Over 20 storefronts are now vacant in Beacon Hill, said Jack Gurnon, owner of Charles Street Supply. “It’s really bad. The people that are here are really trying hard.”

.Kenzie Bok 白凱欣 & I holding hearing Boston City Council on 2/25 @ 10am re proliferation of electronic billboards. Residents in #Chinatown & elsewhere concerned about quality of life, distracted driving, pedestrian safety. Info on how to watch & testify: boston.gov/public-notices… #bospoli

Also from the the brilliant Globe Magazine visionary: "Maybe the suburbs really are better." bostonglobe.com/2020/05/04/opi…

From Conor Dougherty : "One Way to Get People Off the Streets in California: Buy Hotels." The return of the SRO, this time as "permanent supportive housing." Well-told. nytimes.com/2021/04/17/bus… via The New York Times

82 school-sports COVID clusters were linked to hockey, 19 to basketball, and 8 to soccer wgbh.org/news/politics/… #mapoli GBH News

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” scoop.me/housing-first-…