
and
the
epda,
and
even
things
like
the
franklin
park
action
plan.
So
we
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
whatever
we
did
with
these
parcels
was
in
line
with
what
the
community
has
expressed
or
what
they
want
to
see.
A
Essentially,
there
hasn't
really
been
many
investments
in
blue
avenue,
since
I
think
menino
was
the
last
time
there
was
a
really
big
blue
alive
initiative,
and
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
led
to
the
development
of
grove
hall.
So
we
know
that
this
works
and
we
know
that
there
are
really
good
things
that
can
come
out
of
these
plans
that
benefit
the
community.
So
what
we
did
you
know
when
we
started
this
process
was
basically
break
up
these
30
parcels
into
four
digestible
groups.
A
Now
we're
at
the
point
where
we
are
working
on
the
first
rfp,
which
is
going
to
be
the
b1
rfp
and
those
are
ten
parcels
on
the
matapan
end
of
local
avenue
and
then
what
we
plan
to
do
is
basically
once
we
finish
or
release
the
rfp
which
we
expect
to
be
out
within
the
next
month
or
so
we
will
move
to
the
remaining
parcel
groups
and
we'll
engage
with
those
neighborhoods
as
as
we
as
we
released
rfp
as
well.
So
we
really
want
to
bring
in
folks.
A
A
B
Thank
you
julio
and
shani,
so
everyone
we
will
allow
for
questions
particularly
pertaining
to
shawnee,
because
she
has
to
jump
off
for
another
meeting,
and
so
we
want
to
give
you
guys
opportunities
to
get
direct
answers
from
her.
Otherwise,
I
believe
julio
will
hang
out
and
answer
as
best
he
can,
but
it
will
be
from
a
more
of
a
you
know,
broader
scope,
and
then
we
will
always
kind
of
connect
you
back
with
shawnee.
If
you
have
any
additional
questions.
H
Ask
a
quick
question:
yeah
and
after
after
you
dispose
of
a
certain
piece
of
land
to
sell
it,
you
know
give
it
to
whoever
is
gonna
use
it.
Does
the
city
track
usage
in
any
way
like
do
you
guys
have
an
idea
of
how
how
many
gardens
there
are
like
you
know,
is
there
any
data
on
that
front
available?
We.
G
We
have
some.
We
have
some
like
compiled
data
that
an
intern
did
a
couple
years
ago.
That
has
like
a
good
picture
of
what
the
grassroots
program
has
done
over
the
last
several
years
and
we're
working
on
getting
that
live
on
the
website
in
like
a
map
form,
but
in
terms
of
sort
of
like
making
sure
that
people
are
doing
what
they
said,
they
would
do.
G
We
mostly
right
now
only
have
the
capacity
to
respond
if
some,
if,
if
we
hear
from
neighbors
or
something
that
somebody's
trying
to
build
a
house
where
there
was
a
garden
or
something
like
that
which
we
you
know
very
occasionally,
we
hear
people
worried
about
things
like
that.
We
do
have
when
we
sell
land,
we
do
have
what's
called
a
reverter
clause.
G
H
G
G
I
So
I
lead
up
sort
of
some
initiatives
to
transform
our
streets
and
sidewalks
into
spaces
for
people
and
and
spaces
that
we
rethink
about
how
they're,
designed
from
your
sort
of
traditional
asphalt
street,
that's
very
auto-dominated
and
then
often
pretty
small
and
narrow
sidewalks.
So
when
we
think
about
streets
as
spaces
right
more
often,
I
think
when
we
talk
about
public
space
folks
turn
their
attention
to
parks
or
community
gardens
or
things
of
that
nature.
I
But
if
you
think
about
about
all
the
space,
that's
in
the
control
of
the
city
of
boston
government,
the
majority
of
it
over
55
of
it
is
our
streets
and
sidewalks.
So
with
government
being
that
entity
that
controls
land
on
behalf
of
its
constituents
and
and
all
of
you
we
are
we're-
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
and
a
lot
of
space
that
we
have
sort
of
sole
control
over
how
it
could
be
used
or
not
used.
