In Jamaica Plain, we are fortunate to enjoy not just world-class green spaces, but also a lush and vibrant streetscape. Our public ways are the seams that bind our civic lives together: culture to culture, “1 percent” to “99 percent,”…
Author: Gazette Staff
Letter: The easy way to regain Casey trust
MassDOT admits that there are trust issues with the community regarding the Casey Overpass (“MassDOT chief: We’ll fix Casey ‘trust issue,’” July 20). They say they want to regain the community’s trust. It’s quite simple: Stop manipulating the traffic counts, pay…
Letter: The JPNDC’s bigger picture on Blessed Sacrament
We, the board members of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), write to clarify issues that have arisen about the redevelopment of the Blessed Sacrament Church. Since 2005, 81 affordable homes, green space, retail space and youth program space…
Letter: S. Huntington needs master plan, affordability
We have lived in Jamaica Plain for 26 years and have witnessed the rise in housing prices, which inevitably means some, like our own son, cannot find affordable housing here. We also rent part of our property and we see that there…
Letter: Sen. Brown is wrong on health care law
In July 15 op-ed in the Metrowest Daily News, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown wrote that the Affordable Care Act is bad for Massachusetts. He’s wrong. The Affordable Care Act gives me and my family peace of mind. I live with…
Letter: Thanks for Tenant Coalition support
Everyone here at the Boston Tenant Coalition would like to send out a thank you to those in the community who helped to make our Karaoke for a Kause event a great success! We would like to send a special thank…
Letter: Low-income housing should be priority on City lots
Regarding the City’s likely sale of lots on Boylston and Dalrymple streets for open space (“Three lots in JP to remain open space,” July 6): The City policy for disposition of publicly owned vacant lots should be for highest and…
