WELCOME to the JPA website

The Jamaica Pond Association (JPA) is your local neighborhood association that works with you, your neighbors, various city and state agencies,and local businesses to improve the Pondside neighborhood of Jamaica Plain in Boston. Please check the link to the left that provides examples of how the JPA helps your neighborhood regarding public safety, zoning, the parklands, and in supporting other local neighborhood groups and organizations. In addition, we invite you to check all the links to the left to find out more about the JPA.

CURRENT ITEMS of INTEREST

The next JPA monthly meeting will be Monday, August 2nd starting at 7 PM at the Jamaicaway Towers Community Room. Please check the meeting link for more details about the location, etc.

ALERT - Trees and beetles: According to a news report on July 6th, the Asian long-horned beetle has been found in six trees at Faulkner Hospital. This was the same beetle that caused thousands of trees to be cut down in the Worcester area last year. There is a community meeting on July 22nd at Faulkner Hospital hosted by Rep. Sanchez. For more generl info, click on both these links. trees ---- trees1

On-line membership now available: You can now join the JPA by mail or on-line using Paypal. Just click on the link to the left "Becoming a member link".

JHA's 70th anniversary: Congratulations to the Jamaica Hills Association (JHA) in celebrating its 70th anniversary as a neighborhood association.

Summer Music and Movies on Sunday evenings: Come join your neighbors Sunday evenings at Jamaica Pond/Pinebank site. For the full schedule, click the calendar

Read Your Way to Fenway – 2010: Read three (3) books and write a brief essay about your favorite. Complete the attached form and return it to your branch library no later than Friday, July 30, at 5:00 p.m. Contest winners will receive two (2) tickets to the Boston Red Sox game on Sunday, August 22 at 1:35 p.m. **Each winner must be accompanied to the game by a parent or guardian. This contest is sponsored by: Bank of America, The Red Sox Foundation, and the Boston Public Library. click reading

Local traffic meeting: The JPA hosted a meeting on April 12th at the Agassiz School auditorium at which more than 60 residents from Dunster Road, Centre, Orchard, Eliot, Dane, Aldworth, Prince and Holbrook Streets, Boston Transportation Department Commissioner Thomas Tinlin, an engineer from BTD, representatives from Boston Police E-13, City Councillor John Tobin and Colleen Keller from the Mayor's Neighborhood services office discussed traffic issues in this neighborhood. The BTD provided results of a traffic study on Dunster Rd.and Holbrook St. that indicated that the volume and speed of traffic did NOT warrant measures such as reversing the direction of any one way streets at this time. As a result of the discussion, the BTD has installed new STOP signs at the Orchard and Dane intersection, on Aldworth entering Dane, and on Dane at the Dunster intersection as well as No Parking Here To Corner signs on Dane St. Please see the summary from the follow-up sub-committee meeting for more details. Summary
In addition, the Pedestrian Safety Guidelines for Residentential Streets that establishes review criteria in the city is available at the following link. Neighborood traffic safety

Tips to protect your home:Please click on the following link for a list of some suggested tips from the BPD to protect your home from break-ins. Home tips

DCR Jamaicaway-Kelley Circle-Eliot St. follow-up meeting delayed: A meeting was held on Jan. 27th to review plans for the proposed pedestrian activated traffic light at Eliot St and the Jamaicaway, the proposed changes to Kelley Circle and Parkman Drive, and the proposed crosswalk near the intersection of Parkman Drive and Perkins St. Please click on this DCR letter that includes a link to the slide presentation. The final review meeting has been delayed and it appears the actual crosswalk and light installation has also been delayed until next year.

Car break-ins: There continues to be reports every so often of property stolen from cars during the night in our area. The stolen items include CDs,cellphones, etc. While some of these car break-ins included a window being smashed, some cars were not locked. Please remember to keep car doors locked and valuables hidden if you have to keep them in the car. Please call the Boston Police to report any suspicious activity.

Route 39 scheduling tracker -- If you want to check out running schedules for the Roue 39 Bus (from Forest Hills to Back Bay), click on T tracker

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Photo: Soldier's Monument
and First Unitarian Church
at Centre and Eliot Sts.
Photo source: Unknown

Are you a member?

Now, it's your turn to join us if you are not already a member. You can join the JPA either by our on-line process or by mail.