I
So,
instead
of
your
typical
big
construction
project
that
you
might
see
like
the
project
that
julio
referenced
btd
working
on
on
bluehill,
this
is
something
that
happens
much
quicker
and
we
can
do
in
a
way
that
if
it
doesn't
work
out
well,
we
can
always
just
take
off
the
planners
and
and
paint
over
the
paint.
So
it's
a
real
nice
way
to
do
some
trial
and
error
next
slide.
I
And
so
this
is
a
demonstration
of
sort
of
what
you
can
do
with
that
paint
and
planters,
and
things
like
that.
So
this
is
harrison
ave
in
chinatown,
where
there
was
this
street.
That's
overly
wide
and
chinatown,
also
an
area
where
there's
sort
of
limited
open
public
space
beyond
those
traditional.
But
but
there
are
plenty
of
streets
that
have
parking,
and
you
know
some
automobile
movement,
and
so
this
this
space
phillips
square
plaza.
I
But
the
idea
is,
we
didn't
need
to
get
any
cranes
or
bulldozers
or
anything
like
that
and
it
didn't
take.
This
was
built
out
in
two
weeks,
and
so,
while
we
did
do
some
planning
for
about
two
years
to
get
to
this,
now
we're
starting
to
whip
out
projects
like
this
much
quicker,
and
we
are
looking
for
locations
that
are
similar
to
this
a
vehicular
space
where
they're
sorry.
This
is
a
space
where
there
didn't
necessarily
need
to
be
the.
I
And
so
this
is
an
area.
This
was
a
demonstration
that
we
ran
in
roslindale
square
on
birch
street,
where
we
found
another
sort
of
a
full
street
that
didn't
necessarily
need
to
be
vehicle
dominated,
and
so
what
we
did
here.
So
this
space
will
be
built
out
more
permanently
this
summer,
where
we
will
once
again
sort
of
paint
it
in
a
similar
fashion
to
the
chinatown
project.
I
We
decided
to
show
people
what
the
space
would
be
like
for
a
week,
and
that
would
help
us
reach
a
wider
audience
and
also
ensure
that
some
of
the
folks
that
were
not
too
excited
about
changing
their
mind.
Local
business
owners
in
particular,
could
actually
sit
and
experience
the
place
and
talk
to
their
customers
about
the
space
in
the
space
itself,
and
so
in
doing
that,
when
I
had
some
nice
contentious
meetings
with
with
some
skeptics
as
kids
are
playing
behind
us
as
their
neighbors
are
stopping
by
to
say
hello.
I
In
that
way,
I
found
other
places
where
we
do
christmas
tree
lightings,
or
we
have
that
summer,
barbecue
with
bcyf
those
are
spaces
where
we
can
start
to
say
all
right.
People
know
what
it's
like
for
one
day.
How
can
I
take
it
to
a
week
and
then
how
can
we
take
it
to
a
year
and
what's
really
great
about
spaces
like
this?
I
This
past
year
has
been
outdoor
dining,
and
so
we
we
have
seen
restaurant
owners
take
over
parking
spaces
across
the
city.
These
are
a
couple
of
my
favorites
in
hyde
square
and
in
east
boston
and
boom.
It
happened
overnight.
The
city
set
up
a
very
easy
process
for
folks
to
reimagine
this
public
space,
and
so
now
we
want
to
think
about.
I
I
That
would
be
more
akin
to
a
park.
And
then
these
two
projects,
the
street
dynamic,
doesn't
actually
change
at
all
folks
can
still
drive
on
these
streets
and
they're
still
parking
on
these
streets.
But
these
two
examples
are
areas
where
we
were
looking
to
add
one
bring
neighbors
together
and
neighbors
want
came
to
us
wanting
to
come
together
on
franklin
street
and
conman
square.
I
To
you
know:
do
a
community
paint
day
to
sort
of
led
by
an
artist
but
then
also
to
be
able
to
say
this
space
is
ours
and
sort
of
every
car
is
trying
to
zoom
down.
It
is
more
of
a
guest
on
this
space,
as
opposed
to
you
know
the
car
just
zooming
from
one
neighborhood
to
another
sort
of
dominating
it,
and
so
we
also
have
funding
available
for
street
murals.
