Greater Ashmont Main Street

Organized by Vivian Girard; Please invite Dorchester cycling relevant folk

Mingling and snacks at 6, meeting starts at 6:30

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For those of you who are not familiar with it, Dotbike was started over a decade ago by a handful of Dorchester residents with the main goal of making our neighborhood more bike friendly. This consisted of organized group rides, bike repair events, promoting and lobbying for better and safer biking routes, etc.  Thanks to a few dedicated volunteers, Dotbike had a few good active years, but once the main organizers moved on to other things, the group went dormant.

 Over the past few months, we have met a number of recent and long-time Dorchester residents who have expressed an interest in seeing Dotbike become active again, and we’ve talked about reviving the group as a neighborhood chapter of the Boston Cyclist Union (BCU).  BCU is an outstanding city-wide organization advocating for better biking for all Boston area residents.  As a chapter member, Dotbike would get the benefits of logistical and organizing support from BCU and better effort coordination.

 We will be holding a meeting on Wednesday January 15^th at 6:30 at homestead café (1448 Dorchester Ave in Fields Corner) to discuss that plan.  Doors will be open at 6:00 PM for free snacks and mingling, and the meeting will start at 6:30.

Star BCU organizers Eliza and Emmanuell will be joining to help us get started.  An RSVP to my email address (posted below) is not required, but would be very much appreciated so that we have an idea of how many people to expect and feed.

 Everyone interested in the goal of better biking in Dorchester -and having fun along the way- is encourage to attend.  

For any questions, you can reach me by email at vivian81260@gmail.com or 617 290 5822.

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Vivian Girard

Fields Corner

PS: I am helping with the initial outreach and first meeting, but I would much rather see other people lead the Dotbike organization.  If you want to get involved with something meaningful, meet caring and interesting people and develop your leadership skills, this is a great gig! 

RESCHEDULED

(Due to a conflict with the Mayor's Cabinet meeting, this meeting had to be rescheduled from the original date of Jan 10 to Thursday, Jan 16.)

For this special gathering of our Development & Historic Preservation Committee, we will be joined by Boston Chief of Streets Chris Osgood & new BTD Commissioner Gregory Rooney, along with our liaison from the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, to review our Complete Streets sensitive Parking Study and discuss implementing the Howard Stein Hudson professionals' recommendations for our commercial district in 2020, and more. Please mark your calendars and join us then.

The report can be found at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1CB8WkbTO0MRWw0UTB1aDhmMEU

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