Word: allston
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...Harvard Allston Education Portal, which opened in June of last year and provides science, math, and writing enrichment for local youth, was particularly lauded by community members. Edward A. Kotomori, a local resident, said that both parents and children have expressed appreciation for the program...
...Maile Takahashi, senior community planner for the Allston Development Group, presented a synopsis of Harvard’s first annual report on the Allston Science Complex Cooperation Agreement signed one year ago. The agreement required the University to provide $25 million worth of neighborhood benefits in order to proceed with construction...
...Despite the less heated tone of the meeting, local concerns about Harvard’s vacant property holdings in Allston continued to simmer...
...meeting also focused on Harvard’s progress in designing Library Park, which is slated to open in 2011 and will be located behind the Honan-Allston Library. Project manager Dennis Swinford presented the current concept designs and said that the Boston Redevelopment Authority had hired landscaping firm Michael Van Valkenburg Associates to develop construction documents, which should be available by the year’s end. [SEE CORRECTIONS BELOW] He said that while a contractor for construction has not yet been hired, construction should begin next spring...
...previous Task Force meeting on March 25, University officials had presented a map detailing Harvard’s property holdings in Allston and their current occupancy status, but local residents asked Harvard to come back and provide the information in a list format. Tensions briefly flared last night when local resident Paul Alford noted that a property list distributed to meeting attendees by Chief University Planner Kathy A. Spiegelman failed to include the requested occupancy information...