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Bankruptcy judge: Bank did no wrong in loan to church By YAWU MILLER
After a heated court battle, last week OneUnited Bank won its claim in federal bankruptcy court for repayment of a $3.6 billion loan to Charles Street AME Church. OneUnited sued Charles Street in 2010 after the church defaulted on the loan. Charles Street then filed a counterclaim to that suit, alleging that OneUnited knew the church could not complete its construction project with the funds provided and therefore would not be able to repay the loan. In his ruling last week, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank J. Bailey rejected Charles Street’s arguments. “When it made the loan, the Bank did not know the loan would fail, nor was it evident that the loan would fail,” Bailey wrote in his opinion. “The Church has no claim under Chapter 93A for wrongful underwriting …” OneUnited Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Cohee said Bailey’s ruling has
brought to an end a difficult chapter for the bank. “The most important thing for us is that the court understands the tremendous effort OneUnited undertook in order to make Charles Street’s hopes and aspirations a reality,” he said. “The bank took the extra step over and over again to formulate a loan that was safe for the bank and the church.” Cohee said OneUnited has extensive experience in church construction, with more than 100 church loans across the United States and ten in Boston, including the Jubilee Christian Church in Mattapan. “We’ve had nothing but positive experiences with the church community,” Cohee said. “Churches borrow money and pay it back in a timely fashion. This was an anomaly.”
Community center vision
Charles Street Church acquired the Sky Cap Lounge building in 1999 and secured the loan in 2006 from OneUnited to
See CHARLES ST., page 21
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Exempted from a free BPS T pass, Madison Park Vocational Technical High School freshman Elijah (left) walks a mile and a half to and from school every day.
Students, activists call for free MBTA passes
Students within 2 mi. of schools are now exempt By YAWU MILLER
Every day, Elijah sets out from Madison Park Vocational Technical High School and heads up the stairway to Jeep Jones Park, a steep beginning to his mile-anda-half journey to his Blue Hill Avenue home. It’s a trek he has made since 7th grade at the Timilty Middle School, which abuts Jeep Jones Park. While the school department provides Boston students — those attending BPS schools,
charter schools and private schools — with an M7 bus pass, middle and high school students who live less than two miles from their schools are not eligible. Those students qualify instead for a reduced-cost S pass, which enables them to board a bus or train for $1.10 per ride, rather than the $2.25 it costs to ride with a pre-paid Charlie Card or the $2.75 without. But the $30 monthly cost for the pass is out of reach of many of the 7,000 BPS students who qualify for it, advocates say. “Think of a family that has a 7th,
8th and 10th grader,” says Sheena Collier, an organizer with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. “It can become a big cost.” While BPS officials advocate for expanding high school instruction beyond the confines of classrooms to businesses and institutions across the city, some students are faced with choosing between whether they walk to school or save their transportation money for an after-school activity.
See ELIJAH, page 21
City drills down on demographics Population increases present challenges By SANDRA LARSON
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A federal bankruptcy judge upheld OneUnited Bank’s claim to a $3.6 million construction loan Charles Street AME borrowed.
After a dramatic 30 percent drop between 1950 and 1980, Boston’s population is on the rise, outpacing national growth in the past five years. The Hub has gained more than 100,000 residents since 1980, and projections indicate another 50,000 by the year 2030. Yet household sizes are shrinking: More people live alone; the percentage of families has
dropped, as well as families headed by married couples; in 2015, only 30 percent of Boston households contained more than two people, compared with 49 percent in 1960. These were some of the population trends presented last month in the kick-off of a new “Boston by the Numbers” program series. Hosted by Imagine Boston 2030 and the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s research division, the
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See POPULATION, page 20
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State officials joined project leaders for a tour of the Neponset River Greenway extension, connecting Milton’s Central Ave to Boston’s Blue Hill Ave.
Neponset River Greenway extension nearly complete By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
This spring, Dorchester, Mattapan and Milton residents will be able to enjoy a nature walk connecting Central Avenue Station to Mattapan Square Station as the state finishes the Neponset River Greenway extension. Once completed, the trail segment will knit together the three neighborhoods, connecting Boston’s Blue Hill Avenue with Milton’s Central Avenue and provide the missing link in a path from Hyde Park’s Neponset Valley Parkway to Dorchester’s Pope John Paul II Park. Residents also will gain new opportunities for recreational activities while experiencing local natural beauty. “It’s about communities getting connected to their natural environment and history and to other communities,” state Rep. Dan Cullinane said of the extension. Legislators Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, state Reps. Cullinane and Dan Hunt and reporters toured the newly-constructed, gently winding 1.3-mile pathway along the river and Mattapan trolleyway. Toward Mattapan Station, the route turned to an elevated canopy walk, with orange and yellow fall foliage on full display. Construction included footbridges and an arching red steel suspension bridge over the Neponset. State Department of Conservation and Recreation representatives also pointed to where newly-seeded wildflowers and perennials will bloom along the path, and said residents will be able to bring their canoes to a launching area by Ryan Field.
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Above: State Rep. Dan Cullinane, Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry and members of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation stand before the Harvest River Bridge over the Neponset. Lower left: The nature path follows the Mattapan trolley to Central Ave station. Lower right: An elevated canopy walk leads to Mattapan Station.
Timeline
The extension has rolled out slower than anticipated, due in large part to weather and scheduling complications. Project manager Stella Lensign said she anticipates completion by the end of February 2017 and a public opening in March 2017. Originally pegged for just under $14 million, costs rose to $15.1 million, which Lensign says is within standard contingency plans for such an undertaking. The state is funding the project. Heavy 2014 snows postponed the project’s start date from December 2014 until mid-March 2015. Winter again is holding up the project, as workers will wait until spring to plant grass seed and turn Ryan Field from dirt and gravel into a field suitable for
soccer, football or lacrosse. Other delays came from competition for labor and materials, as other cities in the region experience building booms, Lensing said. Another challenge has been the need to schedule installation and labor on bridges that cross over MBTA lines at times that would not unduly upset commutes. Bridgework has been constrained to three hours per night on weekends. Left to install: a topcoat layer
of asphalt onto path sections and some railing and fencing. Construction of a Central Ave plaza with seating is underway currently, said Cullen Meaves, landscape architect from Crosby Schlessinger Smallridge LLC. And in the spring, Ryan Field will be seeded.
Bikeable neighborhoods
Officials expressed excitement with the path, and Cullinane noted that once another part of
the Neponset Greenway vision is completed residents will be able to bike all the way into Boston. Thanks to the extension project, new bike racks were added at the Mattapan Square and Central Avenue stations, and the ten-foot wide path is sized for bike and pedestrian travel. Momentum for biking is strong in Mattapan, Cullinane noted, evidence by Mattapan-on-Wheels bike-athons and
get-active initiatives from Mattapan Food and Fitness. “It’s not just that this path exists but there is an organizational infrastructure ready to take advantage of it,” Cullinane said. Cullinane has been seeking to site Hubway rental bikes at Central Avenue and Mattapan Square stations, which he said could further capitalize on the riverway’s potential.
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America’s status needs rebuilding Americans have just elected a new president, yet many citizens are skeptical about the nation’s future. The problems that have plagued the country for decades still persist. Racial conflicts and income disparities are at the forefront of issues adversely affecting the lives of countless citizens. Discrimination against blacks, Latinos and women places them at an economic disadvantage. The country’s economic system is now quite complex, with so many moving parts, that few completely understand it. Nonetheless, it has become clear that the wealthiest Americans have been receiving an increasingly disproportionate share of the nation’s wealth. Five years ago the Occupy Movement was organized to generate public attention to the income disparity. Their slogan, “We’re the 99 percent,” was a protest of the rising wealth of those in the top 1 percent income bracket. There has been little improvement in the inequality of wealth in the past five years. When the media report on poverty, they often use an urban slum or a rural shack for the setting, but a story in the Boston Globe indicates that many are struggling in plain sight to survive on inadequate income. In Massachusetts, 15,422 residents reported income of more than $1 million in 2014. This was 47 percent more than the number in 2010. Boston had the greatest number of millionaires, followed by Newton (1,284) which came second. Newton’s average household income is $167,013. However, a study found that one of every eight Newton households struggle to survive on annual income of less than $25,000. Newton is still an affluent city, but the data suggests that many residents are victims of the declining middle class. Life is now difficult for those who once worked in factories and attained middle class status. Manufacturing jobs in America have been in a sharp decline since 1994. At that time there were 17 million such jobs, but by 2016 the number had fallen to only
12.5 million, a drop of 26 percent. To make matters worse, the purchasing power of wages has actually declined since the end of the Great Recession in 2009, so paychecks now buy less. Debate over access to jobs will tend to incite racial antagonism. Bigoted white men believe that they are entitled to the first choice for jobs. There has been little acceptance of affirmative action to limit racial or gender discrimination in employment. The election of Barack Obama as president caused those obsessed with racial hostility to believe that they were losing control of the country that belongs to them. This fear is intensified by the U.S. Census Bureau projection that whites will actually become a minority population of the country by 2045. The new president faces extraordinary challenges. Donald Trump constituents seem to believe that the manufacturing jobs that left can be returned to America. Most analysts believe that is unlikely to happen. Like the Tea Party supporters, Trump constituents will probably push hard to create government gridlock. The Bernie Sanders supporters who backed Hillary Clinton will expect implementation of the negotiated provisions in the Democratic Party Platform. This amounts to a modern vision of the economy to replace the old energy and factory model that the Trump supporters want resuscitated. America has lost considerable international stature because of the acrimonious presidential campaign. A major responsibility of the new president is to rebuild the nation’s status as an international peacemaker. As the world’s greatest economic power, the United States has the responsibility of being a prominent and respected world leader. However, consideration and respect for others does not seem to be a quality that is highly valued by many Americans. Considerable conflict looms at a time that America should be ebullient with the future possibilities.
