Submit your ENC ideas this week
Just a short update on ENC:
If you’d like to share thoughts about the mayor’s proposed purchase of the Eastern Nazarene College campus and/or ideas for its future uses, please visit quincyma.gov/enc or email ENCfeedback@quincyma.gov by Friday, March 27!
The administration hosted a community meeting about these issues this past Wednesday at Central Middle School, with the mayor providing introductory remarks to more than 300 attendees in the auditorium. After that, residents filed out to other areas of the school where they shared ideas about the main campus, college-owned houses and open spaces, and traffic with representatives from various city departments. It was a well-run and well-attended meeting, and I look forward to reading the report that will soon be created from all the input received. To have your feedback included in that report, please share it by Friday, March 27!
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Upcoming events and reminders
Coming weeks: Fill out and mail back your city census!
Coming weeks: If you want to learn more about urban planning and how to help shape it locally, apply for a free series of four classes that meet Thursday evenings beginning March 26. Sponsored by the Asian Community Development Corporation.
Coming week: Sewer and drain work planned
Monday, March 23, 6 pm @ Council chambers (2nd floor, Old City Hall, 1305 Hancock Street): Finance committee meeting about firefighter turnout gear bond request. This meeting will be followed at 7 pm by a full council meeting. Both meetings are open to the public and are also broadcast and streamed on QATV. There will be a 20-minute open forum session at the full council meeting for residents to weigh in on any local issue they’re concerned about (3 min/speaker).
Monday, March 23, 7 pm @ North Quincy High School (316 Hancock Street): Mass. Department of Public Utilities public hearing about a proposed National Grid rate increase (totaling $342 million effective December 1, 2026). Chinese translation provided.
Tuesday, March 24, 4 pm @ Old City Hall, first floor (1305 Hancock): License board meeting. The one ward 5 item I can see on the agenda is a request from the Wollaston Yacht Club to expand its alcohol license to include all alcohol (ie, canned cocktails), not just wine and beer. I was contacted about this request a couple of months ago and thought it sounded fine, as it would give Wollaston Yacht Club the same license as the Squantum Yacht Club right next door.
Saturday, March 28, 10 am: Resident council meeting. Fill out this form to work with other residents on issues you care about. Open to residents of any ward! I will send out an email with meeting details to folks who sign up!
Saturday, March 28, 11 am – 12:30 pm @ Hancock Adams Common: No Kings rally.
Saturday, March 28, 12 – 2 pm @ Quincy High School (100 Coddington Street): Remember the Ladies award ceremony honoring school nurses; reception to follow.
Wednesday, April 1: Deadline to apply for a property tax exemption.
Saturday, April 11, 9 am – 12 pm @ Kennedy Center (440 East Squantum): Lions Club free vision screening van, no appointment needed. Feel free to bring any unused eyeglasses to donate. Call 617-639-6372 for more information.
Thursday, April 30, 5 pm: Deadline to send comments about National Grid’s proposed rate hike to state oversight agency. Email dpu.efiling@mass.gov and DPU2650.GridRateCase@mass.gov. Comments, including email addresses, will be posted unredacted.
Resources and ways to plug in
Anyone interested in serving as a volunteer on a city board or commission can send a note with your interest and background to the mayor’s chief of staff, Chris Walker, at cwalker@quincyma.gov. Please cc me at mmckee@quincyma.gov if you’d like me to follow up on your application.
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To learn about local organizations you can join and volunteer with, go here (and feel free to add any that are missing!).
Report a pothole: Call 617-376-1914 or email potholehotline@quincyma.gov.
Report streetlight outages: Call 617-376-1478
The City’s Department of Elder Services offers FREE transportation to medical appointments for Quincy adults aged 60 and over. Call 617-376-1242 to register and schedule rides.
Free legal help: Lawyers Clearinghouse offers three legal clinics to help connect people with free legal help: (1) low-income and homeless clinic (they take a variety of cases but not immigration or family law); (2) record sealing and expungement (since people's records often keep them out of jobs and housing); (3) tax lien foreclosure (for people who are facing foreclosure by the city because they haven't paid their property taxes). If you or anyone you know could use their help, please contact Sean Thekkeparayil (sthekkeparayil@lawyersclearinghouse.org).
If you see federal agents in Quincy, please stay a safe distance away and call LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts with as much information as you can so they can verify the sightings: (617) 370-5023.
