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Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands Annual Meeting

The Friends annual meeting will take place on Sunday, October 20th at the MWRA Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Historic Pump Station from 2:00-4:00pm. There will be social time, a brief business meeting with an election of Board members. The Guest Speaker will be Cyrus Marion, whose currently teaching "On the Edge of the World: An Archaeological History of the Boston Harbor Islands" for the UMass Boston Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Light refreshments will be served. There will be FBHI books, tee shirts and tote bags for sale.

The MWRA staff will offer elevator tours up to the top of the digesters before the meeting. Top of the digester tours will begin at noon and go through 1:30. The meeting will begin at 2:00.

Registration is required. The full name of ALL attendees must be on the registration list when you check in at the MWRA Security Gate. RSVP by Wednesday, October 16th at COB. The MWRA needs everyone's full name for the check-in list.

Come early and explore the perimeter park or stay after the meeting to explore. The perimeter park has 5 miles of trails. Parking for the perimeter park has a separate parking lot than where the meeting will be held. You may explore the park first and then drive in through the Security Gate to the Historic Pump Station and park again there.

Public transportation is available via the MBTA Blue Line to Orient Heights. Change to bus #712/713 to Point Shirley which is the last stop. This stop is the entrance to the perimeter public access trail and road to the Security Gate. We will provide a car shuttle from the bus stop to coordinate with the bus departures at 11:40, 12:20, 1:00 and 1:40pm.

It is approximately 2/3 of a mile walk to the Security Gate and the Historic Pump Station from the bus stop.