Tools

Blogs

• The Chinatown Blog
• The Leather District Gourmet
  
• The Leather District Neighborhood Association (via Blogspot)

Print Media

• Contact the Boston Globe
• Contact the Boston Herald
• Sampan Newspaper

Organizations, local

• 8centric.org
• Asian American Civic Association
• Asian Community Development Corporation
• Boston Public Market Association
• Boston Street Lab, Inc.
• Chinatown Storefront Library
• Chinese Progressive Association
• Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England
• Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Markets
• Films at the Gate (free outdoor movies chinatown)
• Fort Point Arts Community
• Friends of Fort Point Channel
• Friends of the Chinatown Library
• Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
• Hudson Street Gallery
• Livable Streets (for a transit system that balances transit, walking, and biking with automobiles)

Organizations, elsewhere

• City Repair (creating community-oriented places in Portland OR)
• Guerrilla Gardening (reclaiming underutilized public space via illicit cultivation in London)
• Livable Streets Initiative (online community for people working to create sustainable cities )
• Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA)

Government

• Assessing Department, City of Boston online search
• Boston Water and Sewer Commission (home page, contact list, storm drain cleaning)
• Calendar, City of Boston
• Inspectional Services Department, City of Boston
• Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
• Mayor’s 24-Hour Constituent Services, City of Boston. Hotline (617) 635-4500. (Similar to 311 in NYC.)
• Web form to find your Neighborhood Liason at the Mayor’s Office, City of Boston
• Public Works Department, City of Boston handles street cleaning, street lighting, road repair, and trash/recycling collection. Contact (617) 635-7500.
• Transportation Department, City of Boston repairs missing street signs and malfunctioning traffic signals. Contact (617) 635-4283.

Publications

• City of Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2012 (Draft)
• City of Boston Open Space Plan 2002-2006