The River Current || November 30, 2007 || Issue 61

The twice monthly e-newsletter of the Charles River Watershed Association
...bringing our backyard river to your door...

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In this issue: Upcoming Events!
1)       “Greening” Brooks Street Workshop - December 4
2)       Muddy River MMOC Public Meeting - December 6
3)       CRWA Brown Bag Lunch on Green Streets - December 11


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1)       “Greening” Brooks Street, Part 2 Workshop

The Allston Brighton Green Space have been holding a series of street greening workshops, and this follow-up meeting will focus on ideas for improving Brooks Street. Join us on Tuesday, December 4, from 6:30-8:30 pm at Oak Square YMCA, 615 Washington St in Brighton. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Kate Jordan at (617) 787-3874 ext. 216. For more information about CRWA’s green streets and environmentally sensitive urban development work, contact Pallavi Mande at pmande@crwa.org or 781-788-0007 x232

2)       Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee ( MMOC) Public Meeting  

CRWA serves as an organization member of the Muddy River MMOC, which is helping to protect and restore the Muddy River in Boston and Brookline. They are holding their annual public meeting on Thursday, December 6 in the Atrium (2nd floor) of the Landmark Center in Boston, from 5:30-8:00 pm. DCR Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan, Jr. will give remarks, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager will provide an update on the status of the design and construction of the project.  For more information or if you would like to attend, please RSVP to info@muddyrivermmoc.org

3)       CRWA Brown Bag Lunch on Green Streets in Dorchester and Allston-Brighton

Come to CRWA’s office on Tuesday, December 11 from 12:30-1:30pm to hear CRWA urban restoration specialist Pallavi Mande and landscape designer Viola Augustin discuss our environmentally sustainable urban development work. They will describe two green street projects that CRWA is currently working on: the Peabody Square project in Dorchester which is being designed in partnership with the City of Boston, and the design guidelines for green streets in Allston Brighton. The presentation will include an analysis of existing conditions and proposed best management practices in Peabody Square as well as draft design guidelines for three streets in Allston Brighton, namely Everett, Market and Brooks Streets.