Sunday, September 27th, 1-5:30 PM
Come join us for a mixed virtual and in-person event!
Register HERE
Schedule of Events:
1:00 - 2:00pm - Children's Virtual Programming
Virtual tour of an emergency vehicle and EMT with safety tips hosted by Hill House
Virtual pet show and tell
At-your-home scavenger hunt
2:00 - 3:00pm - Virtual Cultural Hour
Performance by violinist Young-Shin Choi
Virtual architectural and historical tour of Beacon Hill
3:00 - 4:30pm - Real life architecturally-themed scavenger hunt (for older children and adults)
Meet at Mt. Vernon & Charles Streets by Tatte between 3-3:30pm
Grab your game card and take to the streets to find the designated spots in Beacon Hill
Go to the Phillips Street Park with your card for a prize
4:00pm - Jeremy Bell, bagpiper
Bagpiping through the neighborhood, ending up at the Phillips Street Park to kick off our Neighborhood Meet-up
4:30pm – Neighborhood Meet-up!
Come join us at Phillips Street playground - kids and dogs are welcome, masks and physical distancing required
Remember to Register HERE
Beacon Hill Civic Association Mission Statement
The Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) was established in 1922 by a small, but concerned group of neighbors whose goal was to protect Beacon Hill’s historic residential character. Today, the BHCA continues as a volunteer organization that helps preserve and enhance the quality of life on Beacon Hill, a historic, urban, residential neighborhood in downtown Boston. As an organization, the BHCA acts as an advocate for Beacon Hill residents and facilitates the flow of information on a timely basis.
The BHCA maintains its focus on the founders’ original concerns - zoning, licensing, traffic, parking, and neighborhood cleanliness. Monitoring citywide developments that impact the neighborhood and planning community-building events, both social and informational, are among the organization’s major activities.
The BHCA maintains its focus on the founders’ original concerns - zoning, licensing, traffic, parking, and neighborhood cleanliness. Monitoring citywide developments that impact the neighborhood and planning community-building events, both social and informational, are among the organization’s major activities.
Beacon Hill Civic Association Statement on Racial Justice
The Beacon Hill Civic Association joins in the call for equality and racial justice in our society. Ending systemic racism falls to all of us, and the Beacon Hill Civic Association commits to using its platform, privilege, and resources to help build a community of inclusiveness, diversity, fairness, and respect within our neighborhood and throughout the City of Boston.
Election Day is Approaching!
BECOME A POLL WORKER!
Please consider signing up to be a poll worker in Boston for our upcoming general election on November 3, 2020, general election. There is a great need for poll workers across the nation, including right here in Boston!
Election Day poll workers in Boston receive two hours of paid training to prepare them for their assignment on Election Day, and a stipend for their day of public service. Election Day poll worker responsibilities include:
* Help in the setup of the voting location on Election Day;
* Prevent interference with the voting process and assists voters in accordance with the law;
* Check voters in, hand out ballots, and direct voters to voting stations;
* Help voters who may have difficulties voting due to sight and physical limitations;
* Oversee the completion of forms for challenged and provisional ballots;
* Read and record the number of ballots cast before, during, and at the close of the polls; and
* Help with various assignments required to secure the closing of the polls.
Other than the two hour training, and you being a registered Boston voter, there is nothing else required for you to sign up! By spending Election Day at the polls, you will be filling a great public need, as many of our local poll workers in past years have been seniors who may not feel comfortable working at the polls this year.
Here is a link to the poll worker sign up information from the City of Boston Election Department:
https://www.boston.gov/departments/election/how-apply-become-poll-worker
Please consider signing up to be a Boston poll worker this year! You will have a great experience and serve a great public interest. Thank you!
REGISTERING TO VOTE
The voter registration deadline for the General Election in November, is October 24, 2020. To be eligible to register and vote, an individual must be at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen on Election Day.
Not sure if you're registered? Find out your voter registration status by going to:
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx
EARLY VOTING
Registered voters can also decide to vote during the early voting period (State elections) from Saturday, August 22 through Friday, August 28, 2020. Registered voters can vote at any of the early voting sites. Hours and locations for early voting can be found online. To vote early, you must be a registered Boston voter. Any registered Boston voter can vote at any early voting location. You don't need an excuse or reason to vote early.
Unlike traditional polling, you don't have to vote at your assigned polling location. Vote at the location that is most convenient for you. All ballot styles will be available at every early voting location. All early voting locations are accessible to voters with disabilities. Every location will also have AutoMark machines for voters who need help marking their ballots.
