New LANA blogsite

Please visit http://longfellowareaneighborhood.wordpress.com/ for all future
updates to the LANA neighborhood - thank you!

Saturday Sept. 26: LANA community Yard Sale

Please join the Longfellow Area Neighborhood third Not-Quite-Annual Yard Sale
Brought to you by the Longfellow Area Neighborhood Association

WHEN: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 9 am - 3 pm, rain or shine
WHO: Anyone living in the Longfellow Area Neighborhood can participate as a seller. Anyone from anywhere can be a buyer.

HOW:

Sellers: Register for the yard sale by sending in the coupon below with $10 for your LANA membership dues (those who are current with their dues do not need to send $10). LANA will advertise the event in local newspapers.

Buyers: On the day of the sale directional signs will be posted throughout the neighborhood, and maps of all participating households will be available at each participating household.

We are working on finding an organization to pick up your unsold items one day during the week after the sale.
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I would like to register my household for the LANA Yard Sale.

Name(s):
Address:
Telephone: Email:

Please give us your email if you would like to receive LANA news via email. We do not give email addresses to outside parties.

Please return form to by September 21st:

LANA
PO Box 222 For more information, call
Roslindale, MA 02131 Janet Levatin at 617 953 9007

Please include a check for $10 payable to the Longfellow Area Neighborhood Association if you are a new or renewing member.

Sept. 14 LANA Board Meeting

Join your neighbors at the next LANA Board meeting, Monday, September 14, starting
at 7pm in the community room at Longfellow house.

Monday July 13: Board meeting

7:30 pm featured speaker is Cynthia Johnson of the Roslindale Community Center Cluster

July 1: Jamaica Pond ped access public mtg.

Department of Conservation and Recreation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

PUBLIC MEETING ON JAMAICA POND
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ENHANCEMENTS

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Arnold Arboretum Visitors Center/Hunnewell Building
125 Arborway, Boston

At the meeting, design alternatives for safer pedestrian crossings to Jamaica Pond will be presented, and public input sought, for the following three locations:

* Jamaicaway at Eliot Street
* Parkman Drive at Kelley Circle
* Parkman Drive at the Parkman Memorial

If you have questions about the public meeting, please email DCR.Updates@state.ma.us or call 617-626-4974

Mon June 22: Special Cmte. on a Livable Bostn

Boston City Council's Special Committee on a Livable Boston (chaired by City Councillor John R Connolly) will be holding the first of a series of public hearings on Monday, June 22 at 6pm in the 1st floor conference room of Curtis Hall, 20 South Street, Jamaica Plain.

The purpose of this committee is to examine the recession's impact on individuals living in the city of Boston, and to develop strategies to attract and retain individuals and families from all walks of life who will make Boston home for a lifetime.

This meeting will focus on the neighborhoods of Roslindale, JP, and Mission Hill, but is open to all. Residents will have the opportunity to voice their opinions and ideas about life in their neighborhoods.

For more information, contact Boston City Councillor At-Large John R. Connolly, chair of the Special Committee on a Livable Boston, at John.R.Connolly@cityofboston.gov or call 617-635-3115.

June 6: National Trails Day at Franklin Park

National Trails Day - Saturday, June 6th 10:00am-Noon
If you were disappointed that nearly every volunteer activity this spring was rained out, join us on Saturday to restore trails, remove invasive species, rake leaves, and spruce up the park. Tools and gloves provided. Weather report: low 70s and NO RAIN - perfect! All ages and abilities are welcome. Meet at Valley Gates Parking Lot midway along the park road.

And advance notice for some upcoming events:

Discover Roxbury Bicycle Tour - Saturday, June 27th 11:00am-1:00pm - Ride includes Malcolm X's home, the Museum of Afro-American Artists, many famous Franklin Park sites, and the Forest Hills cemetery, created as a public burial ground by the Mayor of Roxbury in 1848. There'll be a rest at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse where you can purchase lunch. Helmets and an RSVP (info@discoverroxbury.org) are required. Tour leaves from Roxbury Heritage State Park, 183 Roxbury Street in Eliot Square and ends at Roxbury Crossing / Soutwest Corridor Park.

Despite challenging financial times, the Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park will be back this summer! Mark your calendars - every Tuesday evening (and morning) for six weeks from July 14-- to August 18th. Jazz, R & B, gospel, and a movie on the big screen - great entertainment for everyone. The season's program will be on the FPC website soon: www.franklinparkcoalition.org - help us spread the word this summer, invite all your friends and neighbors for great music in a beautiful park - all FREE!

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Franklin Park Coalition
617-442-4141
www.franklinparkcoalition.org