Michael Keamy News Today

Developers on Tuesday pitched their early plan for three key Morrissey Boulevard parcels to members of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association – a collection of 9- to 22-story buildings and 3 parks on 9 acres between the JFK/UMass MBTA Station and the Boston Globe’s former headquarters. The complex would house a combination of life sciences companies and residential and

Dorchester Avenue is embarrassing. Though certain sections, like the Lower Mills area adjacent to Milton, are better planned and developed, the northern half is an uneven mess. Dot Ave, as residents refer to it, is supposed to be Dorchester’s prestigious main street for businesses and services, and a thoroughfare for travel to downtown, but it does none of these things well.

Dorchester Avenue is embarrassing. Though certain sections, like the Lower Mills area adjacent to Milton, are better planned and developed, the northern half is an uneven mess. Dot Ave, as residents refer to it, is supposed to be Dorchester’s prestigious main street for businesses and services, and a thoroughfare for travel to downtown, but it does none of these things well.

A number of Dorchester Avenue residents and business leaders have begun meeting virtually with a goal of focusing civic associations on a renewed purpose: reimagining the stretch of the avenue between Columbia Road and Freeport Street. The Dorchester Ave. Vision Committee (DAVC), which originated from a deferred Boston Main Streets proposal, met on May 26 to revisit the