Page 8 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022 Everett LGBTQ+ Youth Center receives $5K Foundation Trust grant By Christopher Roberson T he Everett LGBTQ+ Youth Space and Resource Center (ELYSARC) recently received a $5,000 grant from the Foundation Trust to support its ongoing work with the city’s LGBTQ+ community. “We are excited to receive this grant specifically from a local foundation because along with expanding some of our resources, it will help expand our community connections and outreach,” said Kayla Mangan, co-executive director of the ELYSARC. Mangan said part of the funding will be used to host a Black History Month giveaway in concert with the organization’s financial sponsor Rebel Cause, Inc. in Brookline. “This giveaway is important to us because it is part of our mission to center those most marginalized by providing these tangible resources that are otherwise difficult to access,” she said. “Our organizations will be collecting gender-affirming supplies, like binders and COVID-19 PPE [personal protective equipment] to send to Black LGBTQ+ folks throughout the Greater Boston area.” Founded in 2021, the ELYSARC is a safe space designed to serve Everett’s LGTBQ+ residents and those in surrounding communities. Mangan said the grant funding will also be used to advance the ELYSARC’s capacity in several areas. This will include providing additional hygiene products, school supplies, gender-affirming supplies and clothes. Additional funding will be used to cover transportation costs for residents in need of healthcare services related to their LGBTQ+ experience. The ELYSARC will now be able to offer mutual aid services that were not previously affordable. “We are proud to support ELYSARC as they develop this much-needed, supportive space and we’re looking forward to helping staff members leverage trauma-informed resources in their work with guests of the center,” said Foundation Trust Manager Lauren Liecau. Go wild on your taxes this year, support endangered species T ax season is here, meaning it’s a great time to help keep Massachusetts wild. One easy way to help endangered animals and plants in the state is by donating on your state tax return. Simply fill in the amount you would like to donate on Line 33A for Endangered Wildlife Conservation. Your meaningful donation will go to the Natu~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ CITY OF EVERETT ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 484 BROADWAY, ROOM 24 EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS 02149 617-394-2498 To Whom It May Concern: This notice is to inform you that a public hearing will be held on Monday, March 21, 2022 at 6:00 PM, Everett City Hall, 3rd Floor George Keverian Hearing Room. All interested parties may attend and opinions will be heard regarding the following petition. Whereas a petition has been presented by: Property Address: 21 Baldwin Ave. Map/Lot: D-03-000193 Person Requesting: Junjie Zhu 32 Edgewater Ave. Shrewsbury, MA 01545 PROPOSAL: The applicant seeks to alter the exiting single family into a two-family Dwelling Reason for Denial: Permit was denied in accordance to the City of Everett Zoning Ordinance Appendix A as follows: • The existing lot is only 2953 square feet in area • While four parking spaces have been indicated on the plot plan that are shown to be stacked parked • One of the parking spaces is shown to be located in the front yard Zoning: 1) Section 4 Dwelling District b) Dimensional Requirements line 2 Lot area: 2. Lot Area: b. Two Family Dwelling ----------7000 Square Feet 2) Section 17 Off-street Parking line J which states the following: J. Parking facilities shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle. The Board of Appeals, however, may by special permit modify this requirement and the dimensional requirements of paragraph (I) of this section, where a parking facility is under full-time attendant supervision. 5) Section 17 Off-Street Parking paragraph K which states the following: K. Parking facilities shall be designed so that no vehicles shall be parked nearer to any street lines than the minimum specified building setback for the Zoning District in which the parking facility is located. Mary Gerace - Chairman Roberta Suppa - Clerk Board of Appeals March 4 & 11, 2022 ral Heritage and Endangered Species Fund, a fund dedicated specifically to the conservation of rare species. This Fund supports the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife). NHESP is responsible for the hundreds of species that are listed as endangered, threatened or of special concern in Massachusetts. The fastest birds on earth, peregrine falcons, were classified as endangered in Massachusetts until very recently. Their historical nesting sites – known as eyries – were located on 14 rocky cliff areas of the state. As of 1955, all 14 sites had become completely inactive. Thanks in part to a nationwide ban on the pesticide DDT, as well as decades-long restoration efforts, the first nest returned to the Commonwealth in 1987. Since then, more than 800 wild peregrine falcon chicks have fledged in Massachusetts, and they have returned to five of their historical eyries: Mount Tom, Mount Sugarloaf, Farley Cliffs, Monument Mountain and Pettibone Falls. Peregrine falcons now also nest on the cliffs of quarries in Holyoke, West Roxbury, Saugus, Peabody and Swampscott. Most often, they now also nest on tall, manmade structures, such as buildings and bridges. Buildings that have consistent peregrine falcon nests can be found in Boston, Chelsea, Cambridge, Watertown, Lawrence, Lowell, Worcester, Amherst and New Bedford. They also nest on bridges in Charlestown, Fall River, West Springfield and Northampton. MassWildlife has been banding and monitoring peregrine falcons for decades, tracking their health and progress as part of a broad observer network. GO WILD | SEE PAGE 9
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