Friends of Fort Point

Friends of Fort Point Channel is a place-based nonprofit working to make the Fort Point Channel a welcoming destination for Boston residents, workers and visitors. It runs free, year-round public programming on and around the channel, including the Fort Point Festival, the Pumpkin Pageant and the Holiday Stroll, along with neighborhood clean-ups, art installations, workshops and family events. It also convenes business community meetings for the area.

The organization was established in 2004 as an outgrowth of the City of Boston’s 2002 Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation Plan, an award-winning vision for recreation, culture and year-round activity on the water. That plan was shaped with channel landowners, nonprofit and cultural leaders and residents, and the Friends are responsible for carrying it out. Their free programming is presented as a new model for civic redevelopment.

What to Know

• The group publishes the annual South Boston Waterfront Guide for employers, residents, commuters and visitors.
• Programs are funded in part by public donations.
• It is listed in the Boston Seaport business directory.