I
K
K
So
when
it
comes
to
open
space,
there
are
kind
of
three
ways
I
want
to
dive
into
today,
quickly
that
our
office
would
sort
of
intersect
with
you
or
an
organization
who
wants
to
activate
open
space,
and
the
things
I
want
to
focus
on
today
are
public
art
grants
and
also
just
ways
of
staying
in
touch,
finding
support
for
your
event
or
your
activation
and
resources
that
might
support
it.
So,
first
off
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
public
art,
so
our
office.
K
We
are
a
kind
of
an
umbrella
office
that
administers
a
lot
of
different
programs,
but
we
also
administer
two
commissions
in
the
city
or
a
a
council
actually
and
a
commission.
We
oversee
the
administration
of
the
boston
cultural
council,
which
is
our
city's
cultural
council,
which
works
on
grants
for
local
arts
organizations
and
cultural
organizations,
and
we
also
administer
the
boston
art
commission,
which
is
the
city's
public.
K
Those
have
been
virtual
this
year,
but
we
really
welcome
people
to
come
and
you
know
get
to
know
kind
of
what
they're
up
to
and
what's
going
on,
in
public
arts
in
boston
and
basically
what
they
do
is
they
review
applications
for
public
art
projects
and
they
kind
of
weigh
in
on.
You
know
the
strengths
of
the
proposals
and
any
questions
or
concerns
they
might
have
and
ways
that
they
could
be
helpful
for
the
people
who
are
proposing
them.
K
And
then
we
have
some
smaller
programs
like
our
transformative
public
art
project
and
also
our
paint
box
program
that
really
focus
on
allowing
people
in
boston
who
you
know,
live
here
and
work
here,
to
create
more
kind
of
community
driven
public
art
in
their
neighborhoods
and
also
have
opportunities
to
get
paid
to
practice,
creating
public
art
in
their
neighborhoods
as
well.
So
these
are
just
some
examples
of
kind
of
some
of
those
projects.
K
So
when
you're
applying
for
public
art-
as
I
think
it
was
shari
earlier
mentioned,
if
you
have
a
community
german
public
art
project,
you're
always
going
to
want
to
obviously
work
with
your
neighbors
work
with
your
community
and
get
folks
on
board.
So
really
working
collaboratively
with
your
community
and
knowing
that
you
have
everyone's
support
behind
you
and
that
people
are
really
bought
into
the
project
is
really
important.
K
K
So
I
really
encourage
everyone
to
visit
our
website
where
you
can
learn
more
about
the
public
art
commission,
the
application
to
create
public
art-
and
you
know
when
the
meetings
are
and
how
you
can
get
involved,
whether
you're
an
art
lover
or
you're,
an
artist
or
you're
an
arts
organization.
Next
slide.
K
And
something
else
I
actually
wanted
to
mention
is
that
when
we
say
creating
public
art,
we
don't
necessarily
just
mean
you
know
creating
a
memorial
or
creating
a
sculpture
or
a
monument.
We
also
mean
creating
murals,
creating
having
arts
events
so
anything
that's
kind
of
arts
focused
and
it's
going
to
be
on
city
owned
land.
K
If
you
actually
don't
need
to
go
through
that
process,
because
sometimes
you
don't
need
to
so
we're
always
there
to
help
and
we're
always,
you
know
happy
to
hear
from
you
and
I'll
definitely
drop
our
contact
information
and
our
website
into
the
chat.
But
then,
after
after
our
kind
of
public
art
focus,
we
also
we
do
a
lot
of
kind
of
supporting
local
artists
and
supporting
local
arts
lovers
and
arts
organizations
through
our
office.
K
So
I
do
bi-monthly
office
hours
where
anyone
can
sign
up
and
we
can
just
talk
about
whatever
it
is
that
you're
interested
in
learning
more
about,
and
we
also
have
two
newsletters
from
our
office
that
focus
on
getting
the
word
out
about
arts
and
cultural
events
happening
in
boston
workshops,
opportunities,
grant
opportunities
stuff
like
that,
and
also
things
that
artists
in
boston
would
really
want
to.
You
know
know
about
that
might
be
supportive
of
their
work,
whether
they're
a
visual
artist
or
a
dancer
or
a
musician.
