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Mayor Wu recently said that crime in Boston mostly occurs in five percent of selected street tracks in the city. She went on to say that the city would focus its crime strategy around the five percent with events being planned by faith-based organizations and nonprofits. This feel-good strategy does not do anything to change the needs of the people who commit the crimes. The

The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (NDC) hopes to add four floors of housing above its existing one-story headquarters at the intersection of Southern Avenue and Washington Street. The proposal was made public during a July 5 meeting of the Codman Square Neighborhood Council. The NDC envisions 45 new units of housing on top of the existing building, which

The funding will support community-led agriculture projects. The Mayor’s Office of Housing announced a significant investment of more than $300,000 in funding

Mayor Wu recently said that crime in Boston mostly occurs in five percent of selected street tracks in the city. She went on to say that the city would focus its crime strategy around the five percent with events being planned by faith-based organizations and nonprofits. This feel-good strategy does not do anything to change the needs of the people who commit the crimes. The

When the Dorchester photographer Mike Ritter set out to capture the neighborhood, he hoped to counter some of the negative headlines by showing the amazing qualities and diversity of its residents. If the opening show at the Strand Theatre last Friday (June 23) was any indication, Ritter did all that and more. The “Beautiful Dot” program got underway last fall through a grant

When Codman Square’s Gisselle Jimenez heard about the One Plus Boston mortgage, which helps public housing or Section 8 voucher holders achieve homeownership with up to $75,000 in assistance, she thought it sounded too good to be true. But the path she embarked upon with the city and Boston Housing Authority’s (BHA) newest program has led her and her two boys, Isael and Elias,

Events and meetings are underway in-person again, and each seems more like a reunion than a meeting. For a person who can count the number of meetings and events I’ve attended during my lifetime in the thousands, I’m finding that I’ve enjoyed getting back together for meetings and events. I would even call some of these interactions joyful. Of course, it’s not that we didn’t

Plus, a Caribbean jerk festival and a petting zoo — for instruments.

The Caribbean Jerk Festival will return to the grounds of Second Church in Codman Square this Saturday (June 3) for the fifth installment of the popular eating extravaganza. Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (CSNDC) will present the festival from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a rain date of Sat., June 10. This year’s event will feature award- winning restaurants

Direct subsidies, state and federal housing tax credits will support 27 projects in 20 communities across the state for low-income residents LOWELL – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $246 million in direct subsidies and state and federal housing tax credits to build and preserve nearly 1,600 affordable homes throughout Massachusetts. Governor Maura T. Healey, Lieutenant […]