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Mayor Menino Convenes Housing Boston 2020 Advisory Panel

Department of Neighborhood Development — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the members of an advisory panel that will help identify and address Boston’s new housing needs. The Housing Boston 2020 Advisory Panel is comprised of housing professionals who will work with key personnel from the city’s housing agencies to develop strategies to manage Boston’s current and future housing challenges. The group convened for their first meeting yesterday.

Mayor Menino announced Housing Boston...

Mayor Menino Announces Emergency Funding Options for Marathon Impacted Businesses

Mayor's Office — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced a package of emergency funding resources now available to help impacted businesses recover in the aftermath of the Patriots’ Day bombings.

“We have been hearing that some businesses in the impact zone of the Marathon bombings need some help with cash flow issues in the wake of the Patriots’ Day tragedy. They are telling us that they need quick assistance with one-time expenses like making payroll, rent, or other immediate...

A Letter to Residents & Businesses Located in Impacted Boylston St. Area

Mayor's Office — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Dear residents and business owners in impacted areas:

Mayor Thomas M. Menino has announced a staggered schedule for businesses and residents to begin returning to the impacted areas of Boylston Street.

While Boylston Street will remain closed to traffic and the general public, business owners and residents will be allowed to return to their places of business and homes tomorrow prior to the public’s return.

The City’s plan for business owners and...

Mayor Menino Previews Plan for Copley Square Re-Opening

Mayor's Office — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Today, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and members of his Emergency Management Team and Cabinet previewed plans for the re-opening of Boylston Street and the Copley Square area of Boston.

The Five phase plan will commence when the scene is cleared by Federal Authorities and returned to the City of Boston.

“Nearly a week ago our City took a deep breath and was forced to dive into a pool of uncertainty and...

Resource and Information Center for Area Businesses Open at the Park Plaza Hotel

Mayor's Office — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Menino is actively reaching out to the hundreds of Back Bay businesses impacted by yesterday’s tragedy, making services available to help affected businesses reopen quickly.

The City of Boston’s Business Assistance Center has opened in the lobby of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel to respond to any business, employee, or vendor inquiry. This satellite office will remain open until 6:00 p.m. this evening, and will be open from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday...

Mayor Menino, Senator Warren, Secretary Fields Host Roundtable for Women Entrepreneurs

Mayor's Office — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

To mark National Community Development week, Mayor Thomas M. Menino today hosted a roundtable discussion with United States Senator Elizabeth Warren and Regional Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Barbara Fields. The focus of the discussion was to demonstrate the real, positive effects that Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) have had on strengthening Boston’s neighborhoods, and especially those neighborhoods’ women-owned...

Mayor Menino Kicks Off Programming to Make Boston Premier City for Working Women

Mayor's Office — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the first two pieces of programming to support his efforts to make Boston the premier city for working women. In his 2013 State of the City address, Mayor Menino announced a new “Women on Main” initiative for 2013 to better serve and connect women business owners throughout Boston’s Main Streets districts. He also announced the City of Boston would become the first municipality in the country to help women negotiate for fair pay. A...

Mayor Menino Celebrates Grand Opening of $3M Foodie's Market in South Boston

Department of Neighborhood Development — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) Director Sheila Dillon, and Foodie’s owner Victor Leon today celebrated the Grand Opening of South Boston’s newest grocery store, Foodie’s Market. A $1.4 million investment by the City of Boston’s Office of Business Development (OBD) was made possible by American Recovery and...

Mayor Menino Announces $8.4M to Jumpstart Affordable Housing Construction

Mayor's Office — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) Director Sheila Dillon announced today that more than $8.4 million in affordable housing resources and tax credit funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Office of Housing and Economic Development will jumpstart three Boston affordable housing developments: Jackson Commons in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury Crossing Senior Housing in Roxbury, and Phase One of the redevelopment of St. Kevin’s in...

Mayor Menino Announces Winners of the "Deck the Windows of Boston Main Streets" Contest

Department of Neighborhood Development — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT

            Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners of the Deck the Windows contest, awarding bragging rights for a year to Dorchester’s Back to Life Chiropractic & Wellness, West Roxbury’s...