K
You
know
what
have
you
and,
in
addition
to
that,
we
have
social
media
channels
on
twitter,
instagram
and
facebook,
and
our
handle
is
just
arts
in
boston,
so
I'll
drop
that
in
the
chat
as
well,
and
then,
of
course,
if
you
want
to
be
in
touch
with
us
just
generally,
and
we
can
help
you
maybe
figure
out
whatever
you're
planning
we're
always
you
know
happy
to
hear
from
people
at
our
arts
at
boston.gov.
Email
address
so
I'll
share
that
in
the
chat
next
slide.
I
think
I
might
have
another
one.
K
Yes,
so
those
are
our
social
accounts.
And
lastly,
I
don't
have
a
slide
about
this,
but
I
did
just
want
to
say
that
our
office
has
several
grants
that
are
supportive
of
activating
open
space.
One,
that's
really
important,
probably
the
best
one
for
anyone
to
know
about
here
is
our
opportunity
fund
grant.
So
that's
a
grant.
K
That's
up
to
a
thousand
dollars
that
supports
artists,
basically,
either
seeding
opportunities
to
kind
of
grow,
their
careers
in
boston,
whether
that's
attending
a
professional
development
opportunity
or
maybe
buying
new
equipment
for
your
studio,
getting
pieces
framed
for
an
upcoming
exhibit.
It
could
be
kind
of
anything
that's
defined
by
you
as
meaningful
for
your
career
and
then
also
the
opportunity
fund
is
a
great
way
to
support
a
local
open
space
activation.
K
So
if
you
are
planning
something
that
you
know,
gets
the
community
together
and
shares
shares
kind
of
arts-
and
you
know-
allows
artists
to
share
their
work,
and
you
know
people
in
boston
can
benefit
from
it.
Then
the
opportunity
fund
is
actually
a
really
great
grant
to
use
to
plan
something
like
that.
So
that
grant
is
open
right
now
and
it
closes
on
june
4th
and
we
are
really
excited
to
get
more
applicants
for
that.
L
Hey
there,
so
I
am
michael
from
new
from
the
mayor's
office
of
new
urban
mechanics
and
we're
gonna
kind
of
quickly
go
through
the
slides.
I
put
a
few
too
many
up
there,
but
if
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
we're
this,
we're
the
city's
research
and
development
team
based
at
city
hall
and
next
slide,
and
we
partner
with
community
groups,
residents
and
city
departments
to
reimagine
the
future
of
city
services
and
infrastructure
and
next
side
slide,
okay
and
so
practically.
L
L
They
redesigned
the
bench
and
we
worked
with
the
parks
department
to
get
them
installed
in
several
several
parks
throughout
boston.
So
this
is
just
an
idea.
This
is
how
we
help
groups
of
people
scale
their
ideas,
for
example,
next
slide
and
along
the
way
the
designers
even
took
the
bench
down
to
an
event
called
maker
faire
at
the
white
house,
and
they
continue
to
work
on
products
for
cities
to
to
this
day.
L
So
next
slide.
So
basically,
just
the
first
point
of
action
is
you
know
if
you
have
an
idea
that
that
you
that
you
would
like
to
test?
You
know,
let
us
know
we
have
office
hours
every
tuesday
afternoon
and
the
best
way
is
to
reach
us
at
this
email
address.
New
urban
mechanics
at
boston.gov
next
slide.
L
So
the
the
next
thing
I
wanted
to
highlight
is
an
immediate
opportunity
with
our
office
and
our
partner
public
works
around
community
compost,
and
so
this
is
going
way
back
to
2011
2012.
We
started
working
with
the
environment
department
on
something
called
project
oscar,
which
is
a
community
compost
pilot.
L
So
the
gist
is
that
people
can
drop
off
their
food
scraps
at
community
bins,
the
scraps
get
picked
up
and
eventually
become
fertilizer,
and
so
it's
a
way
for
us
to
reduce
the
amount
of
waste
going
to
landfills
and
it
helps
us
achieve
our
zero
waste
goals.
So
there
are
two
things
I'd
like
to
mention.
Maybe
go
next
slide,
I
think
so
so
yeah
so
the
so.
