Weather

• 84º | Mostly sunny | 20% chance of rain

Civic

• Mayor Wu and the City of Boston announced the creation of 20 new voting precincts for the upcoming fall elections. Today at 10 a.m. the Board of Election Commissioners will meet to certify the new locations, nomination papers, and initiative petitions. 🗳️

Arts

• Fly over to the second floor of City Hall to see over a thousand butterflies created by Boston Public School students for ​Immigrant Heritage Month. The display will remain up throughout the summer. 🦋

Outdoors

• Mayor Wu and City officials unveiled signs at Millennium Park in West Roxbury, naming the space the Thomas M. Menino Fields and the Alice Hennessey Playground. Menino served as the Mayor of Boston for 20 years + Hennessey was a longtime Boston City Council staff director from West Roxbury. 

Number

• $200 million. That’s the amount of federal funds that will be distributed to ~400,000 eligible school age children + 109,000 children under the age of six in Massachusetts for food assistance this summer. The Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer will provide two payments (one in July and one in August) of $391. (Mass Live) 

Coming Soon

• GreenCare Collective’s new 100,000 sqft facility has been completed in Millbury, located at 12 Latti Farm Rd. just south of Worcester. The cannabis cultivation facility features six grow rooms, storage, a commercial kitchen, and 2,000 sqft dispensary. The shop is expected to open this summer. (Boston Business Journal) 

Cause

• Tree Eastie is a volunteer group that is working to reach the City’s goal for the Urban Forest Plan. The group has an Adopt-A-Tree program, where neighbors can help water newly planted trees and has plans to plant 12 new trees on Eagle Hill on Oct. 16-18. 🌳

Watch

• Break out your mouse ears — Disney is coming to Norwood in August to film a Halloween-themed project. The production team will capture local businesses and plans to name the town in the future project. 🎬 (WCVB 5) 

DYK

• Did you know that every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. the City of Boston’s Office of Housing Stability hosts a virtual Legal Clinic for free? Tenants and landlords can tune in for assistance. Register for a meeting link here.