Mayor Menino Announces "Deck the Windows" Contest Finalists -- Public Voting Begins

Department of Neighborhood Development — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT

            Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the 20 finalists in the City’s Deck the Windows of Boston Main Streets contest, a friendly competition that tests the creativity of local businesses and promotes neighborhood Main Streets business districts by asking them to decorate their storefronts for the...

Mayor Menino Welcomes National League of Cities

Department of Neighborhood Development — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Boston is hosting 4,000 city officials and urban leaders from across the nation during the National League of Cities’ (NLC) annual Congress of Cities through Saturday, December 1, 2012. NLC is convening in Boston for the first time since 2000, holding the annual convention and meetings at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center (BCEC) in the Innovation District. The event provides city officials an opportunity to share Boston’s many successes with visiting delegates via mobile...

Mayor Menino Kicks Off Holidays on Main Streets

Department of Neighborhood Development — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced several holiday initiatives now underway throughout the City of Boston, including the annual Holidays on Main Streets campaign, a new city-wide decorating contest, and free holiday parking hours at all City parking meters.

“This year, we’re doing everything we can to promote all our neighborhood business districts have to offer during the holiday season,” Mayor Menino said. “Rather than leaving family and friends...

Mayor Menino Announces Grant for Homeless Veterans

Department of Neighborhood Development — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT

            Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced a $97,000 grant to the New England Center for Homeless Veterans and called on property owners to rent an apartment to a hero looking for a place to call home. The grant, funded by the City’s Department of Neighborhood Development, will enable the New England Center for Homeless Veterans to find affordable apartments for...

Mayor Menino Announces Assistance to Home and Business Owners Affected by Hurricane Sandy

Department of Neighborhood Development — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced City officials will work closely with home and business owners affected by Hurricane Sandy in an effort to reopen local businesses and get people back to work. In addition to providing resources to affected businesses, Boston Home Center staff will be working with homeowners and senior homeowners to help facilitate any necessary renovations due to the storm.

“The Department...

Mayor Menino Announces Preservation of 67 Units of Affordable Housing in Fenway Neighborhood

Department of Neighborhood Development — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that Northeastern University has purchased 320 Huntington Avenue from the Greater Boston YMCA, and signed a 20-year lease allowing 67 units of transitional housing to continue to operate in the “Hastings Wing” of the building. The Hastings Wing houses the Cardinal Medeiros Program, which has been assisting people transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing for 20 years. The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA), the...

Mayor Menino Thanks the Obama Administration for $1.5M in Community Services Economic Development Grants

Department of Neighborhood Development — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) Director Shelia Dillon today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services (OCS) has awarded two City of Boston nonprofit agencies —Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation and Madison Park Development Corporation — over $1.5 million in Community Economic Development Grants.

“I want...

Mayor Menino Names Sheila Dillon New Chief of Housing and Director of Neighborhood Development

Department of Neighborhood Development — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that he has selected Sheila Dillon as his new Chief of Housing and Director of the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND), the agency which manages the city’s housing and neighborhood development programs. Dillon is currently Director of the Rental Assistance Bureau at the Massachusetts Department of...

Mayor Menino, Residents Celebrate $13M West Fenway Apartment Renovation

Department of Neighborhood Development — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) Director Evelyn Friedman today joined residents of the West Fenway elderly rental housing development to celebrate the progress of a $13 million renovation of a 22-year-old building located on Peterborough Street.

“I want to congratulate the Fenway CDC for having provided housing stability to our senior citizens right here for over 20 years – that’s an...

Mayor Menino, The Home for Little Wanderers Celebrate Grand Opening of Roxbury Village

Department of Neighborhood Development — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, First Lady Diane Patrick, and community partners joined The Home for Little Wanderers today for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the Home’s new child and family service agency program, Roxbury Village. After a year-long renovation, Roxbury Village will now provide stable housing and support for young adults aged 18-22 in Roxbury. This program is designed to help young men and women who...

Mayor Menino Announces Winner of the Boston Main Streets Social Media Challenge

Department of Neighborhood Development — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT

     Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) Director Evelyn Friedman today announced that Privy, a Boston-based start-up and MassChallenge finalist located in the Innovation District, is the winner of the City’s Boston Main Streets...

Boston Foundation, City partnership earns $480,000 grant to stimulate Uphams Corner cultural economy

Arts, Tourism & Special Events — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Boston Foundation, City partnership earns $480,000 grant to stimulate Uphams Corner cultural economy

City's Strand Theatre to serve as hub of effort to highlight ethnic, neighborhood arts initiatives

Boston – Dorchester’s Uphams Corner could become a revitalized...

