Friends of the Malden River’s January meeting rescheduled

Dear Friends,

Happy Launch of 2024! Our January meeting has morphed into a celebration with Wicked Cool Mystic on Monday, January 22 (6-8pm) at Malden Catholic School (99 Crystal Street, Malden). We will be enjoying a taco bar as we discuss and learn about the results of the Wicked Cool Mystic survey that was polled in Malden last spring.

Join us for the conversation about how the City of Malden can assist the residents to stay cool and safe on a regular basis.

Plus: Learn of our upcoming and potential spring events! We need your input and energy for fun on the river/riverbanks for all!

Our February 12th meeting will be via Zoom. Our special speaker will be with Conservation Law Foundation senior attorney Maggie Sullivan. Maggie Sullivan is a senior community resilience attorney promoting meaningful public access and climate resilience on the Massachusetts waterfront. This is very applicable for the Malden River. We are still battling with National Grid for meaningful and lawful public access for “one of the missing links in the Malden River Vision plan—that will result in 3.5 miles of continuous paths along this river that has until recently been largely ignored.” See https://mysticriver.org/news/2022/5/23/myrwa-still-pushing-for-a-path-on-national-grids-property-on-the-malden-river (There have been positive legal movement forward, but NGrid is still balking)

Join us for these important conversations and how we can work towards an equitable and safe environment.

Updates: The Adopt a Storm Drain program is under city review and is planned to be launched this spring.

Monday, January 22: 11:15 – early afternoon – Massachusetts State House – Join us as we lobby for a Plastic Free Massachusetts. Contact the Friends of the Malden River to register for an expert panel discussion, a boxed lunch with film screening and details of meeting with your legislator to support the Zero Waste Caucus.