REDESIGN BOSTON AV: public meeting Wed.!!

[Conwell, Lucas J.]

Hi UP3ers,

Just heard about a public meeting that Medford is hosting for Tufts students to share your ideas for improving and redesigning the Boston Ave. corridor - this Wednesday 3/9 at 6pm .  Best of all, it's right on campus in room 401 of 574 Boston Ave. See below for more info - this is a unique opportunity to experience a public meeting and actively shape the future of Tufts:

On behalf of the Business and Economic Development Committee of Mayor Burke’s Transition Team, we invite you to join us in sharing your ideas about improving the Hillside business district and surrounding neighborhood and helping to shape its future.

What additions would you make to the retail mix along Boston Ave and its commercial node at Winthrop Street?  How frequently do you patronize the businesses that are there now, and what would make you spend more time in the area? How could the streetscape be improved?  Traffic calming?  Safer pedestrian and bike circulation?  Bike racks?  Benches?  Trees?  Pedestrian-scale street lights?  Parklets?  Student housing?  Mixed-use development? How do you think the future College Ave Green Line Station will/should affect the Boston Ave corridor and Tufts campus? 

 

Come share your ideas and join us in a charrette about a vision for Hillside.