Mayor Menino, Hearth Celebrate Grand Opening for Hearth at Olmstead Green

Mayor's Office — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, DND Director Evelyn Friedman, Elderly Commissioner Emily Shea, Hearth President and CEO Mark Hinderlie and residents today celebrated the continued revitalization of the former Boston State Hospital Campus at a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for a new mixed-use development for formerly homeless elders in Dorchester. The new $16 million development features 59,580 square feet of affordable apartments, a laundry room on each floor, and common areas, including a...

Mayor Menino, Historic Boston Announce Renovation of the Historic Hayden Building in Chinatown

Department of Neighborhood Development — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Historic Boston Incorporated, and members of the Chinatown community today celebrated the start of a $5.8 million renovation of the historic Hayden Building, located on Washington Street in Chinatown. At the celebration Historic Boston also kicked off a campaign aimed at raising over $1 million to complete three important historic preservation projects in Boston — the Hayden Building, the...

Mayor Menino joined the Tyler Family to Announce $1.5M Renovation of the Former Welfare Building in East Boston

Mayor's Office — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Department of Neighborhood Development Director Evelyn Friedman, and developers Melissa and John Tyler joined East Boston residents today to mark the beginning of a $1.5 million renovation for the vacant former Welfare Building located at 154 Maverick Street in East Boston. The “Renovation Celebration” included a block party and tours of the building.

“Today marks an important step in realizing the community’s vision for this...

Mayor Menino Announces $400,000 in EPA Brownfields Grants

Mayor's Office — Tue, 29 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the City of Boston $400,000 in Brownfields grants for the cleanup of two former industrial sites on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury. The grants, awarded through a competitive national selection process, represent two of eighteen grants that the EPA awarded to Massachusetts communities and regional councils to clean contaminated areas.

“These generous grants from the EPA...

Mayor Menino Celebrates Boston Main Streets Achievements at 16th Annual Awards Ceremony

Department of Neighborhood Development — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

   Mayor Thomas M. Menino, together with Department of Neighborhood Development Director Evelyn Friedman, WPLM Easy 99.1’s “Strictly Sinatra” host Ron Della Chiesa, and the Boston Latin School Wolftones today presented awards at the Boston Main Streets (BMS) 16^th Annual Awards Ceremony, which took place at the majestic Strand Theatre in Dorchester. Awards were presented to the 2011 Boston...

Boston.com: Van Shabu restaurant officially opens in Savin Hill

Department of Neighborhood Development — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

To the smells of crab rangoon, sushi, and hotpot dishes, Mayor Thomas M. Menino officially welcomed the Van Shabu and Bar to Savin Hill on Saturday.

The restaurant, owned by Karen Diep and her husband Van Mateo, has been operating since January at 1156 Dorchester Avenue. Diep is not new to the area; her parents use to run a restaurant across the street.

“I grew up here working for their restaurant, and I’m so glad to be part of the evolution of Boston and this...

Mayor Menino Announces 3D Campaign to Preserve Boston's Iconic Triple Deckers

Department of Neighborhood Development — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Today, Mayor Thomas M. Menino hosted hundreds of homeowners and potential homebuyers at the Boston Home Center’s Housing Expo at the Perkins Community Center where he launched the new $3M 3D Campaign. The 3D Campaign is designed to preserve Boston’s iconic triple-deckers.

“I am proud that our $3M investment will give triple-decker owners the support they need to renovate their homes,” said Mayor Menino. “I also want to thank our lending...

City moves to preserve iconic three-deckers (Globe article)

Mayor's Office — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

For Arthur J. Krim, a professor of historic preservation at Boston Architectural College, Boston’s three-deckers - with their light wooden frames, flat or pitched roofs, and stacked porches - are as iconic to Boston as New England clam chowder.

“If you’re going to maintain the character of Boston,’’ Krim said, “you basically need to preserve these three-deckers.’’

In recent years, many of these houses have been foreclosed or left...

Boston Ballet and the Mayor's Office Present Two Community Performances at the Strand Theatre

Arts, Tourism & Special Events — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Boston Public Schools Students and General Public Invited to See Boston Ballet, BBII, and Boston Ballet School Perform with Students from Boston Ballet’s Education and Community Programs

BOSTON, MA – February 27, 2012 – Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism...

