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Aerial view of the Back Bay Fens

Ramler Park on Peterborough Street 

A great way to meet your neighbors


FCA Initiative - Riverway-Fenway Pedestrian/Bikeway Connector (.pdf)


Vacant right-of-way under Park Drive

Thank you to the following for their generous contributions: 
Steve Rubin
Mike Meskin (Boston Union Realty)
Fine Wines and Spirits, 181 Massachusetts Avenue

 

Fenway Young Professionals Night

Lansdowne Pub, 1 Lansdowne Street
6-9pm on Thursday, January 14, 2010

Come meet neighbors, learn about your neighborhood association, and have free food!

                                         Duck House Restoration 
After engaging in a public-private partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, City Council President Michael Ross, several groups, and many of you for a year and a half to create a vision for a restored Duck House on Agassiz Road in the Back Bay Fens, the City has just issued a Request for Expressions of Interest.  This structure, located along the Muddy River, has been out of use for several years. 

Click here to access the information: Request for Expressions of Interest - Adaptive Reuse of the Agassiz Road Shelter, Back Bay Fens.  Once you have filled in and submitted the short form with your information, the file will automatically start downloading.  The deadline for submissions is January 19, 2010..

We encourage businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs interested in possibly occupying this small historic building in the renowned Emerald Necklace park system to respond to the City's request.

Thank you for your interest in enhancing our park!

Harry Ellis Dickson Park


Before and After

Thanks to the following groups and businesses who have made generous contributions to the restoration and upkeep at Harry Ellis Dickson Park:  
 THE FENWAY ALLIANCE                BOYD SMITH
SYMPHONY GARAGE       JOY REALTY
SYMPHONY UNITED NEIGHBORS             FENWAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA            WHOLE FOODS SYMPHONY
HUNTINGTON WINE & SPIRITS            BOSTON UNION REALTY
PAUL E. JERABEK  

Fenway Civic spearheaded restoration of Harry Ellis Dickson Park in cooperation with The Fenway Alliance.  Colorful roses and bedding plants have reactivated this urban park, and care is being coordinated with the help of Fenway neighbors.  Special thanks to the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund for cleaning the granite, installing skate stoppers, replacing brickwork and cleaning the sculpture Tent Bay.  Thanks also to Boyd Smith Inc., Symphony Garage, and the Mission Hill Fenway Trust for contributions for maintenance and park furniture replacement.

Additional funds are needed to care for Dickson Park to ensure its beauty and health is well maintained.  Donations may be sent to the Fenway Civic Association, marked for the Dickson Park Fund.

For more details:
Detailed planting plan    List of contributors and supporters

Today’s FCA
Fenway Civic is a board-driven, all-volunteer, member-supported organization whose goal is to promote and sustain a vital, livable neighborhood.  Its volunteers write periodic newsletters, organize a variety of special events for members, and are fully informed participants in all public processes, such as participating in the Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Committee.  Unlike many community organizations, FCA does not receive public funds and has no financial stake in the decisions being made, enabling it to act wholly in the best interest of the neighborhood.  There are no corporate sponsors, no slick brochures, no hired staff, and no office.  But what FCA does have is the ear of our public officials and the respect of the residents, institutions, and businesses, who depend on FCA leaders for their expertise, experience and honest work on behalf of a better Fenway.

That legacy continues in today’s Fenway Civic Association.  FCA – now active in both the East and the West -- has become respected for its dedication, resourcefulness and hard work to improve the Fenway Neighborhood through its programs to:

ü        Protect the environment
ü        Highlight our cultural riches
ü        Guide development
ü        Advise new businesses
ü        Improve public transportation
ü        Cultivate open space
ü        Inform interested citizens

Contact Us at: 
FenwayCivic@aol.com
Fenway Civic Association, Inc.
Box 230435, Astor Station
Boston, MA 02123 Tel: (617) 278-4341

To request an application for membership, please e-mail us your name and mailing address.

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