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What do you think it will take to heal the divisions in American society?
By PATRICE MCDERMOTT Less than one-third of Americans view elected officials as “honest,” and a lack of transparency lies at the core of this distrust. Government secrecy has been a driving force behind many of the most salient political issues in this election cycle, ranging from disclosures on Flint’s water crisis, to debates on revelations made by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, to questions on campaign finance and more. Secrecy and lack of disclosure are raised frequently in the midst of a high-profile controversy, but candidates are rarely asked about their underlying open government beliefs and the specific policy proposals they would implement to strengthen the accountability of government to the public. A broad coalition of open government advocates, privacy groups, civil rights defenders and news editors have crafted a collection of open government-related questions that should be posed to all candidates for federal office. We’re sharing the questions across the country, and, as the election draws near, we hope that editorial boards, reporters covering the 2016 campaigns, debate moderators and interested members of the public who have an opportunity to speak with candidates present these questions to get the candidates on the record. A fundamental first question on transparency: What policies would candidates implement to guarantee and advance public access to government information and sources? This question is being promoted by a coalition of journalist groups, including the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of News Editors, as well as the OpenTheGovernment.org coalition. Other pressing questions relate to transparency and accountability for law enforcement – namely, how would candidates support measures to improve the accuracy and consistency of use-of-force data from law enforcement across the country? A recent study has shown that police departments with restrictive use-of-force policies — including comprehensive reporting requirements — have fewer officer-involved shootings. Common sense policies such as these seem self-evident, yet our candidates have not been faced directly with questions about what they would put the weight of their office behind. The questions also relate to transparency in trade negotiations, such as the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which has been shrouded in secrecy. Both presidential candidates have stated that they are against the TPP in its current form, yet neither candidate has been asked about what she or he would do to ensure future trade deals are not conducted in such extensive secrecy – and would thus be subject to greater public oversight. As this list consists of questions is related to federal open government issues, it is most relevant to candidates for President, United States Senate, or the United States House of Representatives. We also encourage the use of the questions as a model for those interested in transparency when speaking with candidates for state or local office. Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1913 that “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” and this still rings true today. Transparency is vital for democratic participation and a necessary first step toward open and accountable government. Before Americans cast their votes this November, we have a right to know where candidates stand on making the government more open and accountable to the public. They won’t answer if you don’t ask, though — so, ask early and often.
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We need to come to grips with our history of white supremacy and realize that, until we do, we’ll keep repeating the same patterns.
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Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1913 that ‘sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,’ and this still rings true today.”
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is deserving of public recognition for his or her commitment to social responsibility and civic engagement, and for using his or her role as a leader in the business community to advance causes or issues that create growth and opportunity for all people. The Name You Should Know Award particularly seeks to raise the profile of up-and-coming business leaders making meaningful contributions to civic life. The Alliance for Business Leadership, founded in 2007, is a non-partisan coalition of progressive CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders at all levels who have one thing in common: they believe that social responsibility and the sustainable growth of the Massachusetts economy go hand in hand. The Alliance brings together like-minded leaders interested in advocating for progress public policy, articu-
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Mattahunt may close, open as ELC By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Tommy Chang, Boston Public School superintendent, and Mattahunt Elementary School principal Walter Henderson faced a packed cafeteria on Tuesday night last week. In a school meeting that brought out parents, community members and elected officials, Chang told the gathering that attempts to turn around the Mattahunt school have failed and state takeover could be imminent. The school currently serves 638 students, many of whom are black and Hispanic — 70 percent and 25 percent, respectively. The majority — 76 percent of students — have high needs, and more than a quarter of students do not speak English as their first language. The only way to keep the Mattahunt facility within control of the district and not the state is to propose a radically different plan, BPS officials said. Their idea: close the school at the end of this year, send children in grades 2 through 5 to different BPS schools and then reopen the facility as an early learning center serving pre-K through first grade. If the state takes over the school, it may elect options such as closing the school, turning it into a charter school or handing control of operations to an outside provider. It would not need local buy-in to do so, Chang said. BPS officials told attendees that they would present the proposal to the Boston School Committee the following day, with a committee vote due on Nov. 16. The plan must be submitted to the state on Nov. 18.
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Email: engagement@bostonpublicschools.org Call: 617 635 9660 For many parents this was the first they had heard of the closure and early learning center idea. News of the meeting also was slow to spread: many parents only found out the day before, in some cases from other community members, not BPS. It was not until the Friday before that the school department announced the Tuesday night meeting. This fed a sentiment voiced by many attendees that the plan was sprung on them at the last minute and that they were being pressured to accept it as their only option, rather than asked to provide feedback and alternative ideas. In response, officials said there is room to make some adjustments to the proposal and, later on, to the school, such as restoring higher grades after the early learning center is established. But this was the only proposal school department officials presented for staving off state receivership. “The plan is purposefully not completely baked,” Chang said. “We’re going to add more details with the community’s input.” Many parents and community members also said the Tuesday meeting seemed too focused on promoting the early learning center, instead of explaining how displaced students would be supported.
How did this happen?
Mattahunt has been a Level 4 school for three years, but despite
an additional $600,000 per year in funding and introduction of a new principal and assistant principals, performance on standardized tests continues to be in the bottom 1 percentile of all schools statewide. Enrollment at the school, especially in higher grades, has been declining. On September 28, Chang received word from the state that improvement efforts were not working well enough. Should no markedly different plan for the school be approved, the state would be positioned to take over the Mattahunt at any point. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education originally gave Chang until Oct. 31 to formulate a basic plan, before extending the deadline to Nov. 18 at his request. Attendees expressed a sense of betrayal that the situation at the school had gotten so bad. One parent said her child was moved into the Mattahunt to escape a failing school and sought assurance that this time the new placement truly would be an improvement. The meeting in part highlighted a need for improved communication. BPS officials attempted to spread word of the Tuesday night meeting through a flyer sent home with elementary school children on the day before, Halloween. Officials also made robo calls on Friday, Saturday and Monday and sent an email Friday. Many parents said they only heard about the meeting from other community members. Some parents also said they had been unaware of the school’s low status.
What happens to the children?
Children in pre-K through grade 1 could remain at the Mattahunt, while children in higher grades would start the next year at a new school. BPS provides each family with names of nearby schools they can select and includes a minimum number of Level 1 schools among each list of options. Final assignments are resolved through a lottery. Displaced Mattahunt students would have a higher chance of getting into their preferred school, with their choices given second highest priority for vacancies, right after students with siblings at the school. Some parents at the meeting requested their children’s choice of new school instead be given top priority. Counselors would help transition children with disabilities and English language learners, Henderson said. Due to the lottery system, BPS cannot guarantee placement at a Level 1 or 2 school, but Chang assured parents that all other district schools are better-performing, meaning all options are regarded as higher quality. Another strategy that can help: Sign up for a school early in the registration season. Waiting until later means fewer open seats will be left at high-demand schools. Parents requested that counselors be provided at the new school to help their children cope with the transition. Others attendees requested that displaced children receive preference for returning to the Mattahunt, should higher grade levels be restored.
Visions for early learning
Early education is a bright spot at Mattahunt: In the 20152016 school year, kindergartners
outperformed district peers on early literacy testing. Over the course of that year, the share of Mattahunt kindergarteners reading at benchmark increased by 15 percent, BPS officials say. Seizing upon this strength, BPS would convert Mattahunt into a K0, K1 and grade 1 school and seek to make it a natural next path for toddlers in community-based childcare and early ed. The school would have an extended school year, trauma-sensitive practices incorporated into instruction and an on-site family engagement center. Henderson, brought on as Mattahunt principal this year, would lead the ELC. The ELC calls for new hiring, Chang said. When asked about how BPS will afford this conversion on its strained budget, the BPS superintendent said he would ensure the ELC gets what it needs. Plans for increasing the adult-student ratio at the ELC also include partnerships with local universities. A steering committee that includes community members will shape the vision for the facility.
Timeline
BPS officials propose stakeholder meetings this month on the proposed closure, as well as formation of a school steering committee to guide the new early learning center design. By January, the completed design is due. Mattahunt staff whose positions are lost as older grades are eliminated will be provided with aid in finding new jobs. In March, new ELC staff would be hired, with the Mattahunt closing on June 30, 2017. The next day, July 1, the school would reopen with its new mission as an ELC. New staff training runs through August.
