21 & 23 Winthrop Street - Community Garden Expansion

A community meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, November 19, 2020, at 6:30pm, to get community input on the possible use of these parcels for open space, including a community garden. To register for the meeting, using your name and email, and to access the meeting once it begins, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/winthroplink Audio-only (English): +1-408-418-9388, access code: 173 389 9392 Haitian Creole audio: +1-408-418-9388, access code: 173 486 0410 Spanish audio: +1-408-418-9388, access code: 173 503 6215 Yon pwograme yon reyinon kominot pou jedi 19 novanm 2020, a 6:30 p.m., pou kolekte opinyon kominote a konsnan itilizasyon posib teren sa yo km teren lib ki pa konstwi, tankou pa egzanp pou fyon jaden kominot. Pou kapab enskri pou reyinyon an, itilize non ak iml ou an epi pou jwenn aks nan reyinyon an kou li fin kmanse, tanpre la gade nan: https://tinyurl.com/winthroplink Odyo Kreyl Ayisyen: +1-408-418-9388, kd aks: 173 486 0410 Hemos organizado una reunin de la comunidad para el jueves 19 de noviembre de 2020 a las 6:30 pm, para conocer los comentarios de la comunidad sobre el posible uso de terrenos para fines de espacio abierto, incluyendo el jardn comunitario. Para registrarse para la reunin, usando su nombre y correo electrnico, y acceder a la misma una vez que comience, srvase visitar: https://tinyurl.com/winthroplink Audio en espaol: +1-408-418-9388, cdigo de acceso: 173 503 6215

Thank you to everyone who attended the virtual community meeting held last night. The recording can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y2r249wc The slides that were presented at the meeting can be found below in English. Translations in Haitian Creole and Spanish will be available soon as well. Based on feedback from community members at the November 19 meeting, we will be doing additional outreach to neighbors and soliciting feedback over the coming period to inform the future use of this site. This may include an additional community meeting. If you have input about what you would like to see on this site, please contact Shani Fletcher, Development Officer, using the contact information to the right, or log in on the righthand side of this page and leave a public comment on this page. As additional steps in the process are determined, they will be posted here.

Our first community meeting regarding these two parcels was held on November 19, 2020. The recording of that meeting's discussion can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y2r249wc DND will be a guest at Roxbury Path Forward's meeting on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 6:30pm, to host an additional conversation regarding the possible preservation of these two parcels as open space, including a community garden. Roxbury Path Forward meeting, January 26, 2021: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/99622936682?pwd=MXhYREdLUG9kMzJGaTE2cUxIaktJdz09 Password: 781472 If you have input about what you would like to see on this site and are unable to attend the meeting on the 26th, please contact Shani Fletcher, Development Officer, using the contact information on this page, or leave a comment on this page.

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As of November 8, 2022, The Trustees have completed the majority of the in ground soil work at the Winthrop Street Garden. Over the winter and spring, they will build raised beds, a tool shed, and install an irrigation system. Click through the photos to see an up-to-date view of the site.