BREMEN STREET GARDEN LOTTERY
Calling all gardeners! Sign up for community gardening at the new Bremen Street Park!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Rain or Shine
Meet the at the Community Garden, near the Putnam Street entrance:

• Come to learn about the community garden and how it will operate!
• Grow fresh vegetables!
• Community garden plots are free!

INTERVIEW WITH BLOSSOM HOAG
Zumix Radio interviewed Blossom Hoag, Clerk of the Friends of the East Boston Greenway. The interview is available online at http://zumixradio.blogspot.com/.

EAST BOSTON GREENWAY HISTORY
The East Boston Greenway is over 10 years old now and making great progress. The complexity of ownership of land along the greenway made the development a nighmare, but despite this, the EBGW Council persevered. To date it uses the donated Conrail Rail bed in East Boston and is completed up to the new Stadium park which it will go through. The Stadium park is having various setbacks, but may open this year. Our vision for the East Boston Greenway is for it to connect to Belle Isle Marsh, Winthrop, Revere and north through coastal communities and other developed greenways. To date it has two large murals under bridges and another is being planned for this summer. It also has a donated caboose from Conrail which we hope to start plans for its development this spring.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Friends are looking for a couple of dog walking volunteers work together and refill doggie bag two dispensers along the greenway. Please send us an email if you can help.

T-SHIRT SALES
New Friends of the East Boston Greenway T-Shirts are now available in M, L and XL sizes. The shirts are a flattering forest green with a large white East Boston Greenway logo on the back. To purchase a shirt, please send a check for $12 and the shirt size you wish to purchase the Friends of the East Boston Greenway at 62 Summer St 2nd floor, Boston, MA 02110.

SMALL CHANGES GRANT
The Friends are proud to announce they have been awarded the Mayor's Small Changes grant for $5000. The grant will be used to fertilize 15 trees along the greenway and to repair lawn areas at the Gove St crossing.

NEW MURALS
Boston Natural Areas Network's Youth Conservation Corps and Zumix finished two new murals this summer on the East Boston Greenway. The Sumner Street overpass mural highlights the East Boston's history of transportation (left), while the Porter Street overpass mural explores immigration and music in East Boston (right).

PHASE II PLANNING
Trust for Public Land (TPL) to Massport. As a result of the land transfer, the Friends will receive an endowment to help fund strategic planning for the greenway. In addition, the Friends are working with TPL, Massport and Boston Natural Areas Network to place a conservation restriction on the land. Members are encouraged to come to council meeting to discuss how we can combine our efforts.