{"id":1232,"date":"2017-05-18T08:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2017-05-18T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T03:13:11","slug":"new-fun-sized-target-community-meeting-tonight-thursday-may-18-2017-at-roslindale-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/2017\/05\/18\/new-fun-sized-target-community-meeting-tonight-thursday-may-18-2017-at-roslindale-community-center\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8220;Fun-Sized&#8221; Target Community meeting tonight (Thursday, May 18, 2017 7pm) at Roslindale Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1235\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/2017\/05\/18\/new-fun-sized-target-community-meeting-tonight-thursday-may-18-2017-at-roslindale-community-center\/roslindale-target\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target.jpg?fit=711%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"711,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rendering of Expected Roslindale Target Store\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rendering of Expected Roslindale Target Store&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rendering of Expected Roslindale Target Store&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target.jpg?fit=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target.jpg?fit=648%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1235\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target-300x183.jpg?resize=300%2C183\" alt=\"Rendering of Expected Roslindale Target Store\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target.jpg?resize=493%2C300&amp;ssl=1 493w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Roslindale-Target.jpg?w=711&amp;ssl=1 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Rendering of Expected Roslindale Target Store<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/boston\/news\/2017\/04\/26\/target-plans-small-format-store-in-another-boston.html\">Target is replacing Staples<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/v2Gsfwjnwe42\">4165 Washington Street<\/a> soon. They are holding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1928315277387911\/?ref=110\">a community meeting<\/a> tonight, Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 7pm at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roslindalecc.org\/\">Roslindale Community Center<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/fg7Kxu2RDx22\">6 Cummins Highway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the new lease may be a done deal, there is still an opportunity to use this changeover to urge badly-needed walkability improvements in this part of the neighborhood. One likely concern of residents will be increased traffic on an already congested block; the best way to mitigate this impact is to make it easier for people who prefer to walk or bike to Target to do so.<\/p>\n<p>We at WalkUP Roslindale brainstormed a quick list of ideas that Target should implement to make the new store a net positive for the neighborhood. These initial thoughts are below, but please add other ideas in the comments or show up tonight and speak up for walkability!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sponsor Roslindale Village&#8217;s Hubway<\/li>\n<li>Provide a bike corral or rack, sufficient for both Target employees and customers<\/li>\n<li>Rearrange parking area exit and entrance to be safer for pedestrians on Washington Street<\/li>\n<li>Provide an outdoor sitting area, more than a bench or two&#8211;a well designed area<\/li>\n<li>Add crosswalk from Target to other side of Washington Street<\/li>\n<li>Improve sidewalk area with more attractive streetlights, greenery and trees<\/li>\n<li>Help repave badly-damaged Washington Street from Firth Road up to the square (see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/2016\/10\/21\/ruts-and-ridges-on-washington-street-walkup-coalition-letter\/\">earlier post on this topic<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Restripe bicycle lanes for same stretch as lines have nearly disappeared<\/li>\n<li>Better crosswalk markings \u2013 including bollards to prevent people from parking in the cross walk<\/li>\n<li>Removal of \u201cBike Lane Ends\u201d sign in front of business<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Don\u2019t block the box&#8221; square for entrance to Bexley Road so southbound traffic can turn and not back up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Target is replacing Staples at 4165 Washington Street soon. They are holding a community meeting tonight, Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 7pm at the Roslindale Community Center, 6 Cummins Highway. While the new lease may be a done deal, there is still an opportunity to use this changeover to urge badly-needed walkability improvements in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[151],"tags":[198,338,329,12],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-hubway","tag-staples","tag-target","tag-washington-street"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6X5no-jS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1241,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}