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City Hall On The Go: Brighton

Join us on October 9, 2024, as we make a scheduled stop in Brighton at the Veronica B. Smith Senior Center, from 10:30-12:00 p.m. 

October 9, 2024
  • 10:30am - 12:00pm
  • Veronica B. Smith Senior Center
    20 Chestnut Hill Avenue
    Boston, MA 02135
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Brighton
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-09T10:30:59 - 2024-10-09T12:00:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note, that we do not accept cash payments on the truck.

October 9, 2024
  • 10:30am - 12:00pm
  • Veronica B. Smith Senior Center
    20 Chestnut Hill Avenue
    Boston, MA 02135
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Brighton
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-09T10:30:59 - 2024-10-09T12:00:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker

  • Appeal parking ticket

  • Basic Inspectional Services

  • Business certificate

  • Census registration

  • File discrimination claim

  • File domestic partnership

  • Handicap parking

  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise

  • Pay excise tax

  • Pay parking ticket

  • Pay real estate tax

  • Referrals for ASAP services

  • Register dog license

  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Taxi coupons

  • Farmers market coupons

  • Youth Pass registration

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City Hall On The Go: Dorchester

Join us on October 3, 2024, as we make a scheduled stop in Dorchester at the Hemenway Playground, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. 

October 3, 2024
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Hemenway Playground
    540 Adams St.
    Boston, MA 02122
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-03T17:00:59 - 2024-10-03T18:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note, that we do not accept cash payments on the truck.

October 3, 2024
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Hemenway Playground
    540 Adams St.
    Boston, MA 02122
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-03T17:00:59 - 2024-10-03T18:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker

  • Appeal parking ticket

  • Basic Inspectional Services

  • Business certificate

  • Census registration

  • File discrimination claim

  • File domestic partnership

  • Handicap parking

  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise

  • Pay excise tax

  • Pay parking ticket

  • Pay real estate tax

  • Referrals for ASAP services

  • Register dog license

  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Taxi coupons

  • Farmers market coupons

  • Youth Pass registration

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City Hall On The Go: East Boston

Join us on October 2, 2024, as we make a scheduled stop in East Boston at the MLCS Building, from 12:30-2:00 p.m. 

October 2, 2024
  • 12:30pm - 2:00pm
  • MLCS Building
    40 Liverpool st
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-02T12:30:59 - 2024-10-02T14:00:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note, that we do not accept cash payments on the truck.

October 2, 2024
  • 12:30pm - 2:00pm
  • MLCS Building
    40 Liverpool st
    Boston, MA 02128
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    East Boston
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-02T12:30:59 - 2024-10-02T14:00:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker

  • Appeal parking ticket

  • Basic Inspectional Services

  • Business certificate

  • Census registration

  • File discrimination claim

  • File domestic partnership

  • Handicap parking

  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise

  • Pay excise tax

  • Pay parking ticket

  • Pay real estate tax

  • Referrals for ASAP services

  • Register dog license

  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Taxi coupons

  • Farmers market coupons

  • Youth Pass registration

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City Hall On The Go: Charlestown

Join us on October 2, 2024, as we make a scheduled stop in Charlestown at the City Square Park, from 10-11:30 a.m. 

October 2, 2024
  • 10:00am - 11:30am
  • City Square Park
    10 City Square
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-02T10:00:59 - 2024-10-02T11:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note, that we do not accept cash payments on the truck.

October 2, 2024
  • 10:00am - 11:30am
  • City Square Park
    10 City Square
    Boston, MA 02129
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Charlestown
  • Event Type:
  • Posted:
2024-10-02T10:00:59 - 2024-10-02T11:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker

  • Appeal parking ticket

  • Basic Inspectional Services

  • Business certificate

  • Census registration

  • File discrimination claim

  • File domestic partnership

  • Handicap parking

  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise

  • Pay excise tax

  • Pay parking ticket

  • Pay real estate tax

  • Referrals for ASAP services

  • Register dog license

  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Taxi coupons

  • Farmers market coupons

  • Youth Pass registration

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Cannabis License Transferability - Listening Session

A listening session and public comment period to gather input on the transferability of cannabis licenses and its impact, particularly on equity applicants and businesses.

October 7, 2024
2024-10-07T17:00:00 - 2024-10-07T19:00:00

The Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion (OEOI) and Boston Cannabis Board (BCB) will host a listening session on cannabis license transferability on October 7, 2024 and open a public comment period from October 8 to October 29, 2024 to gather input on the transferability of cannabis licenses and its impact, particularly on equity applicants and businesses.

REGISTER FOR THE 10/7 LISTENING SESSION

License transferability refers to a license holder's ability to transfer or sell their license to another party, typically with regulatory approval. Currently, while transferability is permitted with approval, equity applicants face stricter limitations compared to non-equity license holders. These restrictions can create a disparity, locking equity applicants into long-term ownership without the same flexibility to sell or transfer their licenses as freely.

