Have a great idea to improve your favorite community space? Need some cash to help make it happen? Come to a free workshop on the nuts and bolts of community crowdfunding!
The Mayor's Office of Resilience and Racial Equity, Love Your Block, and the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics are partnering with ioby.org to provide residents and community-based organizations with a crowdfunding platform and one-on-one fundraising coaching to help bring ideas to life. Come join us for a workshop where you'll have the opportunity to incubate your idea and get it ready for the world.
We’ll cover:A light dinner will be provided! Please let us know if you have dietary restrictions and/or childcare needs. RSVP now:
With Community Made, the City of Boston is partnering with ioby.org to support residents in creating their own community projects. ioby is a nonprofit crowdfunding platform that can provide community advocates with one-to-one coaching on project scoping and fundraising, access to their online crowdfunding platform, and, if applicable, fiscal sponsorship using ioby's 501(c)3 nonprofit designation.
This pilot is a partnership between the Mayor's Office of Resilience and Racial Equity, Love Your Block, the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics, and ioby.org. All submissions must abide by legal and community standards and are subject to review by ioby before posting. This work is funded by a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies and is informed by the strategic plans Resilient Boston: A Connected and Equitable City and Imagine Boston: 2030.
National Parks Service tour of Dorchester Heights.
The tour will be a compilation of the history of Boston, focused on the neighborhoods of South Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester. The tour is on the grounds of the monument. The grounds of Dorchester Heights are accessible, however the hill is very steep.
From Salt Marsh to Warehouse Hub to a trendy lofts community, Fort Point Channel has a unique past. This will be an hour-long walking tour of Boston's newest landmark district.
Meet at Hood Milk Bottle Park, 308 Congress Street, in Boston 12 p.m. UPDATE: This event will happen rain or shine, so come prepared.
The Fort Point Channel is a remarkably intact example of Boston's prosperous industrial past. Join the Boston Landmarks Commission for an architecture and history tour of the district. You'll discover the fascinating history and architecture that made this district the center for production and distribution of various goods.