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Land trusts vs. the housing crisis By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
In the face of Boston’s hot development market, city officials and community leaders are seeking ways to safeguard neighborhoods against gentrification. One idea with roots in the 1960s and 70s has returned to the forefront: community land trusts. Recently the city’s Housing Innovation Lab and the Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network convened a workshop that brought together city housing and development official and interested community members to discuss how to bolster this approach. The advantage of land trusts, presenters at the gathering said, is that land remains in the hands of community members indefinitely and can be designate to match local needs such as affordable housing and urban farming. The idea is not a new one: the first American land trust emerged in Georgia in 1970, inspired in part by Israel’s experience with cooperatives and land development. Currently, there are approximately 250 nonprofit CLTs nationwide. Efforts to enact this approach in today’s Boston face difficulties. While Boston has one established land trust, other fledgling or would-be trusts struggle to acquire land, funding and organizational capacity. “We have a land trust but don’t own any land. … This is huge challenge,” Lydia Lowe, part-time coordinator of the Chinatown Community Land Trust said at the meeting. Part of the workshop was given over to discussion of how the city can step in to help better support such ventures.
Community land trust architecture
Typically, community land trusts purchase land, while allowing residents to build limited equity by owning the buildings on top of it. The trusts use long-term ground leases — often lasting 99years — with provisions restricting how the land can be used. Often these restrictions require that anyone who purchases the structures be low-income — thus preventing the housing from being flipped into condos or other forms of profiteering. Some land trusts also may designate the parcels for commercial use or urban farming. The purchase prices on homes built on community land trusts tend to be low, with deeds limit the price at which the homes can be resold. This arrangement guarantees long-term affordability, but limits the equity owners can accrue. Presenter John Davis of Burlington Associates, a national consulting cooperative that supports CLTs, said another virtue of such entities is that they have an ongoing incentive to keep the land and structures in good condition, unlike developers who walk away once the project is finished. CLTs remain involved
as property stewards, ensuring that the homeowner does not damage it, and often craft leases to match local priorities. Generally, land trust board membership is equally balanced among multiple stakeholders including community members; public interest groups such as churches, nonprofits and government representatives; and leaseholders, which gives everyone equal standing and influence. Additionally, CLTs provide stable affordability to low-income residents during hot retail markets that otherwise drive prices out of reach, while helping to maintain building quality and upkeep during cold retail markets, Davis said.
Land trusts without land
Creating and expanding a land trust can be difficult, with acquisition of land and financing posing the steepest barriers, along with administrative set-up. The Chinatown Community Land Trust, formed in 2015 to combat intense gentrification pressures in the neighborhood, thus far has been unable to obtain any property, despite conversations with owners. City officials said at the meeting that state law prohibits them from just granting public parcels to land trusts, requiring instead that they go through a request for proposals process. The RPFs must be written so that there are multiple viable bidders — meaning that they cannot be explicitly geared to CLTs, if there is only one CLT in that community. However, community leaders said there is a middle ground: They proposed that the city write RFPs not necessarily targeted at CLTs, but that seek candidates offering the longest-term affordability and highest levels of resident and community ownership and stewardship. Another complication: The city often must select bidders with a proven history of financial acumen and capacity, officials said. This can put startup groups out of the running. Dudley Neighbors, Inc. — the oldest and most established land trust in Boston — has found one way around this dilemma. DNI collaborates on bids with established community development corporations that have that kind of history. During the meeting, some community leaders also discussed whether tax incentives could incentivize private developers to sell land to CLTs. Some similarly suggested encouraging developers to fulfill inclusionary development obligations through constructing or funding affordable units on land owned by or slated to be given to CLTs. The Coalition for Occupied Homes in Foreclosure plans to pilot the idea of using inclusionary development obligations to support its mission. The organization is partnering with the Boston Planning and Development Agency and developers to use developers’ IDP funds to purchase and rehabilitate properties for affordable use, executive director Maureen Flynn said at the meeting.
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Funding and support
Tufts University Field Project team members, in partnership with the Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network, published a report on CLTs in April 2016, in which they recommended that the city provide low- or no-interest loans to land trust to acquire, develop, preserve and rehabilitate housing as well as financial assistance with staffing and legal services. Currently Dudley Streets Neighborhood Initiative, the community development corporation that created DNI, is taking up the mantle and offering consultation to community organizations interested in forming land trusts. This includes information on CLTs models, bylaws and networking with key city hall officials. The Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network is another asset. It was created in March 2015 by DSNI and seven other groups for sharing best practices and coordinating policy advocacy. The network launched publicly in April 2016
Growing CLT scene
DNI was formed in Roxbury in 1988 by Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, when land was
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Community land trust members and those interested in forming such entities attended a workshop with city officials last week to discuss how local government can help CLTs form, grow and fight gentrification pressures. Left to right: Lincoln Larmond, co-chair of Mattapan United; Lydia Lowe, co-director of the Chinese Progressive Association; and Eliza Parad, community organizer at Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. cheap. It has since grown to own more than 30 acres of land, which hold 226 units of affordable housing, as well as an urban farm, greenhouse, charter schools, parks and a town common. The Chinatown Community Land Trust formed in 2014. Joining the scene as well are a handful of prospective and forming CLTs. The Coalition for Occupied Homes in Foreclosure purchases homes where tenants are at risk of displacement and converts them to affordable housing to keep residents in place. COHIF’s Flynn said the organization now hopes to establish a nonprofit land trust and place properties it owns into the trust. The parent organization, COHIF Inc., would continue to own the buildings while the new land trust would own the land. The Urban Farming Institute of Boston has worked to develop land
for urban farms and locally-based food production. Until recently the organization’s collaborative model relied on DNI acquiring land by way of Trust For Public Land, then leasing it to UFI for farming. Now UFI is expanding into Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury, which fall outside of DNI’s purview, so will need to create its own land trust focused on urban commercial farms, a representative said. Mattapan United also is considering creating a CLT as one strategy for holding off or containing gentrification. A representative attended the meeting to hear lessons from other CLTs and learn best practices. A member of the Fairmount Greenway said they are exploring the idea of creating a CLT to acquire land for open space along the Fairmount corridor. Marcy Murninghan contributed to this article.
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For many women candidates of color, progressive doesn’t always mean inclusive By ANNA CHALLET AND HONORA MONTANO NEW AMERICA MEDIA
When Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” during the final presidential debate, the insult became a rallying cry for women everywhere, including the Bay Area. But despite San Francisco’s liberal reputation, some female politicians still get the impression that the progressive establishment here doesn’t want them around. And that’s especially true for women of color. San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim is a progressive Democrat who has focused on affordable housing and income inequality, among other issues. She says she’s found herself having to perform two different roles for much of her political career. “Real or perceived, I always feel like I have to balance between being someone who pushes hard and someone who doesn’t get too much attention,” she says. “You want to be in a supportive role because you don’t want to draw the ire of male colleagues,” she says. Kim, 39, has had a long career in community organizing and is the former president of the San Francisco Board of Education. But in running for State Senate this year, she says, “I’ve been stunned by how nasty the race has gotten.”
One advertisement critical of her depicts a woman’s mouth next to the words “BLAH BLAH BLAH,” suggesting that she’s all talk and no action; the imagery conjures a gender-specific stereotype about women who talk too much. I feel like a lot of my personal life has been put out in the press,” she says, referring to recent stories in the mainstream media that have focused on whom she’s dating. “I haven’t learned anything about my opponent’s personal life in this process. I don’t know any more about him than when I started. I’ve been exposed in a way that I really was not prepared for.” Keally McBride is a professor of politics with a focus on feminist theory at University of San Francisco. She says the ugly nature of local politics and gender-based public commentary sometimes keep women from running at all. “In general, the Bay Area has pretty strong involvement of women in electoral politics, more so than a lot of places. But there’s a pretty well-documented problem of getting women to run for office,” she says. “You open yourself up to a lot of very personal attacks, and for very good reason women tend to look at the possibility of running for office as not worth the personal pain.” “When we have contentious races they become very personality-based, and that’s always going
to be more difficult for women” because of gender-specific expectations, she says. The flip side of that is that when women do run, they tend to do well, because many voters have assumptions that women are more trustworthy and morally upright. When Lateefah Simon, a San Francisco native and former MacArthur “genius grant” winner entered the race for BART board in District 7, she knew the campaign would be tough. Simon is a self-described radical whose views nonetheless align with the city’s progressive wing. She agrees with McBride’s assertion about the pressures of contentious races and the impact on women. “The difficulty of being a woman of color running for elected office is that you are under more of a microscope,” she says. But being black, she adds, the assumption that women are more trustworthy doesn’t necessarily apply to her. “As a woman of color and someone who doesn’t come from money, I believe people have an expectation that we are going to be less trustworthy than our white counterparts,” she says. Even in the Bay Area, a bastion of the left, progressive does not necessarily mean inclusive when it comes to women who aren’t white. Kim is San Francisco’s first
Korean American elected official, and represents the South of Market and Tenderloin area, a diverse district that has seen increasing displacement of residents and local small businesses due to the burgeoning tech industry. Historically, the District 6 seat hasn’t gone to an Asian candidate. Kim says hostility toward her is often as much about her race as it is about being a woman. “People used to say to me, ‘I would support you if you ran in the Sunset or the Richmond or in Chinatown [all neighborhoods with sizable Asian populations]. But not this district,’” she says. “I’ve had a lot of progressives tell me that actually. [They say,] ‘This isn’t your seat. This isn’t the Asian seat. Go run in an Asian seat. Don’t take our seat.’” Simon has felt herself more welcome across the Bay in Oakland, which has retained much of the diversity that San Francisco has lost as its lower-income residents have been pushed out. “I don’t know if there’s a place in San Francisco for a black woman, progressive … the progressivism [in San Francisco] doesn’t want me there,” she says. “Oakland is my home, where I have found that I can articulate and also live my politics,” she says. “I don’t buy that the progressive agenda is deeply supportive of African American woman leadership. We haven’t
seen it.” The current BART board, which oversees Bay Area Rapid Transit, which serves the wider region, is predominantly white and male. Simon says she “can’t fathom” that the board has lacked women of color, because “transportation has always been the backbone for women of color’s existence.” “I’m not going to go to City Council meetings week after week anymore and beg people to think about women of color. I’m going to be part of the decision-making body,” she says. For Kim’s part, she says she’s become accustomed to being overlooked. “In my time in office, rarely does a week go by when someone doesn’t confuse me for my own assistant,” she says. “People come into my office and they say, ‘Give this to the supervisor’ … People have come into my office for meetings with me and have sat down and asked me when the supervisor was going to come into the office.” Neither Kim nor Simon is optimistic that attitudes toward women of color in politics will change anytime soon, or that the electoral environment will be more hospitable to female candidates, even after Hillary Clinton’s historic campaign. Still, both of their campaigns represent forward movement. “I think it is difficult for people to see women in power,” says Kim. “[But] clearly there has been progress over time. The fact that we can run for office and we see our names on posters across the city — my mother and grandmother couldn’t do that.”