During the early voting period, Boston City Hall is the main early voting polling location and the closest to Beacon Hill. City Hall will be open for voting Monday, August 24, 2020, through Friday, August 28, 2020, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., during the five-day period. On Tuesday and Thursday, City Hall will stay open until 8 p.m. for early voting. On Saturday, August 22, 2020, and Sunday, August 23, 2020, the closest early voting location to Beacon Hill is the Copley Square Public Library, McKim Building, in Back Bay, which will be open both days 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. All other early voting locations and schedules for the upcoming primary can be found at: https://www.boston.gov/news/early-voting-locations-boston-2020-primaries.
VOTING BY MAIL
Voters may request a ballot using the vote-by-mail application for the September 1, 2020 State Primary, the November 3, 2020 State General Election or all 2020 elections. Voters may also request ballots in Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.
Voting by mail-in ballot was approved by the Massachusetts legislature as a temporary measure to ensure all registered voters who have concerns about voting in person due to COVID-19 precautions have another option to exercise their right to vote. Remember to include your signature (without one the application is invalid). Also, postage has already been paid - just drop it in the mail! Also, if you are in the area of City Hall, you may drop off your application in the Election Department dropbox located on the third floor of City Hall.
Voters can track their ballots by going here: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/track/trackmyballot.aspx.
If a voter has not received or lost this application, they can request a new ballot application by completing the mail in application at:
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/2020-Vote-by-Mail-Application.pdf and sending it to the City of Boston's Election Department, via mail, email, or fax:
1 City Hall Square, Room 241
Boston, MA 02201
Email: absenteevoter@boston.gov
Fax: 617-635-4483
VOTING IN PERSON
Make sure that you are going to the correct polling location for your residential address. You can find your assigned voting location by checking online here: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema//bal/myelectioninfo.aspx
Please consider signing up to be a poll worker in Boston for our upcoming general election on November 3, 2020, general election. There is a great need for poll workers across the nation, including right here in Boston!
Election Day poll workers in Boston receive two hours of paid training to prepare them for their assignment on Election Day, and a stipend for their day of public service. Election Day poll worker responsibilities include:
* Help in the setup of the voting location on Election Day;
* Prevent interference with the voting process and assists voters in accordance with the law;
* Check voters in, hand out ballots, and direct voters to voting stations;
* Help voters who may have difficulties voting due to sight and physical limitations;
* Oversee the completion of forms for challenged and provisional ballots;
* Read and record the number of ballots cast before, during, and at the close of the polls; and
* Help with various assignments required to secure the closing of the polls.
Other than the two hour training, and you being a registered Boston voter, there is nothing else required for you to sign up! By spending Election Day at the polls, you will be filling a great public need, as many of our local poll workers in past years have been seniors who may not feel comfortable working at the polls this year.
Here is a link to the poll worker sign up information from the City of Boston Election Department:
https://www.boston.gov/departments/election/how-apply-become-poll-worker
Please consider signing up to be a Boston poll worker this year! You will have a great experience and serve a great public interest. Thank you!
REGISTERING TO VOTE
The voter registration deadline for the General Election in November, is October 24, 2020. To be eligible to register and vote, an individual must be at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen on Election Day.
Not sure if you're registered? Find out your voter registration status by going to:
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx
EARLY VOTING
Registered voters can also decide to vote during the early voting period (State elections) from Saturday, August 22 through Friday, August 28, 2020. Registered voters can vote at any of the early voting sites. Hours and locations for early voting can be found online. To vote early, you must be a registered Boston voter. Any registered Boston voter can vote at any early voting location. You don't need an excuse or reason to vote early.
Unlike traditional polling, you don't have to vote at your assigned polling location. Vote at the location that is most convenient for you. All ballot styles will be available at every early voting location. All early voting locations are accessible to voters with disabilities. Every location will also have AutoMark machines for voters who need help marking their ballots.
During the early voting period, Boston City Hall is the main early voting polling location and the closest to Beacon Hill. City Hall will be open for voting Monday, August 24, 2020, through Friday, August 28, 2020, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., during the five-day period. On Tuesday and Thursday, City Hall will stay open until 8 p.m. for early voting. On Saturday, August 22, 2020, and Sunday, August 23, 2020, the closest early voting location to Beacon Hill is the Copley Square Public Library, McKim Building, in Back Bay, which will be open both days 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. All other early voting locations and schedules for the upcoming primary can be found at: https://www.boston.gov/news/early-voting-locations-boston-2020-primaries.
VOTING BY MAIL
Voters may request a ballot using the vote-by-mail application for the September 1, 2020 State Primary, the November 3, 2020 State General Election or all 2020 elections. Voters may also request ballots in Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.
Voting by mail-in ballot was approved by the Massachusetts legislature as a temporary measure to ensure all registered voters who have concerns about voting in person due to COVID-19 precautions have another option to exercise their right to vote. Remember to include your signature (without one the application is invalid). Also, postage has already been paid - just drop it in the mail! Also, if you are in the area of City Hall, you may drop off your application in the Election Department dropbox located on the third floor of City Hall.
