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September 2018 Neponset River Greenway News
Join us at our next meeting on Wednesday September 5 at the Milton Yacht Club, 25 Wharf St., Milton, MA. This month, we're having a potluck dinner starting at 6:00 pm in the shelter overlooking the river. Our meetings are usually held on the first Wednesday of the month at rotating locations in the communities of the Lower Neponset River: Hyde Park, Milton, Mattapan, and Dorchester.
Follow us on Facebook to keep up between meetings.
The issues on which we are working are in the agenda for this meeting at http://www.masspaths.net/neponset/council/agenda20180905.pdf
Future Greenway Council meetings
October 3, 2018 Hyde Park Police Station, Hyde Park
November 7, 2018 Port Norfolk Yacht Club
December 5, 2018 Foley Senior Residences, Mattapan
January 2, 2019 Milton Yacht Club, Milton
Along the Trail:
Join NepRWA for the Neponset River Cleanup, Saturday, September 22
The Neponset River Watershed Association is leading volunteers in removing trash from water and land to help beautify the area and restore fish and wildlife habitats in Canton, Hyde Park, Mattapan and Milton (exact locations listed below). Any help that you can give with cleaning up or organizing is much appreciated! Sign up here!
Here are the sites:
Hyde Park: Blake Estates, Glenwood Ave., Wilton St., Martini Shell
Mattapan: Ryan Playground, Edgewater Drive
Milton:Truman Parkway Canoe Launch
Meet at Martini Shell parking lot, 1015 Truman Parkway, Hyde Park – OR – at your pre-assigned site at 8:00 am for coffee and donuts. At 8:45, report to sites & check-in
Ages 15 and up
Bring water, hat, sunblock, work gloves
Wear work clothes (no sandals). You may get very dirty!
Saturday, September 29: Mattapan Milton Neponset Community Celebration
The Mattapan Milton Neponset Community (MMNC) has rescheduled their May 12th rained out celebration for Saturday, September 29th from 12-3 pm. The MMNC is celebrating the community around the long-awaited extension of the Neponset River Greenway trail from Central Avenue in Milton to the MBTA's station in Mattapan. We'll have musicians, spoken word artists, arts and crafts, a family-friendly bike ride along the trail---all at the Harvest River Bridge and the field behind Ryan Playground (spray deck park) at 350 River Street in Mattapan.
If your group promotes youth, wellness, creativity, neighborhood engagement, and the elimination of structural racism, you're invited to set up a table to share information and resources about your organization. Sign up here if you'd like to join us!
Changes Coming to Mattapan Square for Pedestrians
The Boston Transportation is working with its consultants, Toole Design, to improve pedestrian crossings between River St., Cummins Highway, and Blue Hill Ave. The first changes will be small, but they want the community to be on the lookout for those experiments. Major or permanent changes won't happen before there is a public meeting.
No Trail Opening Yet!
As of now, no date convenient to the DCR and elected officials has been set, and the communities have been unable to get a permit from the DCR to hold their own event. An email will go out if a date is set before the September newsletter is mailed.
-Jessica Mink
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