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NEWSBRIEFS FIND MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE: WWW.BAYSTATEBANNER.COM Cresset Development, LLC’s Chinatown proposal On November 1, the Boston Planning & Development Agency allowed Cresset Development LLC’s proposal to renovate an existing Chinatown site to move forward. Located at 8 Harrison Avenue in Chinatown, PBX Residences will consist of an approximately 21,193 square foot parcel that is currently occupied by two masonry buildings: an eight-story building at the corner of Essex Street and Harrison Avenue and an attached three-story masonry building to the south. The eight-story building, currently known as the Verizon building, was constructed in 1919 as a New England Telephone and Telegraph central switching station and currently houses telecommunication equipment for Verizon. Cresset Development, LLC has proposed to renovate the top three floors of the existing eight-story structure to create 46 residential rental units, including seven affordable units. As currently proposed, the 46 residential units will consist of 18 studio units, 20 one-bedroom units, and eight two-bedroom units. Cresset will also renovate the ground level of the buildings to create a new residential lobby entrance for future residents, including a mailroom, a trash and recycling center, a bicycle storage room and two storage spaces for tenant use. The project cost totals $14 million and the total square footage is 43,393. It will generate 60 construction jobs.
In addition to increasing the city’s housing stock, this project is expected to result in a number of public benefits for the Chinatown neighborhood and the city as a whole, including new pedestrian activity along Harrison Avenue and Essex Street; pedestrian access improvements including new sidewalks in and around the project site; installation of Boston Police Department monitored surveillance camera(s) along the Harrison Avenue façade to provide real time video access to local law enforcement officials; installation of new lighting along the building perimeter to improve visibility and pedestrian safety; and a commitment of up to $150,000 for the redesign and construction of Philips Square to be made available to the BPDA within six months of building permit issuance.
Baker-Polito administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announce MassHealth restructuring deal The Baker-Polito Administration received federal approval for its five-year Medicaid (MassHealth) 1115 waiver. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-approved waiver supports the restructuring of the MassHealth program to provide integrated, outcomes-based care to 1.9 million Massachusetts residents. The waiver provides the opportunity for Massachusetts to move from its current fee-based model
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to a system of Accountable Care Organization models (ACO) who work in close partnership with community-based organizations to better integrate care for behavioral health, long-term services and supports and health-related social needs. Without the waiver, Massachusetts would have lost $1 billion a year in federal funds starting July 1, 2017. The new waiver, which is effective July 2017, authorizes $1.8 billion over five years of new Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP) funding to support the move to ACOs, invests in Community Partners for behavioral health and long term services and supports, and allows for innovative ways of addressing the social determinants of health. It also authorizes and sustains nearly $6 billion of additional safety net care payments over five years to hospitals and the health safety net for the uninsured and underinsured, and for subsidies to assist consumers in obtaining coverage on the Massachusetts Health Connector. The waiver also authorizes MassHealth to launch an ACO pilot program beginning December 2016. The ACO pilot program will transition MassHealth from the current fragmented, feefor-service care model towards accountable care and population-based payments with selected ACOs under an alternative payment methodology that includes shared savings and risk. The Massachusetts waiver restructures the current
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MassHealth delivery system in a manner that promotes integrated, coordinated care and holds providers accountable for quality and total cost of care of its members. The waiver also expands access to a broad spectrum of recovery-focused substance use disorder services, in an effort to address the opioid addiction crisis. Officials aim to sustainably support safety net providers to ensure continued access to care
for Medicaid and low-income uninsured individuals. The waiver expands the number of safety net hospitals eligible for reimbursement for uncompensated care from seven to 15. Massachusetts has the highest rate of insured residents in the U.S., with an uninsured rate of fewer than three percent. Officials expect the waiver to help them maintain near-universal health insurance coverage.
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City seeks innovative housing proposals for Roxbury By SANDRA LARSON
The city of Boston is offering several Roxbury land parcels for sale to developers as part of a pilot Housing Innovation Competition to encourage the creation of “compact” multifamily rental or ownership housing with a range of affordability. The competition sites, totaling some 23,000 square feet of vacant land, are located in the Garrison Trotter neighborhood at 71–73 Holworthy St., 29–31 Hollander St. and 24 Westminster Ave. Development proposals will be judged by the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND), the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), the Mayor’s Housing Innovation team and the Boston Society of Architects. Entries will be evaluated on a set of criteria including developer experience and capacity as well as design concept, affordability, innovation and project cost feasibility.
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The Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association is listed as a partner in the request for proposals and press release for the competition. Louis Elisa, president of GTNA, told the Banner that his group has been involved in defining preferred standards, but he is eyeing the competition and what it may bring with distinct caution. “We said we’d participate, but we don’t approve of units that don’t take into consideration the needs of families and the need for equity,” he told the Banner. “We’ll say no if it doesn’t meet the standards our association has defined.” Elisa recounted in an interview how GTNA has worked fiercely on behalf of the Roxbury neighborhood for 39 years. He noted that the group was instrumental the formation of the Franklin Park Coalition and the Blue Hill Avenue Task Force, and that through the years, it has focused firmly on housing — particularly housing that helps people build equity, wealth and a stake in the community. “We’re asking that they look at ownership possibilities,” he said. “At some point you need to get some equity. They want to do innovative housing, and get more housing built. I say, if you build a house that costs this much, if you’re renting it to me, why not
ON THE WEB Housing Innovation Competition: http://bit.ly/2eHNZeX “Design Standards Set for New Garrison Trotter Housing”: http://bit.ly/2fvIEIw sell it to me? In the long run, there’s a benefit. In the long run with rental, you have nothing.”
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In 2015, GTNA worked with the DND to forge a set of residential design principles for the neighborhood as the city of Boston works to ramp up new housing construction. That process generated a set of prototype designs for single-family, two-family and side-by-side duplex homes with porches and gabled roofs, set back a similar distance from the street as existing houses in the area. The Housing Innovation Competition RFP in some places notes specifically the Garrison Trotter group’s preferences, stating, for example, “We have clearly heard that family units are more desirable.” In terms of parking, the RFP says, “Though ‘compact living’ principles encourage walking, the use of public transportation, cycling, and the use of shared vehicles such as Zipcar, the Garrison Trotter residents pointed to both the life changes over time such as starting a family and simple demand for visitor parking.” The RFP still calls for design ideas that minimize the need for off-street parking, for instance shared parking strategies. The competition’s aim is “compact” housing as opposed to “microhousing” — which can mean units less than 450 square feet — but the apparently flexible size guidelines still run small. Applicants are to indicate whether the proposed unit size is smaller or larger than, say, 450 square feet for a studio, 750 square feet for a two-bedroom unit or 950 square feet for three bedrooms. Proposals can be for rental or home ownership. The DND will sell the properties for $115,000 each to the winners of the competition, according to the RFP. Elisa said while he is not feeling hopeful that the competition will result in home ownership developments, he is committed to remaining involved. “If they’re doing innovative programs and ideas, I want to be
Come to an information session Friday, November 18, 2016, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Egleston Square Branch - Boston Public Library 2044 Columbus Ave., Roxbury, MA 02119 Please call (617) 423-6633 or email volunteerinfo@generationsinc.org to RSVP.
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This fenced-off lot at 24 Westminster Avenue is one of three sites for which the city is soliciting bids for compact residential development. a part of it. They say we’re partners, and it can’t be in name only. We should have significant input into final decisions.” Housing Innovation Competition proposals are due Monday,
Dec. 19 at 4 p.m. The request for proposals (RFP) is available now for download from the DND website at http://dnd.cityofboston. gov/#page/rfps or for pick-up at the DND Bid Counter at 26
Court St., 10th Floor. An informational event for interested parties will be held Thurs., Nov. 10 from 3:30–5:30 p.m. at the Boston Society of Architects Space at 290 Congress St.
