Check Out What These Two City Councilors Just Did

A resident with limited mobility recently reached out to Newton City Councilor Alicia Bowman frustrated that some restaurants’ outdoor dining setups weren’t handicap accessible.

Bowman could have just passed the complaint onto the city’s inspectional services and left it at that.

Instead, she recruited her council colleague Brenda Noel in search of a solution that would address the need without burdening our hard-hit restaurants.

Fast forward several weeks and Bowman and Noel spent Mother’s Day morning in Newton Centre with a group of volunteers – lead by Ben Tucker, president at Chapman Construction — building a platform in front of Bill’s Pizzeria on Beacon Street which made Bill’s dining parklet level to the sidewalk and wheelchair accessible.”