Department of Neighborhood Development
DND provides services and programs to the City's neighborhoods through eight operating divisions: Administration & Finance, Director's Office, Homebuyer Services, Homeowner Services, Neighborhood Housing Development, Office of Business Development, Policy Development and Research, Real Estate Management & Sales.
Mayor Menino Kicks Off July's Healthy Main Streets Initiative
On July 7, 2008, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Department of Neighborhood Development Director Evelyn Friedman, Boston Public Health Commissioner Barbara Ferrer, and MBTA General Manager Dan Grabauskas kicked off a month-long Boston Main Streets initiative called Healthy Main Streets, designed to encourage residents to get out to their local commercial district on foot, bicycle, or by riding the "T". A three-way partnership between Boston Main Streets, Boston Public Health Commission, and the MBTA, Healthy Main Streets is a family-friendly program that includes a "Where’s Charlie?" scavenger hunt throughout seven Main Streets districts and is designed to promote increased health and physical fitness throughout Boston’s neighborhoods. Residents will be challenged to find the cut-out of "Charlie" (hidden in various establishments over the four weeks) to win a summer fitness prize pack including a pair of New Balance sneakers and an MBTA pass.Read More » Watch Video » |
Fighting Foreclosure
Boston's anti-foreclosure campaign currently has two primary elements: 1) Foreclosure Prevention: helping homeowners make good financial decisions to prevent them from ever getting into foreclosure trouble, and 2) Foreclosure Intervention: helping homeowners that find themselves in foreclosure trouble keep their homes. A third element, Foreclosure Remediation that addresses the problems such as tenant security and neighborhood disinvestment that are the result of a rising inventory of foreclosed properties is now being developed.Read More » |
Affordable Housing
DND provides great opportunities for first-time homebuyers to purchase a new, rehabilitated or resale single or two-family home or condominium.Read More » |
DND Greens Its Housing Program
In January of 2007, Mayor Menino made Boston the first major city in the nation to require adherence to the US Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified standard as part of the private development review process. Since then, in an effort to promote energy efficiency, green building techniques, and healthy homes strategies throughout Boston's neighborhoods, DND has adopted new design standards which require developers to adhere to a level of LEED Silver.Read More » |
Boston Main Streets
Boston Main Streets is a public-private initiative established by the City of Boston in 1995 to revitalize neighborhood commercial districts through local organizations. Main Streets is a comprehensive approach to providing merchant groups and community residents with the tools and information necessary for their commercial centers to compete in today's marketplace.Read More » |
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