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(l-r) Seth Goodall, SBA New England Regional Administrator; Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito; Zoraida de la Rosa and Jose de la Rosa, co-founders of Guardian Healthcare; and Robert Nelson, SBA Massachusetts District Director.
SBA makes no-fee loans Lending program aimed at helping minority- and women-owned businesses By KAREN MORALES
The U.S. Small Business Administration is helping bolster the small business economy in Massachusetts through capital lending programs. According to SBA lending data, in fiscal year 2016 the SBA Massachusetts District Office was number one among 68 national district offices in approving loans less than $50,000, number two in approving loans less than $150,000, and number two in total loan approvals. The federal agency, created in 1953, has been counseling and aiding the interests of small business owners, including historically underserved entrepreneurs, since 2012 to preserve free enterprise and strengthen the country’s overall economy. “One of the big things that is driving activity are the fee waiver incentives,” said SBA Massachusetts District Director, Robert Nelson. Initially, all loans guaranteed by SBA were given a “guarantee fee” based on the loan’s maturity and the dollar amount guaranteed. However, since 2013, for loans under $150,000, there is no upfront fee charge to the small business, Nelson said. Leading the nation in fee waiver savings, the Massachusetts District Office is increasing access to capital for minorities, women, and U.S. veterans. “The thought was,
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lenders. The business owner develops a profile, answering 20 questions about their business and what kind of loans they are eligible for, and Linc matches them with lenders. “They can start having a discussion and it’s turning into real loans,” said Nelson.
We are out and about in the Commonwealth working with economic development organizations, development officials, chambers of commerce. We’re connecting with them, creating partnerships and trying to let the public know Extensive community about SBA and how we can help them.” SBA One is the agency’s elec— Robert Nelson, SBA Massachusetts District Director
if we can increase all loans under $150,000, it’s going to increase loans to underserved markets and that’s what it’s done across the country and state,” said Nelson.
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The primary loan programs for small businesses, the 7(a) and the 504, have seen a 19.3 percent increase in dollar amount in fiscal year 2016, the largest increase in the past five years. The 7(a) Loan Program approved 2,566 loans for a total of more than $383.3 million and the 504 Loan Program approved 270 loans for more than $395.7 million. Jose de la Rosa, CEO and cofounder of Guardian Healthcare, was able to expand his certified health agency by taking out a 504 loan with SBA. Specializing in athome personalized and culturally competent care, Guardian Healthcare has grown tremendously since
2010. De la Rosa and his wife Zoraida started with three employees and now employ 300, operating throughout four office locations in Massachusetts. De la Rosa recently bought a new office location in Jamaica Plain, which he said would not have been possible “had it not been for this 504 program.” He described the loan process as “painless” and the 10 percent down payment more affordable than other loan programs. Otherwise, “it would have affected cash flows in a difficult way,” he said. According to Nelson, the SBA has been working on streamlining the loan application process for both lenders and borrowers through technological tools. They created Linc, or Leveraging Information and Networks to access Capital, an online matching program that helps connect small business owners with
tronic loan processing tool, an upgrade from SBA’s older program, E-Tran, which helps save time and money in processing fees for lenders. It automates the lending transaction, from determining loan eligibility among borrowers, to closing loans through electronic signatures. “We are so vibrant here in the Commonwealth,” said Nelson of SBA’s extensive small business community in Massachusetts. Through the agency’s national network of education centers for women, veterans and other entrepreneurs, as well as the SCORE Business Mentor program, loaning capital is undeniably less risky when borrowers are knowledgeable and trained on how to best manage their business finances. “We are out and about in the Commonwealth working with economic development organizations, development officials, chambers of commerce,” said Nelson. “We’re connecting with them, creating partnerships and trying to let the public know about SBA and how we can help them.”
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The 29th Annual Steppin’ Out for The Dimock Center gala was held on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, raising more than $800,000 for the organization’s comprehensive health care and education services. Presented by The Dimock Center Foundation Board led by Flash Wiley and Bob Rivers, this year’s multicultural black-tie gala was a celebration of accomplishments, including the successful $16 million Building the Road to Recovery Capital Campaign to rebuild the inpatient detox facility. The Dimock Center also awarded its inaugural Dimock Difference Leadership Award to Bob Rivers (left), President and COO of Eastern Bank and co-chair of the Dimock Community Foundation Board.
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‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ COMPANY ONE BRINGS FEMINISM TO THE STAGE By CELINA COLBY
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ompany One Theatre is taking down the patriarchy with the New England premiere of “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.” now playing at the Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts through Nov. 19. Written by Alice Birch, the non-narrative show uses vignettes of humor and surrealism to illustrate how women are oppressed daily in work, romantic relationships and family dynamics. The principal series of stories is wildly funny. In the opening scene, a woman continually stops her partner’s sexual advances to correct him on his use of language — making love ‘to’ versus ‘with’ for example. In a later scene, another couple argues about whether they need to get married to validate their relationship. The woman compares marriage to robbing a bank. The use of humor makes the complicated, often politically loaded subject matter more palatable. In a later scene, a woman asks to take Mondays off. “I just want to sleep more,” she says, putting plainly an often-shunned desire for self-care. Three different bosses come out to try and entice
See ‘REVOLT,’ page 18
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‘Father Joseph’ documentary highlights work of Haitian priest Father Joseph Philippe By COLETTE GREENSTEIN
Jeff Kaufman came to Boston recently to screen his documentary “Father Joseph” at The Boston Foundation in conjunction with The Haiti Development Institute, The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, and the Raising Haiti initiative on October 7. “When you actually spend time in Haiti, live in Haiti, you see how hardworking and entrepreneurial people are, and how much potential there is with everybody. Father Joseph’s vision has always been to empower the potential in people, and especially for Haiti— doing that through women,” said Kaufman of Haitian priest Father Joseph Philippe. Philippe was scheduled to be in town that day for the screening and the Q&A, but returned to Haiti to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew earlier that week. Kaufman wrote, produced and directed the film about the Haitian Catholic priest who founded the country’s largest microfinance institution, Sevis Finansye Fonkoze, in 1994. The institution’s
mission is to empower peasant women through literacy classes, small business training, and community-building loans. Prior to this documentary, Kaufman directed and produced “The State of Marriage,” which won the audience award at The Globe Docs Festival in 2015. He also directed the 2012 documentary “The Savoy King: Chick Webb and the Music that Changed America,” about drummer and bandleader Chick Webb and Harlem’s legendary Savoy Ballroom. The director first met Philippe at an event in Los Angeles. “I looked around and he was laughing and joking but also the one person not in a fancy suit. We started chatting and I thought ‘Oh my gosh, this guy is just amazing,’” recalled the director. Kaufman, who had been thinking about directing a film marrying faith and social justice, didn’t know if it would fit together or not, he said. “Every time I went to Haiti I was vetting father Joseph and he was vetting me, vetting us. We realized that he was the real thing,” said the director. The documentary, which is available via iTunes, On Demand
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donations can also be made in support in the rebuilding of Haiti after Hurricane Matthew. and other streaming services, is an intimate portrait of Philippe’s life and his passion to empower and equip Haitians with the tools to lift themselves out of poverty. It chronicles the literally life-changing work that he is doing in Haiti. “I think people’s lives do really change when they take ownership of what they need to change, do it themselves, rather than to wait for someone to rescue them,” said Marcia S. Ross, the film’s producer.
Humble hero
Based in Fondwa, a small village in the western province of the Caribbean island between the towns of Léogane and Jacmel, Father Joseph helped to create the grassroots organization Peasant Association of Fondwa (APF) with the residents of Fondwa in 1988. Since coming to Fondwa, Father Joseph has also founded a 700-student K-14 school, an
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Father Joseph in Fondwa, Haiti. orphanage, a clean water project, a health clinic, and a radio station. In 2004, he founded The University of Fondwa, Haiti’s first rural and accredited college. Of his work at the University, Father Joseph stated in the documentary, that “we are not doing emergency relief. We are doing sustainable development. We want to rebuild the country; that’s what I’m trying to do; to educate young people like Junior (Beauvais) to have a good education and to give back to the community what you have received.” When the idea for the film was first floated by Kaufman to Father Joseph, the humble priest was against the film being made. “He didn’t want the movie. He didn’t understand why someone would
want to tell the story,” said Ross. Born to peasant farmers in the mountains of Haiti, Father Joseph became a member of the Spiritan Catholic Holy Order, a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and lay brothers in 1982, where he was ordained as a priest. Father Joseph holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from the Université et Ecole de Commerce André E. Laroche in Port-auPrince, Haiti, and a Master of Divinity degree from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. In the first year of the microfinance program, 10 branches were established. Today, there are 46 branches, 800 employees, and 250,000 savers in the program.
