Last Chance To Ask Questions & Voice Your Opinion On Gillette's 31 Acres

updated 07/22/25 with meeting presentation and video links. 

The Boston Planning Department is holding the final Public Virtual Meeting tonight on the P&G Gillette Redevelopment's proposed rezoning plan of 31 acres, 20 buildings and over 5 million square feet on a contaminated site  

This meeting focuses on the existing neighborhood context, open space, the waterfront and climate resiliency.

P&G Gillette Master (zoning plan)

Monday, July 21, 2025

6pm to 8pm

View Presentation. View Video.

View last week's Impact Advisory Group meeting presentation on the same topics. Presentations are posted a couple of hours before the meeting. 

Comment deadline is Thursday, July 31st. 

Let's build our future together. #PeopleFirstPlanning 

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Help Shape The Future Of Your Neighborhood July 15th!

updated 07/15/25 with recording. 

 Fort Point Neighborhood Association
St. Vincent's Lower End Neighborhood Association
&
West Broadway Neighborhood Association

 invite you to a
Critical Community Conversation
about a 31 acre redevelopment, P&G Gillette site,
that will impact our neighborhood for the next 20 years!

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
6pm to 8pm
in person at 
Crispr Therapeutics 
105 West 1st Street
View Recording

P&G Gillette Proposed

P&G Gillette Today

We'll be diving into the proposed 31 acre redevelopment plan impacting Fort Point, St Vincent's & West Broadway. Key focus areas include:

• Heights & Density- 20 buildings with heights soaring up to 320 feet. For comparison, State Street is 150 feet tall and the Cambria Hotel is 140 feet.
• Transportation & Access: Traffic, public transit, pedestrian and bike infrastructure, and parking for 4,489 cars—a significant increase from the fewer than 1,000 cars accessing the site today.
• Mix of Land Uses: 66.5% commercial, 30% residential and 3.5% retail uses. No library. No community center. No cultural facility.
• Public Open Space: A state required 6.5 acre waterfront park
• Climate Resilience: Long-term flood protection is critical for the neighborhood, No elevation of the Harborwalk and the specifics and timing of resilient measures unknown.

This is your opportunity to voice your opinions, share your ideas, and connect with neighbors.

Your input will help ensure this redevelopment reflects the needs of both our growing and existing communities.

Let’s build our future—together

originally published 07.09.25

Mass Ready Act to Strengthen Infrastructure and Prepare for Disasters. Hearing July 15th.

updated 07/14/25 to included Designated Port Areas.

On June 24, 2025, Governor Maura Healey introduced the Mass Ready Act, a bill that proposes nearly $3 billion in bond authorizations to strengthen infrastructure and protect Massachusetts communities against increasing extreme weather events.

This legislation focuses on crucial infrastructure improvements, including upgrades to roads, dams, and bridges, and establishes a Resilient Revolving Fund for these types of projects. The bill invests in farming and coastal economies and provides communities with resources to reduce flood and heat risk. Finally, the Mass Ready Act emphasizes the protection of water and nature by ensuring safe drinking water, restoring our waterways and preserving vital habitats for wildlife. The bill also includes authorizations to implement ResilientCoasts recommendations, invest in parks, trails, beaches, and historic sites, improve transportation infrastructure, and manage solid waste and decrease pollution.  The bill simplifies the environmental permitting process for priority housing and urgent infrastructure needs, including municipal culvert replacements and other natural restoration projects in the following ways:

• Allowing priority housing and culvert replacements and salt marsh restoration projects to receive a Chapter 91 license (Sections 21-31) in just 60 days without triggering Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) review
• Cutting duplicative administrative appeals for wetlands regulations, allowing local appeals for these project categories to go straight to the superior court  (Sections 48-51)
• Adding climate resilience as a goal of the Wetlands Protection Act, simplifying permitting for natural restoration projects;  (Sections 48-51)
• Removing the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) requirement for priority housing and natural restoration projects, allowing for completion of MEPA review within 30 days rather than up to one year (Sections 12 and 73)
• State Designated Port  Area Development Commission to identify industry-specific opportunities and needs, assess existing infrastructure with capacity and resources and make growth recommendations. The 21 member commission chaired by Secretary of Economic Development and Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs is to include 3 community group representing the north shore, Boston Harbor and south coast regions (section 67)

The legislation also requires disclosures of flood risk and past damages during home sales and lease signings so renters and homebuyers can make informed decisions and avoid costly damages down the road. Finally, it equips the Board of Building Regulations and Standards to advance climate resilience and housing production through the state building code.  Read full press release.

