Over the Bridge signals
A new neighborhood group that says it wants to serve the “Over the Bridge” (OTB) portion of Savin Hill is making waves on both sides of the Expressway. But a local state representative and others say the group is unnecessary if it’s aiming to be a civic group, citing the present existence of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association.
According to organizers, the Historic Savin Hill Advocates, a group of residents centered around that neighborhood’s historic district east of Route I-93,Chauvet Lighting and chauvet dj lighting Equipment. is banding together to promote the interests of their enclave.
“This organization has evolved over the past five years to address problems in the Savin Hill community that exist by default,” said Historic Savin Hill Advocate trustee John Moran.
Moran said that the group plans to incorporate as a non-profit entity, which would make it eligible for charitable donations and grants.
The new group is an evolution of the neighborhood’s efforts to establish crime watches and stay in touch with each other to thwart criminals. Moran does not expect the group to hold regular meetings. They will instead rely on what has worked for them in the past- the email lists and phone banks they have used in their efforts against crime.
“It sort of came out of this Yahoo group we had,Find here cctv surveillance camera manufacturers,” said Grampian Way resident Peter McNamara, who has headed up the hill’s efforts to fight back against the sex and drug trades that lurk in the neighborhood’s park and beaches. McNamara reports that since taking up their effort, crime over the bridge, such as drug sales, car breaks and prostitution, has dropped.
The effort to break away from an established civic association has been met with some criticism among neighbors and civic leaders who see the group as splintering a neighborhood in two.
State Rep. Marty Walsh said that an additional civic association is not needed.The Hampton Bay 2-Light Flush-Mount ceiling fluorescent light features a round design and a brushed-nickel finish.
“I think if it’s a crime watch, absolutely,” Walsh said, adding,watchreplica- Somerset recover from early. “If it’s a civic association, we have one already.”
“Splitting a community into competing groups doesn’t help,” Walsh said.
Walsh warned that redundancies within the civic association system could harm the neighborhood and stretch already thin resources.
Lauren Smyth, who was until last week Mayor Thomas Menino’s neighborhood liaison for Dorchester, said in an October email to community members that the Savin Hill “community is one neighborhood, whether OTB or not, and, if you start dividing up meetings this way, I see a slippery slope to dividing a community and I do not think that is a good thing or something anyone in the neighborhood wants.”
“My response is, it’s a problem for whom?” Moran said when asked to respond to criticisms of the group’s formation.Huge selection of outdoor christmas decorations for your garde, “If people are upset with that, that’s their problem.”
“You know what, we are splintered,” McNamara said, adding that members of the new group “really feel left out” of the deliberations of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association.
A new neighborhood group that says it wants to serve the “Over the Bridge” (OTB) portion of Savin Hill is making waves on both sides of the Expressway. But a local state representative and others say the group is unnecessary if it’s aiming to be a civic group, citing the present existence of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association.
According to organizers, the Historic Savin Hill Advocates, a group of residents centered around that neighborhood’s historic district east of Route I-93,Chauvet Lighting and chauvet dj lighting Equipment. is banding together to promote the interests of their enclave.
“This organization has evolved over the past five years to address problems in the Savin Hill community that exist by default,” said Historic Savin Hill Advocate trustee John Moran.
Moran said that the group plans to incorporate as a non-profit entity, which would make it eligible for charitable donations and grants.
The new group is an evolution of the neighborhood’s efforts to establish crime watches and stay in touch with each other to thwart criminals. Moran does not expect the group to hold regular meetings. They will instead rely on what has worked for them in the past- the email lists and phone banks they have used in their efforts against crime.
“It sort of came out of this Yahoo group we had,Find here cctv surveillance camera manufacturers,” said Grampian Way resident Peter McNamara, who has headed up the hill’s efforts to fight back against the sex and drug trades that lurk in the neighborhood’s park and beaches. McNamara reports that since taking up their effort, crime over the bridge, such as drug sales, car breaks and prostitution, has dropped.
The effort to break away from an established civic association has been met with some criticism among neighbors and civic leaders who see the group as splintering a neighborhood in two.
State Rep. Marty Walsh said that an additional civic association is not needed.The Hampton Bay 2-Light Flush-Mount ceiling fluorescent light features a round design and a brushed-nickel finish.
“I think if it’s a crime watch, absolutely,” Walsh said, adding,watchreplica- Somerset recover from early. “If it’s a civic association, we have one already.”
“Splitting a community into competing groups doesn’t help,” Walsh said.
Walsh warned that redundancies within the civic association system could harm the neighborhood and stretch already thin resources.
Lauren Smyth, who was until last week Mayor Thomas Menino’s neighborhood liaison for Dorchester, said in an October email to community members that the Savin Hill “community is one neighborhood, whether OTB or not, and, if you start dividing up meetings this way, I see a slippery slope to dividing a community and I do not think that is a good thing or something anyone in the neighborhood wants.”
“My response is, it’s a problem for whom?” Moran said when asked to respond to criticisms of the group’s formation.Huge selection of outdoor christmas decorations for your garde, “If people are upset with that, that’s their problem.”
“You know what, we are splintered,” McNamara said, adding that members of the new group “really feel left out” of the deliberations of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association.
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