L
The
first
thing
is
that
we
currently
have
five
drop-off
sites
for
compost
in
the
city,
but
we're
planning
to
significantly
expand
the
program
this
summer,
and
so
the
first
step
is
to
is
the
survey
it's
a
map-based
survey
in
several
languages
at
this
website,
boston.gov
project,
oscar
and
basically
just
tell
us
where
you
would
like
to
see
a
bin.
You
can
give
us
caroline,
I
can
see
yeah.
I
saw
okay,
so
caroline,
if
you
went
to
the
website,
you
could
tell
us
the
exact
location
on
the
survey.
L
There's
a
map
there
for
you
to
really
pinpoint
it
for
us
and
we'd
love
to
see
that
great
thanks
and
so
that
that's.
The
first
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
is:
let
us
know
where
you
would
like
to
see
the
bins,
and
we
will
definitely
be
using
that
that
information
when
we
come
up
with
the
final
sites
this
summer
next
slide.
L
So
the
next
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
is
that
we're
about
to
launch
a
design
competition
for
compost
bins,
so
we're
doing
this
through
our
civic
design,
competition
called
the
public
space
invitational
and
maybe
next
slide
yep.
So
on
may
3rd
we're
going
to
open
up
the
design,
competition
for
improved
compost
bins,
and
the
idea
is
that
we're
going
to
fund
proposals
that
are
going
to
help
us
solve
several
issues
that
we've
been
having
with
the
compost
bins.
L
L
We
also
need
to
reduce
contamination
in
in
compost
and
because
this
is
a
really
big
issue
when
you
actually
have
to
start
making
the
fertilizer,
you
can't
have
you
know
typical
trash
or
that
sort
of
thing
in
the
bins.
So
contamination
has
been
a
really
big
pain
point
for
the
city
when
processing
the
compost
next
slide
so
keep
an
eye
out
on
this
url
space.new
urbanmechanics.org.
L
M
M
We
have
over
220-ish
throughout
the
city
totaling
in
like
2300
acres
of
parkland,
and
our
goal
is
to
sort
of
one
always
be
maintaining
the
actual
parks
themselves,
along
with
some
other
assets
like
golf
courses
and
cemeteries
and
we're
when
we're
not
doing
that.
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
program
those
spaces.
M
M
Also
in
the
top
right
photo,
as
you
can
see,
we
have.
We
did
the
socially
distant
seating
in
some
of
our
parks.
We
partnered
with
michael
and
the
newer
mechanics,
as
well
as
the
mural
crew
on
this
one.
So
this
was
sort
of
a
an
idea
that
we
had
this
past
summer
when
we
realized
we
weren't
all
going
to
be
able
to
come
together
and
how
can
we
still
activate
a
park
while
staying
safe?
M
So
this
was
an
idea
that
we
came
up
with
and
it
was
a
fairly
easy
lift
lift
and
it
didn't
take
too
long
or
that
many
resources.
But
it
was
a
fairly
successful
pilot
program
that
we
launched
when
it's
not
coveted
times.
We
try
to
have
a
lot
of
in-person
programming,
especially
during
the
summer
months
from
we
do.
M
Arts,
arts
and
crafts
workshops
movie
nights,
and
then
we
also
do
concerts
in
the
parks,
and
these
are
all
free
events
that
we
put
on
as
our
department
for
city
residents,
and
these
are
just
some
types
of
programming
that
we
do
if
you
wanna
go
the
next
slide.
These
are
programs
that
we
do
like
when
we
can
all
be
together,
but
recently
we've
been
trying
to
pivot
to
more
installations
that
we
can
do
in
our
parks
that
families
can
enjoy
sort
of
on
your
own
time.
M
And
it's
not
gonna.
Do
a
you're
not
going
to
have
a
big
crowd
that
goes
to
it.
But
it's
just
a
simple
idea
that
we
had
this
is
our
story,
walk
installation
that
we
we
just
did
10
different
parks
in
nine
different
languages,
where
you
essentially
just
set
up
a
picture
book
in
a
park,
and
it's
just
a
an
idea
of
an
installation
that
we
were
able
to
get
together
fairly
quickly
and
it's
something
that
people
can
enjoy
on
their
own
time
and
yeah.