See ‘FATHER JOSEPH,’ page 18
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Invite only: Robert Freeman’s paintings dissect a social world By CELINA COLBY
Robert Freeman has been a standard in the Boston art scene since he moved here in the 1960s. His show “New Work” at Adelson Galleries proves that his art is as vibrant and relevant as ever. On view until Dec. 18, the show expands on the material from his well-known series “Black Tie,” with a few extra surprises. “New Work” features a series of oil paintings with the movement and power of a jazz concert. They depict a social world, cocktail parties, dinners, dancing. But despite the lighthearted activities shown, the paintings have a darker edge to them. Most of his characters engage directly with the viewer, staring us down. This confrontational component brings to light the dynamic of exclusion and inclusion between black and white social circles. “I think inclusiveness in our society is still in question,” says Freeman. “We still live in a very segregated world.” Freeman’s goal in “Black Tie” was to show the social circles created by the new group of middle class African Americans of the ’50s and ’60s. Prejudice prevented them from socializing within white circles, but they modeled their own versions of what they saw. The subject matter was particularly poignant at the opening reception, where Freeman hosted an integrated audience of art lovers of all races comingling among the paintings. That brought layered meaning to the work. Freeman says, “Without someone in front of the paintings, they are incomplete.” The statement piece of the exhibit is a large triptych called “The Sundowners.” Painted in moody blacks and grays, the piece takes on a more somber tone than the rest of the show. The partygoers
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program. However, getting financial and local support hasn’t always been easy. Over the years several of Phillipe’s close friends and colleagues were murdered because of their advocacy for the poor. And most recently, many of the businesses established over the past 25 years have been
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continued from page 16 her to continue working heavy hours. They offer her a gym and a bar at the office, spa days and the ability to bring her dogs to work. The expert cast pokes hilariously at corporate culture and the oftused ploy of plying employees with flashy amenities to work longer and harder. The cast of four effortlessly morphs into myriad comical characters. The content’s accessibility makes it amusing, but also possesses a dark edge. “Revolt”
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Robert Freeman, “Golden Necklace 8,” at Adelson Galleries Boston through Dec. 18. look up from their fun as if to ask the viewer, “What are you doing here?” Freeman says the piece was inspired by the cheeky edge of Edvard Munch’s paintings. The flashy orange of one dancer’s fingernails reminds the audience that this piece, though darker than most, is Freeman through and through. A marked difference from the “Black Tie” series is the use
of gold leaf on a number of the paintings. Freeman says the gold was inspired by his South African homeland. In “Golden Necklace 8,” he paints a close-up portrait
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damaged or destroyed by the 2010 earthquake. After Hurricane Matthew devastated the Fondwa region, Kaufman managed to speak with someone there who told him that there were “structures that had survived the earthquake that have now been torn down by the storm.” Kaufman noted that “Father Joseph has an amazing track record of rallying forces locally, hiring locally and
rebuilding.” Working with Father Joseph has been transformative for both Kaufman and Ross. “It’s the idea of living your life around purpose” that has been one of the key elements in Ross’ own growth. And Kaufman, who considers himself a cynical person, has seen firsthand that “The world can be made better if you get involved. We might not stop wars but we can change communities.”
points out that these situations have become so accepted in society they are commonplace. Subtle sexism slips under the radar day after day. The narrative structure deteriorates in the second half of the show. We are presented with a family dinner featuring a mother, child and grandmother. The characters continually switch bodies while dropping hints about what happened within the estranged family. Then we see a woman kill herself from the pain of it all, followed by the characters running wildly about the stage, yelling. While this does have the
disorganization of a revolution, per the title, it does so without a clear purpose or end result. Fictional worlds are created that we don’t have time to get attached to, which drains some of the power from the end of the performance. “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.” covers important ground that mainstream media often ignores. It discusses feminism in terms of language, cultural practices and the workplace beyond the dramatic themes of rape and sexual harassment. For this, the show should be commended. Every performance of “Revolt” is a step closer to a more equal world.
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When the pace of family life gets busy, it seems easier than ever to forgo healthy eating plans, and the hectic autumn season is a big culprit. However, you don’t need to compromise flavor for nutrition when turning to convenient options that fit your busy lifestyle. On average, Americans are only meeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPlate recommendations for servings of vegetables, fruit, proteins, dairy and grains a mere seven days out of 365. Despite their best intentions to eat more healthy meals, many families need inspiration and simple solutions so they can make better eating choices a reality more often. Using educational tools like “My Plate” programs, you can put together delicious and nutritious meals that incorporate both frozen and fresh foods. Using the nutrition facts on the packaging, determine your serving size and then add a simple and nutritious side dish. — Family Features
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Few fruits are as iconic to American culture as the apple, a fairly ironic fact when you consider that only the super-tart crab apple is native to our shores. Nonetheless, we continue to be inspired by the fruity transplants, and the sight of the fruit hanging heavy on the tree is a welcome reminder that fall is here. In this apple cake, the apples are caramelized in a combination of sugar and sorghum, topped with a cornmeal-fortified sweet batter and baked. Invert for an apple-topped cake, or serve straight from the pan. Either way, a heavyduty, ovenproof skillet, like cast-iron, is crucial. It creates a crunchy crust and tender middle. Crisp apples such as Granny Smiths or Braeburns work best, but not to be exclusive, tart, crisp pears, another harbinger of fall, work beautifully as well.
Crisp, carmelized cake great for autumn’s apples
Upside Down Apple Cake After baking, invert the cake so that the caramelized apples are on top, or serve it directly from the pan, without inverting at all. Apples: n ¼ cup (½ stick) butter n ¾ cup sugar n ¼ cup sorghum or molasses (optional) n 3 to 4 crisp, tart apples or pears, peeled, cored and cut into wedges Cake: n ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened n ²⁄³ cup sugar n 1 teaspoon vanilla extract n 2 eggs, room temperature n 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour n ½ cup cornmeal n 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder n 1 teaspoon salt n ½ teaspoon cinnamon n 1 cup buttermilk or yogurt
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7-Layer Peanut Butter Dip Makes three mini 7-Layer Dip Jars n 1 cup of graham cracker crumbs n 1 thinly sliced banana n 1 cup peanut butter n 1 cup of softened cream cheese n 3 tablespoons of honey n 1 cup of whipped cream n 3 tablespoons of chocolate chips n Assorted dippers Evenly layer a small jar with graham cracker crumbs, sliced banana, Peter Pan Simply Ground Peanut Butter, softened cream cheese, honey, whipped cream, chocolate chips. Serve with optional assorted dippers: pretzel rods, plain potato chips, crispy bacon, fresh strawberries, sliced cooked waffles, pound cake, sliced apples, etc. —Brandpoint/Peter Pan Peanut Butter
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1. Preheat oven to 375F. 2. To prepare apples, melt butter in a 10- to 12-inch cast iron (or heavy ovenproof ) skillet over low heat. Add sugar and sorghum to pan and stir. Place apple wedges in the pan, trying not to leave large gaps. Cook over medium-low heat about 15 minutes. 3. To prepare cake, beat butter and sugar using an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla and eggs. Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add buttermilk and flour mixture alternately to butter mixture and mix until well blended. 4. Remove skillet from heat. Spoon batter over apples and spread to cover completely. Place in oven and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until cake is golden brown and bubbly. Let cake cool in skillet 5 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate, arranging any apple slices that have fallen off the cake. Serves 10.
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Boston has gained more than 100,000 residents since 1980. Projections indicate another 50,000 by the year 2030. percent: In 2015, only 30 percent of Boston households contained more than two people, compared with 49 percent in 1960. percent: As of 2015, 28 percent of Boston residents were foreign-born, with the top four countries of origin being China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cape Verde. The BPDA’s population models, factoring in projected births, deaths, in-migration and out-migration, predict that in 2030, the population will reach 723,500.
