welcome to talking news we are delighted to have you with us listening to our presentation by members of the beach street center marian jonathan and martha will be reading local news and from the community newspaper a bright spot for massachusetts last week's election news that boston and ten other cities and towns had adopted the community preservation act was a bright spot on a mournful see from springfield to chelsea to holyoke to pittsfield residential it's voted sorry residents voted to raise their own taxes to pay for more housing open spaces or historic preservation in boston the measure carried by seventy four percent greater than any of the other valid questions save for the protea can question three thanks to the passage of the initiative boston will be able to tap into some twenty million per year in new revenue no including about four million in matching funds from the state it will help make a dent in that huge i'm on met need for new housing in boston city where more than half the residents now pay more than twenty percent of their incomes just for rent it will restore aging historic structures to give boston its distinctive character and it will enhance the public realm with green space the public are well enhanced the public realm with green spaces that courage mobility connection and willingness to move by vesa choose it residents to look beyond their individual interests for the benefit of something larger on a day when voters nach national in massachusetts reaffirmed the bedrock agreement of democracy that everyone's shared contribution builds to a greater good as a big statement of who we are as a city sit there martin wallace of boston in an interview on wednesday night with all the anger and the rhetoric of the presidential campaign over here people are willing to pay a little more  it the community preservation act is an important too to mitigate the evidence income that plagues massachusetts because seniors and low income residents will enjoy x exemptions from the property tax surcharge most of the additional burden will fall on large consumers properties and the fifteen years since the program was available to local communities boston has left an estimated three hundred million on the table by falling by failing to join the one hundred and sixty other communities that participate by and large voters recognized that and have fridge twenty four dollars tax increase is a small price to pay for healthier more stable more livable neighborhoods the coalition behind passage of the c p a in boston included not just the expected supporters housing had had the kate construction unions environmentalists but also sports leagues artists and the just groups organizers claim they had more volunteers covering the overalls covering the polls than any of the candidates the questions past passage was doubtless aided by the lack of organized opposition and five effect that any citizen can access  by a hyper local public database to say see exactly where the c p a funds are being spent so for example in twenty fourteen the city of beverly spent four hundred fifty thousand to purchase a twelve acre former girl scout camp for public use jonathan ready for our calm transition to wonder it doesn't seem long ago we were having picnics on the beach and enjoying the slower pace of summer as the leaves move through the brilliant passage into the new england winter i am reminded that the fall season nearly over now is a time of transition new schools the routines for our children new benchmarks and goals for our work places we tend to  resent or our lives and hunker down for the coming months our minds may be racing as we just aren't thinking but our bodies also bear the burden of moving furniture or college students taking in p raking leaves we may not be prepared for these new motions times of transient can also result in changes in workout routines from running on trails to treadmills from casual pickup games to soccer tournaments as we move the snow shovels to the front of the garage and replace the screens for the storm windows it's time to think about strengthening our muscles and preparing our bodies for the changing season people often ask me what is the best way to keep myself and my children in good physical shape in order to avoid injuries whether they are speaking about sports injuries on the playing field or strained backs from the yard work my answer is the same strength balance and flexibility are key to maintaining physical and mental health in court and corporate in a regular yoga our strength building practice addresses these areas of concern for laypeople athletes  around here with our large community of avid runners rowers cyclists i see people of all ages and abilities not just athletes interested in adding yoga to their fitness regime there is a definite trend toward v workout routines and even those who do incorporate rigorous cardio and strength training tend to find a different complimentary set of benefits from a practice that structures both body and mind the yoga alliance quote studies showing that thirty six point seven million fifteen percent of u s adults practice yoga up from twenty point four million in tw and yet i talk to many people who worry about trying yoga because they don't know how to get started and feel their body isn't right for yoga or they need to fix something first one of the best things about strength flexibility training however is that there is always an entry point for everybody good practitioners and instructors know how to work with each student safely developing their personal practice so that can be taken off the mat and into their daily lives now as we finish raking leaves prepared to move snow and adjust our lives to changing seasons remember your bodies and listen to what they need to remain injury free and healthy through the coming months during these days when darkness falls increasingly early give yourself the gifts of calmness and purposeful energy so you can transition through the season mindfully marion film makers follow marathon survivors on an emotional journey by malcolm gay one killer is dead another slated for execution and the  inflicted that terrible day in two thousand and thirteen may never heal