M
I
think,
as
a
department,
we're
always
trying
to
maintain
our
parks,
but
we're
also
looking
to
activate
them
and
fun
and
creative
ways,
and
my
colleague
christine
can
talk
about
one
of
our
the
best
ways
that
we're
able
to
activate
these
parks
is
by
partnering
with
different
friends
groups.
So
christine
do
you
want
to
just
talk
about
sure.
N
They
do
small
projects
to
revitalize
the
part
that
they
may
that
they're
friends
to
so
we
always
looking
for
more
partnerships.
So
if
you
want
to
join,
we
have
a
link
in
the
screen,
so
we
would
love
for
you
to
partner
with
us,
yeah
yeah
and
I'm
sorry
tom.
Yes,
a
friend's
group
does
need
to
be
a
city-owned
park.
M
And
yeah,
if
you
have
any
questions
about
programs
that
were
that
are
coming
up,
we
have
like
all
the
other
departments.
We
have
our
monthly
newsletter
that
you
can
sign
up
for
by
just
going
to
boston
parks
and
then,
if
you
also
want
to
follow
us
on
social
media,
it's
just
boston
park,
boston
parks,
department
and
if
you
have
an
idea
for
an
activation,
we're
always
open
to
hearing
new
ideas,
we're
a
small
team.
So
the
more
the
merrier
and
our
our
minds.
D
B
B
So,
in
respect
of
everyone's
time
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
again.
We
held
everybody's
attention,
so
I
really
do
appreciate
it.
I
know
that
there
were
a
few
questions
that
were
dropped
into
the
chat
that
we
were
able
to
answer
along
the
way.
However,
I
do
want
to
open
up
the
floor
for
any
questions
that
you
may
have
don't
be
nervous.
No
question
is
a
dumb
question
and
you
may
be
surprised.
B
Someone
else
may
actually
have
that
question
as
well
and
before
we
do
that,
I
will
let
you
know
again
about
our
office,
some
opportunities
that
we
have
coming
up.
So
we
do
host
a
we
offer
clean
up
year
round,
but
we
have
a
big
spring
cleanup
that
was
formerly
known
as
boston
shines
and
is
now
called
the
love
you
block
spring
cleanups
and
we
offer
them
citywide.
B
B
If
you
guys
would
like
to
know
about
the
next
one
or
if
you
have
an
idea
about
what
our
next
civic
academy
should
be
about,
that
you
feel
like
you
will
be
interested
or
maybe
you
know
your
friends
and
other
residents
have
been
asking
about.
We
would
love
to
know
about
more
about
that,
and
so
you
guys
can
drop
that
in
the
chat
as
well,
and
so
now
I'm
going
to
open
it
up
for
any
questions.
O
Hi,
my
name
is
matty
cropley,
I'm
actually
a
librarian
at
the
boston
public
library.
I
was
actually
wondering
what
it
sort
of
looked
like
to.
You
know
enter
the
sort
of
interdepartmental
work
like
like,
for
instance,
what
sorry,
what
jacob
was
talking
about
like
sort
of
some
of
the
parklets
and
stuff
like
that,
I
mean
like
what
is
that?
What
does
it
sort
of
look
like
to
work
with
another
department
to
maybe
either
use
those
spaces
or
maybe
create
another
space,
create
a
space
together
or
something.
I
I
To
do
things
in
parts
that
might
be
more
appropriate
than
the
street
right
adjacent
to
it,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
crosswalk
is
safe
to
get
there
and
then
the
you
know,
like
all
the
arts
work
that
we
do
is
in
cooperation
with
the
arts
department.
So
I'm
doing
some
projects
with
bpl
right
now,
but
I
think
we're
particularly
thinking
about
sidewalks
or
sort
of
some
of
that
space
led
mostly
by
newer.
I
I
don't
know
if
michael
knows
more
about
that
project,
but
yeah.
I
think
the
the
whole
point
of
sort
of
thinking
about
public
space
in
a
collaborative
big
picture
way
is
that
lots
of
departments
need
to
work
together,
because
we
all
have
our
expertise
and
our
sort
of
domain
and
even
sometimes
flexible
funding.