Voters can track their ballots by going here: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/track/trackmyballot.aspx.
If a voter has not received or lost this application, they can request a new ballot application by completing the mail in application at:
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/2020-Vote-by-Mail-Application.pdf and sending it to the City of Boston's Election Department, via mail, email, or fax:
1 City Hall Square, Room 241
Boston, MA 02201
Email: absenteevoter@boston.gov
Fax: 617-635-4483
VOTING IN PERSON
Make sure that you are going to the correct polling location for your residential address. You can find your assigned voting location by checking online here: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema//bal/myelectioninfo.aspx
BHCA Annual Report
Click here to read our 2019-2020 Annual Report.
Update on Face Masks
The Beacon Hill Civic Association ("BHCA") believes that it is important that our Beacon Hill neighbors - and everyone - wear a face mask in public when physical distancing is not possible. At the onset of the pandemic, the BHCA began a "Beacon Hill Mask Initiative" for our Beacon Hill neighbors who might have limited ability to obtain face masks on their own. To date, we have given out over 250 free masks to Beacon Hill residents. We have also donated masks to the Advent Church to use in their weekly program to feed the homeless, in order to provide them with face masks as well. Going forward, we will be continuing our efforts to make masks available to our neighbors so that we all can stay safe. To this end, we have cotton masks with the BHCA logo available for a minimal charge. WE WILL BE MAILING FREE MASKS TO NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER. Please contact the office for details.
The Beacon Hill Civic Association ("BHCA") believes that it is important that our Beacon Hill neighbors - and everyone - wear a face mask in public when physical distancing is not possible. At the onset of the pandemic, the BHCA began a "Beacon Hill Mask Initiative" for our Beacon Hill neighbors who might have limited ability to obtain face masks on their own. To date, we have given out over 250 free masks to Beacon Hill residents. We have also donated masks to the Advent Church to use in their weekly program to feed the homeless, in order to provide them with face masks as well. Going forward, we will be continuing our efforts to make masks available to our neighbors so that we all can stay safe. To this end, we have cotton masks with the BHCA logo available for a minimal charge. WE WILL BE MAILING FREE MASKS TO NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER. Please contact the office for details.
Important Notice from the BHCA Office for Contractors
For the safety of our staff, WE WILL ONLY SIGN CONTRACTOR AFFIDAVITS REMOTELY until further notice.
If you need a Contractors Parking Permit, please download the Contractors Affidavit here, fill out, scan or photograph, and email back to info@bhcivic.org. We will email it back to you signed.
For the safety of our staff, WE WILL ONLY SIGN CONTRACTOR AFFIDAVITS REMOTELY until further notice.
If you need a Contractors Parking Permit, please download the Contractors Affidavit here, fill out, scan or photograph, and email back to info@bhcivic.org. We will email it back to you signed.
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Latest Updates:
We will post updates from the City and/or State as needed and any other information helpful to our neighbors here.
(If you'd like to receive our eblast which also shares additional information, write to info@bhcivic.org to sign up.)
The state has updated guidance on the Reopening Massachusetts website. Please also see updates on City-specific guidance for Boston at the City's reopening website.
Please continue to social distance, wear a mask when social distancing is not possible, and wash hands frequently.
For additional ideas on how to be of help to others, check out Boston Helps here or Universal Hub here.
If you or someone you know is food insecure, contact Boston Food Access at 617-635-3717 or click here. Many more food pantries can be found here.
For other up-to-date information, use these links:
https://www.boston.gov/
https://www.mass.gov/
https://www.cdc.gov/
Please call our office at 617-227-1922 with any questions or concerns. We will continue to update you as we receive important information.
Please continue to social distance, wear a mask when social distancing is not possible, and wash hands frequently.
For additional ideas on how to be of help to others, check out Boston Helps here or Universal Hub here.
If you or someone you know is food insecure, contact Boston Food Access at 617-635-3717 or click here. Many more food pantries can be found here.
For other up-to-date information, use these links:
https://www.boston.gov/
https://www.mass.gov/
https://www.cdc.gov/
Please call our office at 617-227-1922 with any questions or concerns. We will continue to update you as we receive important information.
Upcoming BHCA Meetings
BHCA Board of Directors - Monday, September 14th, 7pm
On April 16th, the BHCA hosted a virtual presentation on the proposed redevelopment of the Hurley Building, a state-owned building on Cambridge Street between Stanford and New Chardon Streets. Click here to see that presentation.
See the BHCA comment letter to DCAMM on this proposed project below.
MGH Institutional Master Plan (IMP)
For more information on the MGH IMP and the Article 80 process, click here.
The Mayor's Housing Innovation Lab
BHCA and the City of Boston's Agreement over Sidewalk Ramp Improvements
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