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April 8th 2024 6:30-8:00 via zoom. Write to the friendsoftheMaldenriver@gmail.com for the zoom link
Agenda:
Our guest, Maggie Sullivan, had to postpone her presentation on Chapter 91 from 3/11 to this meeting of April 8th.
Senior Attorney Maggie Sullivan of Conservation Law Foundation will join us for the 4/8th Meeting. Maggie Sullivan, “senior community resilience attorney who promotes meaningful public access and climate resilience on the Massachusetts waterfront”, will be speaking about our Mass General Law, Massachusetts Public Waterfront Act, Chapter 91 that provides public access to Massachusetts tidal and once tidal waters (Malden River was tidal before the Amelia Earhart Dam was built in 1966).
Bring your questions and ideas of how we can mobilize Malden River public access and improve our Malden River Walk using the Chapter 91 Law!
Plastic Free Massachusetts is a coalition formed to support the Modernize our Bottle Bill Stay tuned for more details.
Call your legislators (you can write to them using this link)
Adopt A Storm Drain has launched in the City of Malden to join Medford and Everett! From the front of their front yards, Malden and Everett Residents will actively keep our Malden River clean and help prevent flooding by signing up with Adopt a Drain! You can Name Your Drain and interact with the website!
Adopt A Drain websites:
Malden: https://malden.mysticdrains.org
Medford: https://medford.mysticdrains.org
Everett: https://everett.mysticdrains.org/
Save the Dates!
Malden River Cleanups:
Sunday, April 7th – River’s Edge, Medford at the Tufts U. Boathouse with Tisch College of Civic Life and Gentle Giant Rowing Club
Sunday, May 12th 9:30 AM – Idle Hands Craft Ales – our second Mother’s Earth Day neighborhood and River Cleanup
Events:
April 5th: (10:00-11:00 AM – Rain Date 4/6)
Bike to Sea’s grand opening of the Bike Kitchen. Located on the Northern Strand Trail across from Cambridge Health Alliance 158 Canal Street, Malden.
April 13th (rain date: April 14th) 10:00 AM – Noon
The Malden River: Access, Advocacy, and Action is a 3.2 mile walk from Sacramone Park to Night Shift Brewery, and we will stop along the way to hear from local organizers, advocates, and community leaders. Walk the Malden River Greenway with the Sierra Club and our community – Register here for information and to join the advocacy walk:
April 13th – 2:00-4:00PM
Learn about Rain Gardens! Replant the Beebe School Rain Garden with the Malden Community Gardeners
April 20th – 8:00-Noon
Everett Earth Day at Gateway Park in Everett
*******April 28th – Noon – 3:00 PM Green Malden Fair at Pine Banks Park
The City (Councillor MacDonald) will be reaching out to your groups – We would highly appreciate it if you can spare an extra couple of hands for the Friends of Malden River and Malden River Works!
May 19th (9:00 AM – onwards) – Mystic River Watershed Association’s 28th Herring Run at Blessing of the Bay
Register Now to reserve your place on land or in the water!
*******JUNE 1st – Brass Band on the Malden River with 375 year celebration of Malden and Malden River Works –
There will be celebrations at the Malden River Works Waterfront Park site Details will follow!
Bring your ideas and concerns to our ongoing meetings, the second Monday of each month (excluding legal holidays) at 6:30-8:00. We meet via Zoom or in person at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Malden, River’s Edge in Medford, and in Everett. Sign up for updates at Friendsofthemaldenriver@gmail.com
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