We recognize the importance of this issue and are committed to hearing your input and considering your suggestions. The City is currently exploring potential updates to the Ordinance Ensuring Equitable Regulation of the Cannabis Industry, originally passed in 2019 and amended in 2021. The goal of the listening session and public comment period is to ensure that any updates to the ordinance reflect your concerns while maintaining a balance between protecting the integrity of equity-focused regulations and providing flexibility for all license holders.

We invite you to participate in an in-person listening session and submit feedback during the public comment period regarding potential changes to the transferability provisions and current regulations.

Your input will help shape an ordinance that supports equity and sustainability within Boston's cannabis industry. 

REGISTER FOR THE 10/7 LISTENING SESSION

October 7, 2024
2024-10-07T17:00:00 - 2024-10-07T19:00:00
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Community Meeting - Planned Garden Cleanup and Design

The Mayor's Office of Housing is looking for feedback from the community. Join us to see the proposed remediation plans and share your thoughts.

October 15, 2024
2024-10-15T18:00:00 - 2024-10-15T20:00:00

Please join MOH and the Trustees at a community meeting on Tuesday, October 15th from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Tobin Community Center, 1481 Tremont Street, Roxbury. We will be discussing the EPA-funded cleanup of the planned community garden as well as design for the garden, and welcome feedback from the community. Please see the attached draft Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives for details related to the remediation plan. For questions or comments, please contact James Smith, Senior Environmental Compliance Manager at james.smith@boston.gov.

October 15, 2024
2024-10-15T18:00:00 - 2024-10-15T20:00:00
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O'Day Playground Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Join Mayor Wu and the South End community to cut the ribbon on improvements to O'Day Playground!

October 9, 2024
2024-10-09T14:30:00 - 2024-10-09T15:30:00

Visit the project landing page to learn about the project scope and improvements to the playground.

October 9, 2024
2024-10-09T14:30:00 - 2024-10-09T15:30:00
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Back bay Fens: Evans Way Bridge

Please join us for a community meeting regarding the Evans Way Bridge in the Back Bay Fens.

October 9, 2024
2024-10-09T18:00:00 - 2024-10-09T19:30:00

We’ll be holding a virtual meeting via Zoom featuring a presentation by our designers. 

Register for the meeting

For more information on improvements to the Back Bay Fens, please visit the project page

Interpretation and translation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at 617-635-4505 or parks@boston.gov.

October 9, 2024
2024-10-09T18:00:00 - 2024-10-09T19:30:00
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Mary Ellen Welch Greenway

Please join us for the third community meeting for Mary Ellen Welch Greenway.

October 8, 2024
2024-10-08T18:00:00 - 2024-10-08T19:30:00

We'd like to invite our East Boston neighbors and Mary Ellen Welch Greenway users to join our third Community Meeting. We’ll be holding a virtual meeting via Zoom featuring a presentation by our designers where the team will present the concept plan for Mary Ellen Welch Greenway. 

Register for the meeting

For more information on Mary Ellen Welch Greenway please visit the project page

Interpretation and translation services will be provided in Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. For additional information, please contact us at 617-635-4505 or parks@boston.gov.

October 8, 2024
2024-10-08T18:00:00 - 2024-10-08T19:30:00
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The Future of American Democracy

Join us for a free public conversation at The Embrace.

September 30, 2024
  • 5:30pm - 8:00pm
  • The Embrace
    139 Tremont St
    Boston, MA 02108
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
    Downtown
  • Posted:
2024-09-30T17:30:00 - 2024-09-30T20:00:00

The final event in this year’s Un-monument public conversation series is titled “The Future of American Democracy," and brings together two of the nation’s most renowned thinkers—Danielle S. Allen and Michael Sandel—for a discussion that will challenge and inspire.

Graphic with speakers' headshots

Join us for a compelling and timely public conversation at The Embrace, the renowned monument on Boston Common honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, where Sandel and Allen will reflect on the pressing challenges facing America’s democratic institutions and traditions today.

Danielle S. Allen, is one of Harvard’s esteemed “University Professors,” and a prolific political theorist and classicist who has devoted her career in academia and beyond to exploring the foundations of democracy and the question of justice. Her work, including Justice By Means of Democracy and Our Declaration, reimagines key democratic texts and ideals in ways meant to confront our contemporary struggles. A former gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, Allen is a tireless advocate for civic engagement and participation. Michael Sandel, a Harvard political philosopher celebrated for his accessible and thought-provoking explorations of justice, ethics, and democracy, is the author of influential works like Democracy’s Discontent and The Tyranny of Merit. His work encourages us to reflect on the moral dimensions of political and civic life, asking fundamental questions about fairness, equality, and the common good.

This conversation comes at a pivotal moment when many Americans feel that the country’s democratic institutions and traditions are under threat. From growing political polarization to rising concerns about voter rights, civic trust, fairness, and governmental accountability, the future of American democracy appears uncertain. Together, these two scholars will bring clarity, urgency, and hope to a conversation that couldn’t be more timely or essential.

September 30, 2024
  • 5:30pm - 8:00pm
  • The Embrace
    139 Tremont St
    Boston, MA 02108
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
    Downtown
  • Posted:
2024-09-30T17:30:00 - 2024-09-30T20:00:00
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