So
the
paint
box
art
program
is
like
funded
via
public
works
and
then
it's
painted
on
transportation
and
public
works
boxes.
I
B
Yes,
jacob
I'll
just
add
to
that,
like
we
have
funded
in
the
past
through
friends
of
groups,
we
have
funded
both
library
projects.
We
did
the
common
square
library
garden
projects
a
few
years
ago,
and
then
we
have
done
a
few
friends
of
groups
for
parks
who
have
come
to
us
for
small
funding
through
the
love,
your
block
mini
grant
program.
So
there
are
definitely
ways
to
work.
B
E
Yeah,
it's
tom,
I've
got
one
for
you,
guys,
I'm
ready
so
guys
to
do
any
of
these
activities
in
a
in
a
registered
landmark
district
in
the
city.
So
I
happen
to
you
know,
be
part
of
the
neighborhood
association
over
in
the
south,
boston
waterfront,
and
one
of
the
areas
is
fort
point,
which
is
a
landmark
district.
E
Does
the
neighborhood
association
need
to
bring
the
idea-
and
you
know
all
of
the
things
about
what
our,
if
it
was
art,
what
the
art
would
look
like
if
it's
painting
a
box,
what
that
would
be
like
if
it's
the
creation
of
a
parklet?
How
that
would
look,
I
mean
who
brings
it
in
front
of
landmarks
to
get
it
approved?
I
guess,
have
you
guys
ever
done
anything
in
a
landmark
district
and
is
there
an
easy
way
of
getting
that
done?
I
guess
is
the
question.
Thank
you.
D
I
So
some
some
things
are
not
under
the
domain
of
the
landmarks
district.
Each
one
has
its
own
particular
enabling
legislation
about
what's
in
its
control,
and
so
some
like,
for
example,
there
are
paint
boxes
that
have
been
done
in
the
south
end
that
didn't
go
through
landmarks,
but
were
just
painted.
Other
ones
actually
did
go
through
landmarks,
and
they
said
they
were
fine.
So
but
like
parklets,
for
example,
just
streets
are
not
in
the
jurisdiction
of
those
commissions
and
so
they're
they're
more
about
the
buildings
themselves.
K
That's
julia
from
the
arts
department
in
terms
of
like
murals
or
paint
box
projects,
or
I've
seen
some
mosaic
projects
that
have
had
to
go
before
landmark
commission
in
the
past.
But
basically,
what
we've
done
when
this
has
happened
is
we've
usually
once
the
artist.
If
this
were
like
an
artist
led
project
had
a
plan,
for
you
know
whether
it
was
mural
or
paint
box
or
what
have
you?
E
E
E
P
P
P
J
B
Yes,
this
will
be
recorded
and
someone
from
my
team
will
be
as
a
follow-up
email.
You
will
receive
the
the
recording
within
that
email
and
then
you
will
also
figure
out
whether
or
not
it
will
be
up
on
our
website.
I
know
other
departments
I
believe
for
like
zoning
and
things
like
that.
It
is
up
on
a
youtube
channel,
so
one
way
or
another
it
is
going
to
be
available
to
the
public.
After
this.
B
Problem
any
other
questions,
no
okay,
dahlia
or
josh.
If
someone
wanted
to,
if
there
were
any
questions,
that
kind
of
stuck
up
to
you,
that
people
dropped
in
the
chat
you
felt
like
could
be
helpful.
I
know
we
may
have
some
people
that
are
on
an
iphone
or
a
phone
in
general
and
may
not
be
able
to
kind
of
see,
see
the
chat
box.
So
if
there's
anything
that
stuck
out,
we
can
maybe
answer
one.
You
know
answer
one
or
two
questions
that
we're
in
the
chat.
D
K
B
Okay,
great
well,
we
want
to
thank
everyone
for
joining
us
tonight
again
if
you
are
interested
or
have
an
idea
for
what
the
next
civic
academy
could
be
about
what
you
feel
like.
You
would
like
to
know
more
about
that.
The
city
does
again,
activating
space
can
happen
in
more
than
one
ways
right,
so,
whether
it
be
a
cleanup,
mural
art,
even
a
tester
project,
it
could
be
in
a
parking
space.
There
are
a
number
of
resources
available.