completely their courage setting off two bombs near the boston marathon finish line killing three people and wounding hundreds forms the dark stage upon which h b o s new documentary marathon the patriots day bombing tells its nuance story of redemption the film focuses its lens on three boston area families the and married couple jessica kent's can ski and patrick downs offering viewers an intimate portrait of their setbacks and triumphs as they fight to regain their lives so often in these horrific cases it's a perpetrator's whose name lives on yet what i think is really remarkable is this idea of celebrating how people help each other said filmmaker an was the emotional journey that was ultimately very compelling to us that journey which on folds over a span of roughly two hours uses surveillance video news footage home movies new interviews and lots of fly on the wall filming to lay bare the daily struggles of the survivors the result is a closely observed film often inspiring that leaves viewers keenly aware of the uncertainties these families face as they confront the psychological and physical effects of the terrorist attack h b o airs marathon nov twenty first after theatrical screenings this week in boston the film was produced in association with the boston globe it was important to us to pick survivors who as families represented the larger picture said ricky stern who cool co directed the film with sundberg we knew we were committed to being in that second to third year recovery but we didn't really know what the arc of each of the survivors story would be most challenging said son berg who along with stern spent hours getting to know their subjects what's building that moment of trust where they say ok come down with us and bring your cameras well the documentary details the bombings manhunt and subsequent legal case against the surviving brother jerk dzhokhar darnay of its focus never strayed from the families who allowed the filmmakers to record some of their most vulnerable moments over the course of a year the film captures plenty of setbacks but there is also a wedding a dance an inaugural swim and a marathon conquered the emotionally demanding project wasn't easy for some of the survivors who said they had to trust sundberg and stern with their stories the scariest thing to me was signing on the dotted line and having no control over the outcome said celeste who lost both legs in the bombing there were so many ways it could have gone wrong her daughter sydney was also gravely injured in the attack when a piece of shrapnel severed her femoral art filmmakers take pains to document the car kern women's joint journey following celeste as she outfitted with swimmer legs and giving sydney a cell phone to record a video journal well also showing the bombings effects on family members who weren't injured it's hard enough when one person in a family is affected by tragedy but when the entire family is affected it's really difficult said celeste i could see where it could absolutely tear up family apart letting the filmmakers into their lives was equally complicated for kent skin downs who had been married for less than a year went both were severely injured in the attack this project always felt really important but i desperately wish it wasn't our lives being shown said can't ski martha in the little solution micro apartments units are geared downward toward well heeled home renters and buyers living living middle income and low income partners out in the cold it's already that should be leaving middle income and low income earners out in the cold one solution could come out of the so called tiny living trend and then the licks are of modular housing construction and shifts in local zoning policies in modular home company in marshfield recently teamed up with the city of boston housing innovation lab and a young and the young developer and copper under named a housing unit it is shaped like a big shoe box the one bedroom home in just three hundred eighty five square feet jonathan revere  to life and limb the thirty eight acre property just down route one day from the suffolk downs racetrack holds in norma split tensional and is considered a cornerstone of the city's revitalization yet six years after closing the dog track languishes with little sign that better days are ahead revere has a long gambling tradition and developers in recent years have eyed wonderland of suffolk downs as potential casino sites but mayor bryan and arrigo a staunch opponent of a couple proposed slot parlor near suffolk downs believes the city's future is no no longer tied to gambling we're looking past the gambling industry and going in a different direction our egos and in a in a recent interview for years have struck revere has struggled with an image problem it was the pleasure to pull the slots parlor because people think we don't know any better that's proposal by a two to one ratio on tuesday a statewide referendum calling for the slots partner in revere was soundly defeated the ballot measures drew attention to the future of suffolk downs and to a lesser degree of wonderland less than two miles away suffolk lost its bid for a resort casino license two years ago wonderlands owners c b w lending of new york include three of the principal owners of suff suffolk downs a radio describes the wonderland property as the key to a city renaissance just steps from a blue line stop on its seven level parking garage is also a short walk to revere beach around the corner hundreds of high end apartments are under construction we want to change the image of rivera to a place where people want to live and where are we going to grow a substantial local economy he said but city officials are frustrated that the property continues to lie vacant eight years after voters  from the building's sagging roof and siegel's float in enormous puddles in a while no parking lot are regal swept into office in january on a pledge to force progress in the neglected property when the owners ignored him rigaud went to court to obtain a warrant that allowed a platoon of city inspectors inside the building for the first time in years they documented more than one hundred violations from damage structural