On July 15th, the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a hybrid hearing on the Mass Ready Act at 1pm. Persons seeking to provide oral testimony, whether in person or remotely, should pre-register by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 14, 2025, using this online form.

originally published 07.08.25

Community Preservation Act Information Session For District 2 Only

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn will be hosting a virtual Community Preservation Act (CPA) Information Session for District 2 on:

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

6:00-7:30 PM 

via Zoom

Register

 

The CPA grant fund goes towards supporting affordable housing, open space, recreation, and historic preservation projects. This session is an opportunity to explore how residents can use CPA funds and learn how to preserve or create impactful projects in their communities. Since enacted as Massachusetts state law, the grant fund has raised over $2.5 billion dollars and has supported many important projects across the city.

Please note the deadline to submit an eligibility determination form is Friday, August 29, 2025 at 5pm to be considered for the 2026 funding round. The Eligibility Determination Form is not a final application. Candidates deemed eligible will be invited to submit an application for their proposed projects. With project ideas, please contact CPA Director Thadine Brown and copy Councilor Flynn's office.

31 Acres. 3 Neighborhoods.1 Community Conversation.

FPNA, St. Vincent's Lower End Neighborhood Association and West Broadway Neighborhood Association are coming together to host one community conversation about the P&G Gillette Redevelopment on:

 Tuesday, July 15, 2025
6pm to 8pm
in person at 
Crispr Therapeutics
105 West 1st Street

Let's talk about:

• 31 acres
• Building Heights & Density: 20 buildings with heights up to 320 feet
• Site Access, Traffic Congestion, Public Transportation, and Parking: No improvements to traffic on A Street, mayor changes to Foundry & Greenbaum Streets, parking for 4,489 cars and insufficient access to Broadway and South Station MBTA stations
• Land Use: 66.5% commercial, 30% residential and 3.5% retail uses. 
• Park Space and Coastal Resiliency: 6.5 acre waterfront park & timing of flood protection for the neighborhood

We’d love to see you there!

Boston Wharf Road No Parking Advisory

updated 06/30/25 at 5:00pm: The closure of Boston Wharf Road scheduled for tomorrow, July 1st, is postponed until the week of July 7th. We will share the new advisory with the exact date and time when the information becomes available. 

The Boston Wharf Road Improvement project continues with the paving, striping and inclusion of bike lanes along Boston Wharf Road from Autumn Lane to Congress Street, and part of West Service Road.  The anticipated completion date of July 11, which may now be pushed out. 

Please be advised that the roadway contractor will be closing Boston Wharf Road between Seaport Blvd and Congress Street on Tuesday, July 1 from 7am until 2pm is postponed to the week of July 7th. They will be working in the roadway adjusting castings and will need the full extent of roadway to get the work done. 

If on the future date, cars are parked along any stretch of Boston Wharf Road , they will be towed.

Paving will be scheduled for the following week. Paving is anticipated to be completed overnight to avoid as much traffic interruption as possible.

Information provided by the Seaport TMA. 

Have the Best Day Ever Blood Drive

Have the Best Day Ever (and save 3 lives) by donating blood at the MGH Mobile Blood Drive hosted by our good neighbor, Morrison Mahoney LLC on:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

 8:30am to 2:00pm (last appointment)

directly in front of 268 Summer Street
Sign-Up

The blood supply is always depleted during the summer due to vacations, but the need remains high.  Traumas, surgeries and cancer treatments requiring safe blood don’t take vacations.  

All donors will receive a tie die t-shirt from MGH just in time for short-sleeve weather!

First time donors and repeat donors are welcome!

About The Neighborhood This Week

6/24: Fort Point Channel Landmark District applications under review at Boston Landmarks Commission Public Meeting at 4pm. More details. 

6/24: FPNA Neighborhood Gathering rescheduled to July 15th. Please save the date for a community conversation about the 31 acre P&G Gillette redevelopment project.