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BPDA’s director of research, presented dozens of slides illustrating population numbers and demographics, from historic trends to projections for the future. Lima explained that from 1980 to 2000, Boston’s population growth was fueled entirely by an increase in foreign-born residents, while in the 21st century the city’s foreign-born and U.S.-born populations both have risen. The city has seen also a shift in newcomer origins. Back in 1970, the majority of foreign-born residents had come from Europe. Since then, increasing shares of immigrants come from the Americas, Asia and Africa. As of 2015, 28 percent of Boston residents were foreign-born, with the top four countries of origin being China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cape Verde. In terms of the city’s racial and ethnic makeup, proportions have changed dramatically over the past several decades. In 1970, the city was 80 percent white, about 16 percent black, less than 3 percent Latino and less than 2 percent Asian. By 2010, the city had flipped to solidly “majority-minority,” where whites had dropped to 47 percent of the population while blacks made up 22 percent, Latinos 17.5 percent and Asians 9 percent. The BPDA data showed how racial and ethnic groups are concentrated geographically. The black/African American population in 1970 predominantly lived in Roxbury and in neighboring parts of Dorchester and Mattapan; in 2010 the black population was still concentrated, but had increased throughout Dorchester,
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Yaira Matos, a member of Imagine Boston 2030’s community engagement team, helps attendees experiment with hands-on city planning models before an Oct. 26 data presentation, part of the city’s “Boston by the Numbers” series. Mattapan and Hyde Park. Latinos barely register on the map in 1970, but today are concentrated largely in East Boston and Jamaica Plain. In 2015, the total city population stood at 667,137. The BPDA’s population models, factoring in projected births, deaths, in-migration and out-migration, predict that in 2030, the population will reach 723,500. This estimate falls between predictions by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (709,500) and the UMass Donahue Institute (752,000). Lima discussed some of the implications of a decreasing
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percentage of family households. “We have smaller and smaller households,” Lima said, “and that has a huge impact for the kind of housing we build.” Household size, however, still varies by neighborhood, with Dorchester, Mattapan, East Boston and Hyde Park having household sizes above the city average, and other areas such as Back Bay, Beacon Hill and Fenway falling below the average. One graph depicting “net migration” showed that from 2007– 2014, there was a large annual migration into the city of people ages
17–24, but an out-migration of all other age groups. Unlike in some small towns where the majority of residents might tend to be born there, grow up, stay, and die there, Boston’s population bulge of college students and young adults makes it difficult to plan ahead for housing, schools and transportation, Lima noted. “When you [first] have kids, you can be in a small house, but when you have two kids, maybe you move to a city outside Boston,” he said. “It’s very complicated, because you have to make assumptions on how people will behave in
the future.” Before the presentation, Imagine Boston 2030 community engagement staff led a few attendees through an exercise in city planning, using Lego bricks to represent the placement of housing, climate change adaptation measures and public spaces on a blank coastal “city,” bringing home in a small way the many tradeoffs faced in balancing multiple needs and limited space. Though this first session drew only a handful of attendees, organizers hope to engage more residents and spark discussions as the Boston by the Numbers series continues through the fall and winter. Upcoming sessions, with data topics still to be announced, are as follows: Nov. 17 at Mattapan Health Center; Dec. 12 at District Hall, Seaport District; Jan. 19 at Boston Public Library, Copley; Feb. 15 at Josiah Quincy School, Chinatown. All sessions are scheduled for 6:30–8 pm. In addition, one session will be in East Boston, with date and location to be determined.
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transform the structure into a community center. The bank and church agreed that the loan for the new building, which Charles Street called the Roxbury Renaissance Center, would enable them to renovate it to the point where the city would award a certificate of occupancy. The church then would secure additional funding to complete its planned build-out analysis of the property. But Cohee says the church attempted to complete the building renovations in one phase, without the bank’s knowledge. “Instead of following the bank’s plan, they followed their own plan, which earned them debt,” he said. “They evaded the mechanisms we put in place to monitor them. This deal would have worked, but for Charles Street engaging in behavior they shouldn’t have.”
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After defaulting on the loan, Charles Street Church entered into a bitterly-contested public relations battle with OneUnited. The church rallied congregants and community members in protest of OneUnited’s efforts to collect on its loan. The church used as collateral its
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continued from page 18 of a woman with a lavish gold necklace. The gold leaf represents warmth, loyalty and the sun. In this way Freeman brings a celebratory component to the study of race relations, a glorification of black bodies and culture. Though Freeman has struggled as a black artist in Boston, he also has become part of the change. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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puddingstone edifice on Warren Street as well as a row of storefronts and the former Skycap Lounge, which the church sought to renovate with the loan. Additionally, the First Episcopal District AME Church, headquartered in Philadelphia, acted as loan guarantor, claiming it had over $500 million in assets and over $20 million in cash on hand. In addition to the loan, interest, penalties and legal costs owed to OneUnited, Charles Street Church owes about $630,000 to Thomas Construction Company, the Dorchester firm hired to build its proposed Roxbury Renaissance Center. Another $450,000 is owed to Tremont Credit Union for a loan to repair the church’s roof. Also, an unspecified amount is owed to fewer than 20 other creditors, according to court documents. Charles Street has yet to present a plan to repay OneUnited or any of its other creditors. The Church did sell off the former SkyCap Lounge building and the row of Warren Street storefronts to the nonprofit Action for Boston Community Development for $2.9 million. The federal bankruptcy court is now holding those funds in escrow. In addition to the church building, Charles Street owns a parsonage at 466 Warren Street.
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purchased four of his paintings for their permanent collection, and he sits as an honorary overseer on their committee that represents African American artists. More and more galleries are following in Adelson’s footsteps and opening their doors to more diverse creators. Freeman is happy with this change, but his focus is first and foremost on his art. “I’ve found painting to be very agreeable,” he says. “I can’t say what I’ll do next, but I’m excited to do it.”
For Boston Day and Evening Academy Senior Jameel Johnson, that choice means making a 25-minute trek from his Elm Hill Avenue home to the Dudley Square school so he can attend choir rehearsal in Dorchester. Johnson’s mother, who works in retail, is the family’s sole breadwinner, leaving Johnson little discretionary spending money. “Sometimes I can’t afford to go to choir,” he said. Last week, Johnson and other activists joined Elijah for his
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mile-and-a-half walk with reporters and City Councilor Tito Jackson in tow to dramatize the difficulty of commuting on foot. While last Wednesday’s weather was a pleasant 72 degrees, Elijah says he was forced to weather the record-setting 2014 winter storms, sharing snow-covered streets with cars that struggled up and down the hills he walks. Jackson, huffing to keep up with the high school student, said he plans to advocate for the city to pony up the estimated $2 million it would cost to provide M7 passes for students within the two-mile walk zones around their schools. “It’s absolutely essential that
we as a city step up and fund one of the most fundamental needs our students have,” he said between gasps for breath. “Well over 80 percent of our students are poor. This is a fundamental issue of fairness.” Boston Public Schools spokesman Daniel O’Brien said in an email statement that the department is examining its $110 million transportation budget as part of its long-term financial planning. “Boston Public Schools respects the power of student voice and listens to community concerns on this issue,” O’Brien’s statement reads.
BANNER CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1713-C1, FY17-19 WATERFRONT REPAIR TERM CONTRACT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE:
PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2016.
The work includes VARIOUS WATERFRONT REPAIRS, ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REMOVAL OF SPILL CONTAINMENT BOOMS; RETRIEVAL AND DISPOSAL OF FLOATING DEBRIS; EXTRACTION AND DISPOSAL OF DAMAGED TIMBER OR TIMBER DEBRIS; SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF NEW TIMBER FENDERS; SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF NEW TIMBER CURBS; SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF NEW TIMBER PILES; AND REPLACEMENT OF BUOY MOORING CHAINS AND HARDWARE. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($800,000.00). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages
LEGAL to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.
LEGAL enced Electrical Prime Contractors submit Statement of Qualifications Forms to the DCAMM Bid Room no later than 2:00 PM, Tuesday, December 6, 2016. SCOPE: The project consists of the relocation of the existing Data Center in the Massachusetts State House within the existing storage area adjacent to its current location in the sub-basement area known as the “Coal Pocket”. An RFQ informational meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 @ 11:00 AM at DCAMM’s Bid Room, 1st floor, Room 107, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108. This Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process as set forth in MGL Chapter 149. DCAMM, through its Electrical Prime Contractor Prequalification Committee, is prequalifying firms interested in providing public Electrical Prime Contractor Services on this Public Construction Project for the State House Data Center Relocation, Boston, MA through this RFQ process. Electrical Prime Contractor Statement of Qualifications Forms from interested Electrical Prime Contractors are sought for the following one (1) category of work: Electrical Prime Contractor. Only prequalified firms will be permitted to submit bids for the categories of work in which they were prequalified. The Request for Qualifications may be downloaded from http://www.commbuys. com or DCAMM’s E-Bid Room on or after Wednesday, November 9, 2016. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance Carol W. Gladstone, Commissioner
Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
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RFQ/P Tax Consulting Services Fore River Railroad Corporation
11/29/16
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Electrical Equipment Testing Deer Island Treatment Plant
12/01/16
2:00 p.m.
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RFQ/P Reservoirs’ Emergency Response Training
12/06/16
11:00 a.m.
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RFQ/P Shaft 12 Isolation Gate Design, ESDC/RE Services
12/09/16
11:00 a.m.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE (DCAMM) Request for Qualifications for One (1) Contractor Package: Electrical Prime Contractor State House Data Center Relocation Boston, MA Mass. State Project No. BSB1403 HC1 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through its Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM), requests that qualified and experi-
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PROBATE COURT CASE NO. SU16P0935EA
SUFFOLK ss.
To all persons interested in the estate of Brenda Marie Simpson late of Boston, in said County, deceased Intestate. A petition has been presented to said Court for license to sell - at public auction - private sale - private - certain real estate of deceased. If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Boston before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 1st day of December, 2016, the return day of this citation.
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DUDLEY TERRACE APARTMENTS Will be accepting applications for its 1-2-3 BR waiting lists. To qualify for these waitlists, income limits apply All applicants will be screened for eligibility. Use & Occupancy restrictions apply.
RENT
$1108 - $1536
Maximum Income Per Household Size
Witness, the Honorable Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 25th day of October, 2016.
HH Size
60%
1
41,400
2
47,280
3
53,220
4
59,100
5
63,840
6
68,580
Felix D. Arroyo, Register. Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU16D1996DR
SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Sharlene Touzin
vs.
Bryol Printemps
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN OF THE MARRIAGE. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Sharlene Touzin, 30 Rosa Street #1, Hyde Park, MA 02136 your answer, if any, on or before 12/29/2016. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.