Mayor Menino Celebrates Groundbreaking of Dudley Municipal Office Building

Mayor's Office — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today celebrated the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Dudley Municipal Building, a $115 Million City of Boston development project that will revitalize the historic Ferdinand building and bring new people, businesses, and economic opportunity to Dudley Square. The groundbreaking comes one year after Mayor Menino announced his vision for Dudley Square in a speech to the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, promising to restore the Ferdinand and Dudley Square as a...

Mayor, City Officials Working with Brighton Businesses Impacted by Sunday's Four-Alarm Fire

Mayor's Office — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Department of Neighborhood Development Director Evelyn Freidman, and Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services Director Jay Walsh today said City officials are working closely with the Brighton neighborhood businesses ravaged by a four-alarm fire that began early Sunday morning in an effort to help the businesses and employees impacted by the fire.

“It’s a terrible loss to the community and a shame to see businesses destroyed and jobs...

Mayor Menino Presents 'Partners with Non Profits' Grants to More Than 30 Non-Profit Organizations Citywide

Department of Neighborhood Development — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today celebrated the City’s Partners with Non-Profits (PNP) program, awarding 32 human service non-profit organizations from around Boston a total of $400,000 in grant funding to be used for public facility upgrades and on-site physical improvements. This year’s awards will leverage a projected total of approximately $3.1 million in capital improvements for social service organizations, youth and...

Mayor Menino Celebrates the Grand Opening of The Residences at Neponset Field

Department of Neighborhood Development — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined the ETC Development Corporation and residents to celebrate the Grand Opening of ETC’s $10M elderly rental housing development, The Residences at Neponset Field. This new rental housing development project is located on a once-vacant, 3.5-acre site previously owned by the Perkit Folding Box Corporation, which closed operations on the site in 2002 in Boston’s Hyde Park...

Mayor Menino Congratulates Winners of the "Deck the Windows of Boston Main Streets" Contest

Department of Neighborhood Development — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today awarded 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place to West Roxbury’s Top It Off, the South End’s Teranga, and Brighton’s Imperial Pizza, in the Mayor's 2011 Deck the Windows of Boston Main Streets contest, a storefront decorating competition among 18 Boston Main Streets districts and more than 350 small businesses. The contest is part of Mayor...

Local, State and Federal Officials Celebrate Completion of Washington Beech Housing Redevelopment

Mayor's Office — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Today, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary Sandra Henriquez, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Greg Bialecki, and Boston Housing Authority (BHA) Administrator William McGonagle cut the ribbon to celebrate the completion of the redevelopment of the Washington Beech public housing development in Roslindale.

Under this redevelopment effort, the original 266 units of housing at Washington Beech were demolished and replaced...

Mayor Menino Announces 18 Deck the Windows of Boston Main Streets Contest Finalists; Asks Public to Vote for Favorites

Department of Neighborhood Development — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the 18 finalists in the City’s Deck the Windows of Boston Main Streets contest, a friendly competition that tests the creativity of local businesses and promotes neighborhood Main Streets business districts by asking them to decorate their storefronts for the holidays. The contest is part of Mayor Menino’s Holidays on Main Streets campaign, encouraging...

Mayor Menino Celebrates Opening of Minerva's Owl in Roslindale on "Small Business Saturday"

Department of Neighborhood Development — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

On November 26, 2011, Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined Roslindale Village Main Streets, local business owners and residents to celebrate “Small Business Saturday” by cutting the ribbon at Minerva’s Owl, a new boutique in Roslindale, and officially kicking off the holiday season in Roslindale at the Adams Park tree lighting. The Main Streets event is part of the Mayor’s Holidays on Main Streets campaign, reminding residents to do their holiday shopping in...

Mayor Menino to Kick off Holidays on Main Streets, Challenges Residents to Shop Locally

Mayor's Office — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino will officially kick off the City’s annual Holidays on Main Streets campaign and launch the new Boston Meter Card today at 5:30 PM at East Boston’s Maverick Station, joining local residents and retailers to highlight Boston’s 20 Main Streets districts during the holiday season. This year, Mayor Menino is challenging residents to do their shopping locally and support their neighborhood retailers. The Mayor will also unveil the first ever...