elements and collapse ceilings to electrical systems in disrepair during the february visit the building's caretaker told inspectors it was too dangerous for them to go to the second floor of the advice the team heeded the city could have find the owners thousands of dollars a day but rigaud accepted their assurance of a quick demolition which is expected to cost several million dollars because of the high cost of material disposal wonderland opened in nineteen thirty five and was successful for decades it peaked in the one nine hundred eighty s when daily wagering topped one million and many consider it the country's track after a closed city leaders sought to bring gambling back in two thousand and thirteen revere mayor dan risen signed an agreement to support a casino at suffolk downs in exchange for a promise from the developers for fifteen million dollars in annual contributions to the city when east boston residents voted against the casino which straddles the border between boston and revere the developers move the plan to reveres the reveres side were voters by the blind by a healthy margin a year later the state gambling commission awarded the greater boston resort casino license to arrival developer when resource which is now building a two point one billion a casino on the banks of the mystic river maryland think outside the shell bring the diners to the dinner farm to  table dining has been the cullen dairy buzzword for several years now with diners able to take advantage of pastoral settings where there serve the freshest of ingredients now a group in plymouth is taking  step further gourmet dinners on an oyster farm in plymouth bay stephen cohen is the director of cowen ery operations for mirror blue we're blue in and spa in plymouth created these beyond watersports to offer multi course gourmet dinners which this year are cooked and served on the farm at white flat where the oysters are grown the events have drawn residents from plymouth and surrounding towns as well as visitors from as far away as connecticut new york ohio and texas the whole beyond the beast row idea was our effort to showcase the beautiful bounty that we are surrounded by whether it be the ocean the cranberry bog or other unique locations that our guests may have never experienced coupled with our chef's extraordinary cuisine natalie ward general manager of mir both in and spa said the dinners are replete with flair with guests transported by limousine from near bow in and spa in the pine hills to the plymouth waterfront where they board the forty six foot fishing boat the katy marie captained by nate kava kava go once heading out of the harbor the passengers are serve sparkling wine and deluxe order like cheese charcuterie and lobster salad and cucumber slices well all of this looks effortless six to eight hours of preparation have gone into the process guests arrival to load doyle's boat with everything needed to cook and serve this sumptuous feast this includes the makings of an open fire over which everything is grilled to perfection serving tables hi cocktail tables table cloth chairs plates wine glasses beverages and all of the fresh top quality food that will go into each delectable course at first lighting the fire was a challenge  reasons koh said wind water wet sand but being a maverick chef you learn to adapt to every situation and i just brought bigger firepower there are a lot of factors that make this experience happen co noted the thai weather availability of boats and the day of the week all have to be taken into consideration it's like trying to dine on an asteroid co everything has to be in line for it to happen just right once the k t moree reaches the channel closest to the firm the smaller water sport beach ferry conveys guests to the oyster flat which appears out of the water as the tide recedes well guitarist singer rick pant tanno provides entertainment guests are offered cold beverages wine beer or water and freshly shocked plymouth former john hancock building of a man standing on a raft in the water both said douglas and julie rovner also want to promote street art in quincy last summer roth and her teen art students created a temporary seventy five five foot mural on the parking lot wall of hancock t v and appliance and turned three electrical boxes in quincy center into i catch ing displays of brightly colored designs and provocative phrases across from the thomas crane library one box now is turquoise blue and swords and sports the words one city millions of ideas and colorful circles that evoke the bubbling up of ideas these make people smile and brighten their day said dr seuss thirty six and an art therapist and facilitator whose students will create art on three more boxes in wollaston this fall there it's a spiral although both graphic graffit and street art his create public places street artists have received permission and off the pavement and to make their art when i was  teenager i did get fiji as a way to be creative and express myself but i learned pretty quickly one can't do say the same thing  legally do something illegal said douglas thirty eight a graduate of quincy high and mass college of art one of the newest faces of boston street art is the fifty  the public was able to watch a life feed as douglas painted a world of innocent discovery in which spray can wielding child creates a paint breed of massive dinosaurs douglas people were able to see the process and meet me and said that gave them a sense project project funded with a grant from the boston foundation it now travels to other boston out reaches as well and it's  boba work of public art and that pops up different festivals and reaches people as they're walking down the street douglas says it has fun things to do that inspire people creativity and connects them to each other with a new grant from the new england foundation for the arts douglas recently started up walls which will create art scale murals in boston to kick off the bit the initiative he housed to to our sold bus tours a boston street street art on october eighth he also is working with the city where kids can make graffiti like legally thank you for joining us for this episode of talking news please join us next week