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Wingate Residences Phase II Affordable Housing Lottery
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 1 AFFORDABLE FOUR BEDROOM SINGLE FAMILY HOME (with Homeowner’s Association) NEW CONSTRUCTION TO BE SOLD BY LOTTERY TO ELIGIBLE HOMEBUYER Margaret Way, 98 Forest Street, Lot #9, Methuen (1) 4 Bed, 2-1/2 Baths, Single Family Home $207,700 2000 Apprx SF Max income 1 Person – $46,000 5 Persons – $71,000 2 Persons – $52,600 6 Persons – $76,250 3 Persons – $59,150 7 Persons – $81,500 4 Persons – $65,700 8 Persons – $86,750 Asset Limitation $75,000, as defined in lottery application packet Other Restrictions Apply INFO MTG: Methuen City Hall, Searles Bldg, 2nd Floor Conference Room 12/5/2016 6PM – 8PM
For Details on Applications, the Lottery and the Apartments or for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call Jamielynn Salisbury at 781.455.9080 or email her at affordablehousing@wingatehealthcare.com. Applications and Information also available at the Needham Public Library on 1139 Highland Ave (Hours: M-Th 9-9, F 9-5:30, Sa 9-5, Su 1-5).
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THREE BEDROOM UNIT/WELLESLEY Monthly rent $1826.00 includes utilities Unit is in walk to town location Maximum household income (3 people) $65,750; (4 people) $73,050; (5 people)$78,900; and (6 people) $84,750 Information and application packets available at Planning Board office, Town Hall; reference desk at the Public Library; from the lottery administrator or may be downloaded from the town web site: www.wellesleyma.gov An information meeting will be held at the Wellesley Police Station,485 Washington, Street on Saturday, November 19, at 1:30 p.m. Completed application must be postmarked by November 30, 2016 and submitted to Housing Options, 20 Ledyard Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 The lottery will be held in the Juliani room in the Wellesley Town Hall, 525 Washington Street at 7:30 p.m. on December 6,2016. For questions call lottery administrator Steve Burtt at 781-235-4120 or e-mail him at srburtt@comcast.net
MAILING ADDRESS MUST BE PROVIDED 978-258-3492 Application Deadline: Received by January 6, 2017
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Rents for the affordable units changes based on the amount of occupants. Rents shown include all utilities.
Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be delivered, not postmarked, by 5 pm on January 16, 2017 and dated and delivered no earlier than January 2, 2017. The Needham Public Library Community Room, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA will be the location for a public Info Session on November 30, 2016 at 6:00 pm and Needham Town Hall will be the location for the Lottery on January 19, 2017 at 6:00 pm.
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BURLINGTON RENTAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING 18—One ($1,287), Two ($1,418) Bedroom Units Utilities are NOT included
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Pets welcome, subject to applicable rules and regulations, breed restrictions apply.
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Parker Hill Apartments
Applications and Information Packet at: Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen) or Methuen City Hall, 1st Fl, Rm. #112 Or Write To: JTE Realty Assoc., LLC, P. O. Box 955, North Andover, Ma. 01845 Or e-mail: margaret@jterealtyassociates.com
1BR/2BR unit @ $1,220 (for 1 person households) 1BR/2BR unit @ $1,395 (for 2 person households)
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Wingate Senior Living at Needham is a 143 unit senior living facility. Five of the independent living units will be made available through this application process and rented to households with incomes at or below 80% of the Area Median Income. There are 4 affordable 1BR units and 1 affordable 2BR unit.
91 Clay Street Quincy, MA 02170
Call Sandy Miller,
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Rent does NOT include care services, medication services, and incontinency services. A meal plan is available at an additional cost of $25/day. Applicants for these affordable units must meet the terms and standards required to qualify to live in an independent living unit. Please contact Wingate for more details.
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0 BR units = $1,027/mo 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.
Applications may be picked up from the Management Office located at 147 Moreland Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 On Tuesdays from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and on Thursdays from 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.. Any questions, please call United Housing Management At (617) 208-4933 TTY/TDD: (800) 439-0183
Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 12, 2016
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
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2-BR
Income limit
60% AMI
Rent
$1,330
Unit totals
6
Units by lottery.
60%
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60%
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41,220
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58,860
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47,100
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63,600
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52,980
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68,280
Applications are available 11/7/16 through 11/21/16 Applications may be picked up in person from the Management Office at 1542 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119 Weekdays: Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Evening hours Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, 11/19/16 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. You may also request an application by contacting the management office at Montebello@winnco.com Informational Meeting: Monday, November 7, 2016, 6:00 PM Urban Edge, 1542 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, MA Deadline for completed applications to be in lottery: Monday, November 28, 2016 by 4:00 p.m. In person at the above address or mailed and postmarked by that day. Reasonable accommodations made. SELECTION BY LOTTERY Use and Occupancy Restrictions Apply Preferences Apply including the new City of Boston Diversity Preservation Preference Pilot For more information call Winn Management (617) 989-1052 TTY/TDD: (800) 439-2370 Equal Housing Opportunity
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Public Information Meeting 7:00 p.m., Wed., November 16th Burlington Town Hall—29 Center St Main Hearing Room, 2nd Fl Application Deadline December 19, 2016
For Info and Application Availability: Pick Up: Burlington Town Hall, - Selectmen’s Ofc, Public Library & Leasing Office Phone: (978) 456-8388 Email: lotteryinfo@mcohousingservices.com
1 person: 2 person: 3 person: 4 person:
$51,150 $58,450 $65,750 $73,050
Reasonable Accommodations Available for persons with disabilities Language/ translation assistance available, at no charge, upon request.
Application available online at: www.mcohousingservices.com
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The Lenox Housing Authority is seeking qualified applicants for an Executive Director to oversee the daily management and operation of 102 units of State Elderly housing, 8 units of State Family housing, 12 units of State 689 housing, and 3 commercial spaces with executed leases. The Executive Director reports to a five member Board of Directors. The successful candidate must have a minimum of two years experience in housing, community development, public administration, or a closely related field and knowledge of the principles and practices of housing management, finances, and maintenance systems in public or private housing. Strong written and verbal communication skills required, along with willingness and ability to work with people of various socio-economic backgrounds. Certification as a Public Housing Manager or Massachusetts Public Housing Administrator through a DHCD approved Massachusetts Public Housing Administrator Certification Program preferred but must be obtained within twelve months. Two years full time post secondary education in a related field may substitute for up to one year experience. Applicant subject to CORI verification and must possess a valid driver’s license. The position is a minimum of 32 hours per week. Salary will be determined by the DHCD Executive Director Salary guidelines commensurate with experience based qualifications. The cover letter and resume must be received no later than Dec. 1, 2016 at 4:30 pm. Mail cover letter and resume marked RESUME to: Catherine May, Chairman Lenox Housing Authority, 6 Main St. Ste. 1, Lenox, MA 01240 The Lenox Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
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$72.5M in New Construction Projects for Roxbury Community College While Roxbury Community College has always provided our community with quality instruction and programming, our buildings have never accurately reflected the strength of our teaching. Decades of deferred maintenance projects are apparent to those who spend time in our buildings, or simply pass by our campus. Make no mistake, it is a top priority of the current administration to reverse the decades of decay and to provide our extended community with the facilities they deserve. It’s a project we’ve been working on for the past three years.
The administration will continue to seek additional funding to make sure our community has the facilities they deserve. The College is also planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony early next year, to celebrate the installation of solar canopies and geothermal wells in parking lot 1. We hope you will join us in the first of many celebrations as we continue to unveil each new renovation project for the campus.
In 2013, the State designated $30M in funding to address all of RCC’s facility needs, including deferred maintenance and capital improvements. A formal assessment determined that there were $19 million in deferred maintenance projects needed. Rather than use the majority of the $30M for deferred maintenance, the new administration immediately began to work with Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) to find ways to identify additional funding sources to address this issue and bring the campus up to 21st century standards. The Commonwealth Energy Efficiency Program was one such solution to closing the gap in funding. It allowed the College to address many of the deferred maintenance issues by installing more energy efficient systems, and finance the costs of these systems with the projected savings in energy costs.
Administrators and government officials celebrate the start of campus renovations at our groundbreaking ceremony.
One parking lot (corner of Columbus Avenue and Cedar Street) will use geothermal wells beneath the lot to power heating and cooling systems for Buildings 2, 3 and 4. Solar panels will cover the lot and generate enough energy savings to finance other energy cost saving measures, including: new lighting and heating units to ensure that there is a comfortable and energy-efficient learning environment. Through additional grants totaling $12M and with $9M applied to the energy program, we have secured $21M for energy efficiencies and deferred maintenance. Also, the college administration has been able to secure an additional $18M (from Mass Life Sciences and the Mass Cultural Council, to name a few) to add to the original $30M allocation. This gives RCC a total of $48M in funding for projects that benefit students and improve instructional spaces.
An aerial view of construction in lot # 1
Another $2M was secured to replace elevators across the campus. In addition, the College received $1.55M to resurface the Reggie Lewis Center’s track, install a new Jumbotron and wire the field house and gymnasium for future audiovisual installations. DCAMM is competitively bidding the second phase of the Reggie’s renovation project to meet ADA and other code requirements, heating and ventilation upgrades and repairs to the front plaza. 3 Construction update: http://www.rcc.mass.edu/about-us/construction-updates 1 Contact: 617-427-0060
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