Mayor Menino Kicks-Off Holiday Special and Encourages People to Enjoy Holidays in the City

Mayor's Office — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Today, joined by costumed performers from various shows around Boston including Peter Pan’s Tinker Bell and the Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, Mayor Thomas M. Menino kicked off the 8^th Annual Mayor’s Holiday Special program. Designed to reinvest every dollar patrons spend on theatre, dance and music tickets back into the Boston arts community, the program helps to sustain and grow local cultural events in the city by providing special deals on tickets at...

Mayor Menino Announces Boston's First Community Engagement Plan targeting Bowdoin/Geneva Area

Mayor's Office — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced his Community Engagement Plan to address the chronic poverty and pervasive violence that has plagued Dorchester’s Bowdoin/Geneva neighborhood. Two weeks ago, Mayor Menino sat down with neighborhood residents, public health and public safety officials, and community partners to discuss the neighborhood’s issues and develop a strategy in which the City of Boston and residents of Bowdoin/Geneva would mobilize together.  ...

City Seeks Non-Profit Proposals for Grassroots Open Space Program

Department of Neighborhood Development — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

The Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) is seeking proposals for its Grassroots Open Space Program Technical Assistance Funding Awards. These awards are intended to assist nonprofit neighborhood initiatives, which increase local food growing opportunities or neighborhood open space through the renovation and creation of community gardens or other open space projects which directly serve neighborhood residents.

Grassroots funds are awarded subject to Community Development...

Metro Credit Union works with the City of Boston to prevent foreclosures and provide homeownership opportunities

Department of Neighborhood Development — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT
Metro Credit Union was recently approved as a lending partner for the Boston Home Center. Metro will collaborate with the Boston Home Center to develop and enhance mortgage programs aimed at placing homeowners in the most sustainable mortgages.
The Boston Home Center provides first-time homebuyers with educational courses and financial assistance, and markets homes developed for income-eligible, first-time...

Mayor Thomas M. Menino Joins Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley to Celebrate Opening of Affordable Housing in Boston's South End

Department of Neighborhood Development — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, the Planning Office for Urban Affairs (POUA), Pine Street Inn, and a number of state and local officials to celebrate the grand opening of 18 apartments for formerly homeless individuals in Boston’s South End.

“I am grateful to all those who have joined with us to ensure that decent and affordable housing is available to our neighbors most in need,” said...

Mayor Menino to Celebrate Four New Businesses in Brighton

Department of Neighborhood Development — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Department of Neighborhood Development joined Brighton Main Streets, local business owners and residents on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. to celebrate the grand openings of four new businesses on Washington Street in Brighton – Hoshi-Ya Japanese Restaurant, Naked Pizza,

Boston wins $2.4M grant from HUD to support Lead Safe Boston program

Department of Neighborhood Development — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Menino today announced that the City’s Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) was awarded a $2.4M grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the Lead Safe Boston program. Specifically, $2.3M will be used to abate lead-based paint hazards in 175 housing units in the city’s low and moderate income neighborhoods while $100,000 will be used for a...

Mayor Menino to Celebrate Three New Businesses in the Roslindale Village Main Street District

Department of Neighborhood Development — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Department of Neighborhood Development Director Evelyn Friedman will join local business owners and residents on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. to celebrate the grand openings of three new businesses in the Roslindale Village Main Street District – Marla’s Obsession, Sarida, and

Mayor Menino "Welcomes Home" 12 First-Time Homebuyers of Foreclosed Properties

Department of Neighborhood Development — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined Evelyn Friedman, Director of the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND), and 12 first-time homebuyers of formerly foreclosed properties for a housewarming celebration on Rockwell Street in Dorchester. The formerly abandoned house is now occupied by a family. DND’s Boston Home Center provided the family with a $60,000 loan for interior renovations including kitchen work, exterior work including...

Boston Receives $20.5M HUD Grant to Transform Dorchester's Quincy Street Corridor

Department of Neighborhood Development — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan as HUD announced that Boston is receiving $20.5M to redevelop the Woodledge/Morrant Bay Apartments and revitalize Dorchester’s Quincy Street Corridor.

Boston is one of just five cities nationwide to receive the first-ever Implementation Grants awarded under HUD’s