6/25: Boston Conservation Commission Public Hearing at 6pm

The Commission reviews projects to determine what conditions, if any, the Commission will impose in order to protect the interests of the public and private water supply, groundwater, prevention of pollution, flood control, prevention of storm damage, protection of fisheries and land containing shellfish, and protection of wildlife habitat. 

Members of the public may share public comments during the hearing. The Conservation Commission will also accept written testimony for agenda items via email at cc@boston.gov prior to the hearing. Written testimony should be submitted by Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.

Neighborhood Agenda Item

Notice of Intent for DEP File No. 006-2046 and BOS File No. 2025-018 from Epsilon Associates, Inc. on behalf of Channelside Acquisitions, LLC for a proposed redevelopment project, including the construction of three (3) mixed-use buildings, a subsurface garage, and public open-space and harborwalk improvements along the Fort Point Channel at 244-284 A Street, South Boston Waterfront, MA (25 ft Waterfront Area, Coastal Bank, 100 ft Buffer to Coastal Bank, LSCSF).

6/27: KinoRaw Film Screenings, a series of six short films from Ukrainian filmmakers, at 6pm at the FPAC Art Space, 70 Sleeper St. Free & open to the public. 

6/27: Massport Free Outdoor Movie Night at the Plaza featuring Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the World Trade Center Plaza (9 World Trade Ave). Raffle and games start at 6:30pm and the movie starts at 8pm. 

Fort Point Channel Landmark District Items at Boston Landmarks Commission

The Boston Landmarks Commission will hold a public hearing on

June 24, 2025
4 p.m.
via Zoom

The following Fort Point Channel Historic District applications will be reviewed:

DESIGN REVIEW HEARING

25.0856 FPC - 268 SUMMER STREET
Applicant: Dennis Greenwood
Install new black metal panel signage “portal” at existing facade entry with new coverlighting, exterior sconces and recessed lighting. Presentation Link

25.0935 FPC - 15 CHANNEL CENTER STREET
Applicant: Andrew Motta
Removal of existing granite curb to allow entrance to be flush with street level to allow for accessible entrance; installation of new entry doors and widen opening. Presentation Link

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW (recommendations by Staff will be presented for approval)

25.0854 FPC - 308 CONGRESS STREET
Installation of new signage, outdoor cafe furniture, lighting, planters and awning. 

25.0863 FPC - 330 CONGRESS STREET
Remove existing wall sign and install (1) new wall sign consisting of face-lit channel letters mounted to aluminum backer (Dunkin letters are 15"h x 80-3/4"w, 8.41 SF; backer is 3'h x 99-1/2"w); Install (2) replacement faces for existing double sided blade sign (non-illuminated), faces are 2' diameter, no change in size or location.

25.0862 FPC - 63 MELCHER STREET
Washing of the masonry facades of 63 Melcher St. Replace damaged bricks as needed in several areas particularly along bottom courses. Rebuild (6) fire door arch lintels on Necco St elevation fire escape. Repoint mortar joints as needed on rear alleyway elevation. Repoint 100% of elevation to the right of the firescape on Necco St elevation. Remove downspout on alleyway elevation and repoint behind. Repair masonry around steel embedments. Re-paint downspouts the same green color and put them back.

Mayor Wu Declares Heat Emergency June 22 -June 24

Mayor Michelle Wu today issued a heat emergency for the City of Boston beginning tomorrow, Sunday, June 22 through Tuesday, June 24 due to the upcoming weather forecasts. 

Temperatures are forecasted to be in the mid 90’s with ‘feels like’ temperatures of up to 100 degrees. The City of Boston heat emergency threshold is 2 days or more of 95 degrees heat index, sustained for 2 or more hours per day. 

Splash pads are open at various parks and playgrounds throughout the city. The closest Fort Point splash pad is at Martin’s Park. Several city pools are also available for swimming. Find splash pad locations, and pool locations and operating hours at Boston.gov/splash.

Select Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) community centers are open as Cooling Centers. On Sunday, Curley Community will be open. A full list of available centers can be found at  Boston.gov/Heat. All centers will be available Monday and Tuesday during their normal operating hours.

Boston Public Library locations are also available for residents to seek relief from the heat.

