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View of the skyline from Boston Harbor

The city of Boston is asking residents to rate the city’s priorities as it looks to the future and plans for Boston 2030. After getting initial feedback earlier this spring from more than 10,000 residents, the city  is now asking residents to prioritize the themes. Ideas like developing more affordable housing, improving public transit (and infrastructure in general), creating more open space and encouraging entrepreneurial ventures are just some of the concepts shared.

Help Boston prioritize these concepts and share your thoughts.

Imagine Boston 2030 Themes

Earlier this week the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved the Washington Village project, which will reshape a five-acre swath of South Boston turning the mostly unused space into more than 650 new residential units, a plaza and 99,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space. The new development will be near Andrew Square between Old Colony and Dorchester avenues.

The development is not only one of the largest residential projects approved but it also stands out for combining both homeownership units and rentals with 17% of the residential units reserved for affordable, lower- and middle income residents; targeting what The Boston Globe article from earlier this week referred to as ‘middle-class clientele’, that has largely been left out of the current building boom.

You can read the full article about Washington Village in The Boston Globe.

It just got a lot easier to get to and from Marina Bay in Quincy. A trial ferry service to Squantum Point Park by Marina Bay in Quincy started on August 1st for a 90-day trial program. The 70+ ferry which goes between Quincy and Boston will dock at Rowe’s Wharf.

You can check out the new ferry service schedule here.

Image courtesy General Electric, © Gensler

Yesterday boston.com published several renderings of the new global headquarters GE is building and will move into in 2017/2018. The two existing brick buildings that originally housed the NECCO candy company will soon be home to 800+ employees. More renderings of the new headquarters are here.

The Boston Globe also reported that GE’s upcoming complex will house a waterfront dining spot that could have live music on Friday and Saturday nights.

Welcome to Boston General Electric

If you rent in Boston, chances are you have a lease that starts on September 1st, which means if you are thinking of moving you probably need to give your notice next week. As you contemplate where you may end up moving, check out this interesting graphic from RentHop.

RentHop has shared the median price of one-bedroom apartments by MBTA subway stop and it also shows how much that one-bedroom rental has either gone up or down over the past year.

For example, last year renting an apartment in Central Square would have been a cheaper option, but over the past year, rent has jumped 9% near Central Square.

As one might expect, most prices have increased since last year, but some seem to have increased disproportionately.

• Green Line – Riverside: +$331.25 +22.1%
• Red Line – Savin Hill: +$258.75 +18.3%
• Blue Line – Aquarium: +$320 +16.2%
• Green Line – Boston University: +$250 +13.9%
• Red Line – Central Square: +$168.75 +9.0%

While it often feels like all the prices in Boston are going up that is not universally true.  Here are some MBTA stops that have seen price drops:

• Red Line – Mattapan -$268.75 -14.9%
• Red Line – Butler: -$221.25 -13.4%
• Orange Line – Community College: -$173.75 -7.8%
• Green Line – Lechmere: -$150 -6.8%
• Blue Line – Logan Airport: -$50 -2.9%

You can read more about the research and see a larger image of the MBTA map shown above, here.