City of Boston will organize neighbors for trash cleanup in late April - Allstonia Allston-Brighton residents will have a chance to volunteer to clean up the local neighborhood on April 25 as part of the City of Boston’s annual Love Your Block Event. Working in direct communication ...

Love Your Block is coming to Allston-Brighton on April 25. Belinda Afful spoke to organizers to learn more about the event and trash pick-up in Allston-Brighton.

A rally is scheduled tonight at 5:30pm at the Jackson Mann plaza where residents will advocate for more investment and a clearer timeline for the Jackson Mann.

Alongside Ruthzee Louijeune and Erin Murphy, Mejia is the third of four at-large councillors to publicly state their support for a more clear timeline for Jackson Mann rebuilding.

just updated the article w/ a statement from Councilor Mejia, who said that the $10m allocation falls short of the amount that residents are advocating for. she says "We need to move beyond planning and commit to rebuilding this community asset with urgency."

From a house on wheels to Harvard Avenue: Vivant Vintage will relocate this June - Allstonia Vivant is a French word used to describe something or someone that is lively, animated, or full of energy. Founders of the curated thrift store Vivant Vintage Justin Pomerleau and his wife Emmy Sawich...

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City to allocate 44.8 million dollars across 13 capital projects in Allston-Brighton - Allstonia The capital budget will fund 44.8 million dollars across 13 capital projects in Allston-Brighton, including programming studies, park improvements and school renovations.  The city allocated two diffe...

The city invested $44.8 million in 13 capital projects in Allston-Brighton, including programming studies, park renovations, roof replacements, etc. Learn more about them below.

The city released the capital budget. Where does Allston’s local community center fit in? - Allstonia When Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled the capital budget, the Jackson Mann Community Center was allocated a fraction of the amount that local leaders and residents were calling for.

we scooped Jackson Mann's ten-million-dollar allocation this week. following budget release, we are following it up with some more analysis about what this year's capital budget tells us about the future of Jackson Mann.

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*BCYF Community Center at Jackson Mann

FY27-31 Capital Plan The FY27-FY31 Capital Plan totals $4.4 billion. It includes 321 projects to be started or completed over the next five years.

you can view the entire capital budget here: www.boston.gov/departments/...

$1.2m to replace the roof of Brighton Library

It looks like the city still hasn't made a final decision on the Jackson Mann as a school yet. It allocated BPS $500k for a building and programming study on a preK-6 school.

Reminder that the city had previously allocated BPS $150k in FY23 to do such a study.

In terms of park improvements:
- McKinney Playground allocated $5.185m
- Ringer Playground allocated
- Fidelis Way allocated $2.645m
- Penniman Road Play Area allocated $2.32m
- Hardiman Playground allocated $240k
- Roger Parks allocated $300k

Also capital budget is out. Notable for A-B:
- BCYF Community Center was allocated $10m (confirming Allstonia reporting)
- Brighton High School Renovations were allocated $10m

meeting wrapped up. that's it for now! thanks for following along -- this was my first time doing one of these, so feel free to comment on anything I missed. :)

notable investments from the slide on capital plan:
- rennovations for Brighton High School
- BCYF center in Grove Hall will be completed next year;
- rennovations underway to reopen elementary school in Grove Hall this fall
- Nazzaro Community Center in North End which broke ground.

aside from operating budget, city will leverage federal and state funds; Boston Acquisition Fund; and local-generated revenue (housing trust fund, inclusionary development policy and community preservation act) to preserve affordable housing

says city will protect core housing programs (home ownership assistance, supportive Housing, tenant stabilization and housing vouchers)

- reducing civilian positions in public safety, but will maintain service levels
- maintain evening and weekend hours and programming for libraries and BCYF centers
- Age Strong will see a decrease, but city secured 1m dollars for transportation services for older residents

- budget will guarantee that every BPS has a paid summer job
- programs previously managed by Office of Youth Employmeent and Opportunity will be moved to other departments or will be paired with public and private sector

- streets cabinet will see an increase in budget for projects involving mobility infrastructure, collecting trash and street cleaning

- says Boston is ready to deal with uncertainty with triple A bond ratings
- healthcare costs have grown by $97.3m
- city is working reduce overtime for public safety with police commissioner cox
- not increasing use of reserves --> giving flexibility for things like increased snow removal

I'm a bit behind, but wanted to provide some highlights from City CFO Ashley Groffinger's speech earlier.
- operating budget = $4.9 billion (+2.1% - one of lowest rates of growth since FY2010)
- capital plan = $4.4 billion

She says "It's something like 7% of our workforce accessing those medications."

She says city unions are entering a negotiation for the next five years with the hope to contain some of those costs. She says that she hopes the projected decrease in GLPs will also contribute to that.

Mayor Wu says that the use of GLPs has contributed to a spike in cost for healthcare due to their high cost of those medications.

City's CFO Ashley Groffenberger says that larger geopolitical events (such as the FIFA world cup in June) has created instability and uncertainty that makes budgeting "challenging at the local level."

Wu says that she is working to find funds through different sources and philanthropic partnerships. For instance, Private Industry Council (PIC) is helping absorb school year jobs to ensure that student jobs are not disrupted this year.

Wu said that she had to cut 285 FTE cuts in the city's operating budget compared to 500 FTE last year (which she said was in preparation of difficult times).

Skipper also said that enrollment was "deeply hit" by the loss of immigrant students -- who she calls "the lifeline and blood flowing through our district" in increasing and stabilizing enrollment.

"All of a sudden, that stopped," she says with the current federal administration

Skipper says that the positions cut are primarily align with vacant position, such as those for closing schools.