The Boston Better Streets Coalition has organized a Hyde Park Safety Walk tomorrow, Saturday April 12 from 1-3 PM, to help envision a safer Hyde Park Avenue. Meet at Forest Hills Station at 1pm. City Councilors, officials, and Boston transportation planners will be in attendance.
The deadline for comments on the Roslindale Squares+Streets Zoning Map has been extended to this Saturday, April 5th. We’ve just submitted our comment letter on the map, make sure to submit yours!
You may have submitted comments back in January or February for the Small Area Plan which was accepted by the BPDA, but the zoning updates are a separate process that follows the recommendations from the Small Area Plan. Make sure to comment on the Zoning Map as well.
Key highlights from The Rozzie Zoning Zoom are now available! You can also watch the full recording here.
Last night, over 70 people joined us live to listen to a rich and lively discussion with an expert panel of urban planners, local officials, and housing advocates and dive deep into the new Squares + Streets zoning for Roslindale – what will this mean for the community? How much new housing and public amenities should we expect? What will be the impact on affordability and displacement risk?
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WalkUP Roslindale and Rozzidents for More Rozzidents extend our thanks to the excellent panelists who participated.
Here’s how to make your voice heard!
The City proposed new Squares + Streets zoning for Roslindale – what will this mean for the community? How much new housing and public amenities should we expect? What will be the impact on affordability and displacement risk? Join us for an expert panel of urban planners, local officials, and housing advocates tonight to find out!
Mayor Wu’s administration has announced a sudden 30-day “Review” of safety and transit improvements that have been implemented in the past three years. This could signal a pivot away from multimodal infrastructure & safe streets (Boston Globe, Streetsblog Mass, Boston Better Streets). It is critical that we all tell the city how much we appreciate the improvements, and how we use this infrastructure every day and rely on it for our safety.
There are good people who work in the administration who probably want to keep the safety improvements they’ve helped build over the past three years, but the people they’re hearing from are those who want it dismantled; our officials need to hear from people who use and support it in order to justify keeping it, and they need to hear by this Friday, March 7th.
In your message, we suggest highlighting 1-2 specific improvements and how you use them and how they how they have affected your life. Here are maps of the City’s bus improvement projects, bike network, and road safety projects for reference.
We recommend emailing the mayor, BTD officials, and city councilors by clicking here.
Boston’s Planning Department released good zoning updates for Roslindale Square, like removing costly parking mandates, allowing buildings up to 7 stories in the commercial core, allowing buildings up to 7 stories in the commercial core, and identifying a potential site for a thoughtful mixed-use high-rise development.
Public comment is open through March 31, and we want to show strong neighborhood support. Here’s how to make your voice heard!
Still want to learn more? Join The Rozzie Zoning Zoom on Mar 13 at 7PM for an expert discussion on how the new zoning could shape Roslindale’s housing, affordability, and walkability over the next 10+ years.
Join WalkUP Roslindale and Rozzidents for More Rozzidents for a virtual community meeting to discuss the recently released draft zoning map for Roslindale Square. Zoning decisions help shape the future of our neighborhood—affecting new development, community amenities, housing affordability, and the risk of displacement.
We’ve assembled a panel of experts, including city planners, housing advocates, and local officials, to provide insights on the zoning map, its upside potential for the community, and strategies to address community concerns. The conversation will cover how the proposed changes could shape future housing patterns and what policies can ensure new development benefits all residents.
On February 14, the Planning Department released a draft of zoning updates for the Roslindale Square area. In addition to the maps, a Zoning Updates Guide (English) is now available to help explain the changes (the Spanish version is coming soon, the link will be here when it’s available).
This is a major step towards implementing the community vision that was detailed in the Land Use and Design Framework of the Roslindale Square Small Area Plan, which was adopted on February 13. The Planning Department will be engaging Roslindale residents and taking in their comments on the zoning updates from now through March 31st.
Presentation and Resource Fair for Tenants & Owners – Register
Tuesday, February 25th from 6-8PM
The Substation, 4228 Washington St, Roslindale, MA 02131
Draft Zoning Updates Public Meeting – Register
Thursday, February 27th 6-8PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In-Person at the Roslindale BPL (Thursday Afternoons) Sign up
Virtual (Tuesday Evenings on Zoom) Sign up
Submit your comments until March 31st through this public comment form or email comments to squaresandstreets@nullboston.gov.
Today, we sent in our comment letter on the Roslindale Squares + Streets Small Area Plan.
If you haven’t sent in your comments yet, you can still take a few minutes to do so by using the tools and resources from our prior post. But please hurry because the deadline is TODAY (1/31/25)!