Information on heat safety tips can be found online at boston.gov/heatand by following @CityofBoston on X. Residents can sign up for AlertBoston, the City's emergency notification system, to receive emergency alerts by phone, email, or text. Sign up online here.

Emergency Facts & Tips

This Week: Coffee With The Mayor, Transportation Impacts (Gillette) & Harbor Harmonies

updated 06/18/25 with June 19th Midway Gallery opening.

Join in this week's activities and developments about the neighborhood.

6/16: Boston City Councilors-At-Large Candidates Virtual Forum at 6:15pm, hosted by local Democratic Ward Committees. Primary election is September 9th.

6/17: South Boston Coffee Hour with Mayor Wu from 10am to 11am at BCYF Curley Center (1663 Columbia Rd at East Broadway and North Street). (Location change)

• It's an unique opportunity to speak directly with the Mayor and staff from City departments about City services and resident concerns. 
• Dunkin’ is back to fuel the conversation with iced coffee and donuts. Dunkin’ will also provide lawn game activities for attendees, gift card giveaways, and the opportunity for residents to win a raffle prize. 
• Free flowering plants will be provided by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, while supplies last. Fresh fruit will be provided by Star Market. 

6/17: Gillette Redevelopment IAG Public Meeting #4 at 6pm focusing on the transportation network and impacts at the 31 acre Fort Point Channel site.

6/18: Gillette Redevelopment Public Meeting #4 at 6pm: The meeting will include a topic-specific presentation focused on the transportation network and potential impacts at the 31 acre Fort Point Channel site.

6/19: The Midway Gallery invites you to the opening reception of Illustrated Words, a selection of handmade books and calligraphy by Nikolay Cherny, from 7pm to 9pm in the Art Tunnel at Midway Artist Studios, 15 Channel Center Street.

6/20-6/22: Moakley Bridge Traffic Advisory.

6/21:  Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) presents 2025 Harbor Harmonies, a chamber music series, kicking off with "The Storms Within" at 7:30PM at Midway Artist Studios, 15 Channel Center, Studio 101.  Reserve your free ticket today. 

Happenings About The Neighborhood This Week: Gillette, Article 80, Fish & Farm & Family Fun Day

updated 6/17/25 with 15 Necco's June 4th Floating Wetland presentation. 

6/3: Boston Civic Design Commission Monthly Meeting at 5pm. Agenda includes the Gillette Redevelopment Master Plan PDA, referred for initial review and recommendation by the Planning Department Review Committee.

6/4: 15 Necco's Floating Wetland and Watersheet Activation Community Gathering from 6pm to 8pm at the Community Work Lounge. The wetland is part of 15 Necco’s commitment to provide meaningful public benefits to the Fort Point neighborhood and watersheet.  Come give your feedback around the types of events and programs that could center around this newly proposed attraction to the Fort Point Channel. View Presentation.

6/4: Conservation Commission Public Hearing at 6pm. Agenda includes Request for Determination of Applicability to conduct two (2) soil test borings to support geotechnical analysis informing the Fort Point Channel Infrastructure Project at 20 Gillette Park, South Boston Waterfront, MA.

6/5: Article 80 Modernization: Improving Development Review | Public Meeting at 6pm Learn the latest on the Article 80 Modernization project, early actions to improve the Article 80 process and draft zoning amendments to correct outdated language & introduce changes to the Boston Civic Design Commission procedures. Comment deadline June 15th. 

6/6: Improving Development Review | Office Hour at 12pm.  Staff will be available to answer questions, go through project material, or discuss future engagement opportunities. There will also be an Office Hour on June 10 at 5pm. 

6/7: Fish and Farm Market Opening Day from 9:30 am to 1:30pm at Boston's Fish Pier (Seaport Blvd & D St.) featuring fresh food and specialty items from local farms and local fisherman. Free 30 minute parking for market customers. The seasonal market will run every Saturday. 

6/7: 14th Annual Southie Family Fun Day returns courtesy of the MOMS Club of South Boston from 12pm to 5pm at DCR Marine Park (corner of E Broadway & Farragut). Free activities, performances, snacks and surprises. The Southie Family Fun Day will be held rain or shine.

originally published 06.03.25