Posted by Admin Support on December 14, 2020
By Jim Morrison | Boston.com Correspondent | December 8, 2020 After going through a difficult divorce in 2017, Niva Cruz and her three teenagers were forced to move out of their Boston home. “I struggled to find an affordable apartment in the city where I raised my children,’’ Cruz said. She eventually found a two-bedroom apartment — 45 minutes...
Posted by Admin Support on December 2, 2020
62 New Units of Affordable Housing To Be Built in Jamaica Plain With the Support of Funders Holtzer Park Under Construction Holtzer Park Rendering Boston, Mass. (December 3, 2020) – Urban Edge is announcing today that construction has begun on Holtzer Park, a 62-unit affordable housing development near Jackson Square in Jamaica Plain. ...
Posted by Admin Support on November 23, 2020
By Richard Heath|Boston Bulletin Staff Reporter| November 19, 2020 The first of what will undoubtedly be a series of Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Article 80large project review meetings was held virtually on Nov. 5 attended by 61 callers. Introduced by BPDA project man-ager Dana Whiteside, The Community Builders (TCB) project...
Posted by whatarmy on November 6, 2020
Mayor Yvonne Spicer of Framingham is one of five women who will be honored for volunteerism and community service on Saturday by the Greater Boston Section of the National Council of Negro Women.BARRY CHIN A doctor, a mayor, and a community activist are among five women who will be honored for their volunteerism and service by the local chapter of...
Posted by admin on October 13, 2020
By Emilio Dorcely | Special to Banker & Tradesman | Oct 11, 2020 | We all know the statistics. Boston, for all of its overall wealth, still has a staggeringly high poverty rate – nearly 20 percent of people living in the city of Boston are poor, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That rate is not equally distributed across race and ethnicity,...
