Benjamin Merker <benjamin.merker@boston.gov>	Jul 25, 2025, 1:31 PM
to Devin, Rebecca, Natalie, Sean

Hello community members,

Thank you for attending last night’s community meeting to hear from the two proponents of the Pier 5 RFP and provide questions and comments.  We are glad to have been able to hear from so many community members.  I wanted to follow up on some next steps and ways you can further your feedback and stay involved.

• Link to view the proposals
  • https://bpda.app.box.com/s/4kydopxi7tuetfboy3nmoz8ixm5cw9hf
• Link to view the presentation from last night’s meeting
  • English slides: http://bosplans.org/PIER5PPENGLISH25
  • 简体中文 翻译版幻灯片链接 (Simplified Chinese): http://bosplans.org/PIER5PPSCHINESE25
  • 繁體中文 翻譯的投影片連結 (Traditional Chinese): http://bosplans.org/PIER5PPTCHINESE25
  • Español Enlace a las diapositivas traducidas (Spanish): http://bosplans.org/PIER5PPSPANISH25
• Link to view the recording of the meeting and comment/question document from last night (including the audio files for 简体中文, 繁體中文 and Español)
  • https://bpda.box.com/s/spf19aszcogl83ktb5hcjoywrp83p10d
• Link to the public comment portal (scroll to the bottom of the webpage), open until September 12, 2025, and where any other updates will be posted. If you have a formal letter (in pdf or word format) feel free to email it to me at benjamin.merker@boston.gov
  • https://www.bostonplans.org/planning-zoning/planning-initiatives/pier-5

As stated last night, if you have any further questions or one that you would like additional clarification on please feel free to email me and I will upload an answer document (in waves as the questions come in) to the Pier 5 website, see above link. The questions can be for our team or either of the proponents.  

Again, thank you for your time and commitment to helping us determine an appropriate next step for Pier 5 and thus improve our community and city.

Best,

Ben

Ben MerkerReal Estate Development OfficerPlanning DepartmentCity of Boston617-918-6230 (o) 617-438-0247 (c)