nabb: Links

Voter Registration Form
There is no web site that permits actual on-line voter registration. However, if you go to the following site and type in your name and address, the city will mail you a blank form you can send in:
Voter Registration Form

CITY AND STATE AGENCIES:

City of Boston
http://www.cityofboston.gov
The main web site for Boston city government. With enough patience you can find all the city departments.

Back Bay Architectural Commission
http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/environment/historic.asp
Must approve any exterior changes (even repair work) on historic buildings in
the Back Bay Architectural District.

Back Bay Architectural Guidelines
http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/environment/pdfs/backbayguidelines.pdf
The rules that govern decisions of the Architectural Commission.

City Environment Department
http://www.cityofboston.gov/environment
      The parent body of Boston's historic districts, including
      the Back Bay Architectural District, the South End Landmark
      District, and the Historic Beacon Hill District. This
      department also takes care of air pollution and noise.

Boston Groundwater Trust
http://www.bostongroundwater.org
A quasi-governmental group that reads wells
and maps the extent of the low-water problem.

Inspectional Services Department
http://www.cityofboston.gov/isd
     Issues building permits. Zoning change requests or
     new uses need to go first to ISD before proceeding
     to the Zoning Board of Appeal and (if necessary)
     the Back Bay Architectural Commission.

Boston Licensing Board
http://www.cityofboston.gov/licensing
Issues restaurant (Common Victualler) licenses and liquor
licenses.

Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services
http://www.cityofboston.gov/neighborhoods/ons.asp
Can answer your questions about Boston city government
and help with problems.

Mike Ross's handy list of city numbers to call:
http://www.mike-ross.com/06-04/help.html

Department of Public Works
http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/default.asp
Roads, streets, garbage collection, street lights, snow removal.

Boston Transportation Department
http://www.cityofboston.gov/transportation
     Regulates traffic and parking. Issues parking tickets and
     Back Bay resident stickers. Does some planning and
     engineering as well.

Zoning Board of Appeal
http://www.cityofboston.gov/isd/BOA
Building modifications and changes in use must go before
this body unless they are permitted by the existing zoning.

State of Mass web site containing local Boston information:
http://www.state.ma.us/cc/boston.html

ELECTED OFFICIALS:

City Councillor Mike Ross
http://www.mike-ross.com
Mike is the local district councillor for the Back Bay.

State Representative Marty Walz

http://www.marywalz.com

http://www.mass.gov/legis/member/mmw1.htm

Represents Back Bay, Beacon Hill and the West End.

State Senator Steven A.Tolman
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/member/sat0.htm
     Represents part of the Back Bay.

State Senator Dianne Wilkerson
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/member/d_w0.htm
     Represents another part of the Back Bay.

Web site that tells who your elected officials are, and
where your polling place is. (Just type in your address):
http://www.wheredoivotema.com

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS:

Bay Village Neighborhood Association
http://www.bayvillage.net
Our neighbors to the southeast.

Beacon Hill Civic Association
http://www.bhcivic.org
Our neighbors to the east.

Ellis Neighborhood Association
http://www.ellisneighborhood.org
Our neighbors to the south.

Fenway Community Development Corporation
http://www.fenwaycdc.org
An economic development group that benefits the Fenway.

Fenway Action Coalition
http://fenwayaction.org
A neighborhood activist group in the Fenway.

Garden Club of the Back Bay

http://www.gardenclubbackbay.org

Promotes civic beauty; advances and encourages

horticultural improvements, especially in the Back Bay.

The southend.org web site:
http://www.southend.org
An umbrella site that tracks neighborhood concerns

in the South End. Has entries for many smaller neighborhood
associations.

OTHER ACTIVIST GROUPS:

Groundwater Emergency Task Force
http://www.groundwateremergency.org
An activist group that tries to do something about
the low groundwater levels.

Conservation Law Foundation
http://www.clf.org
An region-wide legal activist group that has worked with

NABB on local issues including turnpike air rights.

PRESERVATION GROUPS:

Boston Greenspace Alliance
http://www.greenspacealliance.com
Advocates for the protection and improvement of Boston's

green and open spaces.

Boston Preservation Alliance
http://www.bostonpreservation.org
Preserves historic buildings, neighborhoods and
landscapes in the city of Boston Historic Boston.

The Esplanade Association

http://www.bostonesplanade.org

A dynamic nonprofit collaboration of citizens working to

protect, restore, and beautify Boston's historic Charles

River Esplanade -- one of the oldest, most dramatic, and

most popular urban parks in the country.

Historic Boston Incorporated
http://www.historicboston.org
Puts people and resources together to protect endangered

historic sites in the city of Boston.

South End Historical Society
http://www.southendhistoricalsociety.org
Helps to preserve the architecture of
the South End.

Gibson House Museum
http://www.thegibsonhouse.org
A Back Bay house with a well-preserved
19th-century interior

Friends of the Public Garden
http://www.friendsofthepublicgarden.org
Works together with NABB to benefit the Commonwealth Mall,

and also advocates for the Public Garden and the Common.

Friends of Copley Square
http://friendsofcopleysquare.com
     Shares NABB's interest in Copley Square.

Charles River Conservancy
http://charlesriverconservancy.org
     Supports rehabilitation of the Charles River parklands,
     including the Esplanade.

BUSINESS GROUPS:

Back Bay Association
http://www.bostonbackbay.com
An advocate for the Back Bay business community