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The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) Housing & Development Committee met virtually on March 16, where committee members heard from the Friends of Blessed Sacrament about their requests to future developers of the Blessed Sacrament church site, as well as reviewed the proposed project for the BMS Paper site at 3390 Washington St. Blessed Sacrament Betsaida Gutierrez, a community activist and member of the Friends of Blessed Sacrament, a group aiming to “preserve the Blessed Sacrament Church’s legacy as a shining jewel of the Hyde/Jackson Square neighborhood of Jamaica Plain,” according to its statement, spoke about the public statement read by the group, which was previously reported on by the Gazette. The Hyde Square Task Force owns the Blessed Sacrament church, and after failing to find a development partner, has decided to sell the building. ....
The Friends of Blessed Sacrament/Amigos de Blessed Sacrament put out a public statement on February 15 to lay out requests to future developers of the Blessed Sacrament church, as it is now being sold by the Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF) for $2.5 million, after no development partner was found to make necessary repairs to the church building and make it usable for the community. The Friends of Blessed Sacrament “represent the voices of hundreds of residents, small business owners, former parishioners, youth advocates, artists, and community leaders in Jamaica Plain and the City of Boston,” the group said in their statement. ....
On Saturday, February 20, Boston residents, along with City Life/Vida Urbana and the Boston Tenant Coalition, gathered outside the site of the proposed Pine St. Inn affordable housing project at 3368 Washington St. for a rally to support affordable housing in the neighborhood. A simultaneous virtual rally was held via Zoom, and participants both in person and virtually took turns saying why they believe affordable housing is important. The rally was in support of 202 units of affordable housing 140 for people coming out of homelessness and 62 for low and moderate income families at 3368 Washington St., proposed by Pine Street Inn and the Community Builders, which has a lawsuit brought against it by the owner of 3377 Washington St., Monty Gold. 3377 Washington is the home of Turtle Swamp Brewing. ....