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Snowed in: Storms stop MBTA service System failures highlight aging transportation infrastructure BANNER PHOTO

The lobby in the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, opened to news media last week, is dominated by a grand staircase.

The School Department will occupy offices on upper floors, while ground floor space will contain retail and restaurants.

Restored Bolling Building ready for BPS move-in Ground floor retail still to come to former Ferdinand’s

By SANDRA LARSON

After three years of painstaking restoration and new construction, the former Ferdinand building, now the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, is days away from opening as the new Boston Public Schools headquarters.

On a press tour of the building last week, architect Victor

Vizgaitis of Watertown-based Sasaki Associates described the design goals and challenges of the $123 million project, which broke ground on March 3, 2012, exactly a year after Mayor Thomas Menino announced the redevelopment plan in 2011.

“We worked to integrate with the social, historic and community fabric of the neighborhood,” said Vizgaitis, whose firm

partnered with the Dutch firm Mecanoo to design the building.

“We wanted not to just create a new structure, but to pay respect to a critical part of the history of Dudley Square.”

The exterior knits together modern brick-and-glass construction with the meticulously restored facades of three

See BOLLING, page 9

By YAWU MILLER

Winter storm Neptune, the third of an unprecedented series of storms, dropped more than a foot of snow on the Bay State last week, bringing MBTA service to a halt and sparking a spirited debate over investment in the state’s public transit system.

After a pair of dueling press conferences exposed what appeared to be icy relations between MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott and Gov. Charlie Baker, Scott announced she will resign in April.

The opening salvo came after the storm subsided on Feb. 9, when Baker gave what many saw as pointed criticism of Scott.

“We’ve been frustrated, disappointed with the performance of the T,” he told reporters. “The public transportation system has to work. Let’s face it – this can’t happen again.”

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MBTA General Manager Dr. Beverly Scott The following day, Scott fired back, giving reporters a spirited discourse on the intricacies of running a 100-year-old system with 40-year-old trains.

“For anyone to believe that a system that is over 100 years old,

See MBTA, page 7

Snow piles, cancellations — and good deeds

By SANDRA LARSON

After multiple storms piled more than 90 inches of snow on Boston from mid-January to mid-February — and with more snow expected this week — the city is a mess, with clogged streets and sidewalks, drift-buried cars, countless cancellations, tempers wearing thin and few places to put snow even where shovels and plows attempted to keep up.

As of Monday afternoon, seven “snow farms” around Boston

— large vacant lots that hold the snow removed by plows from city streets — had received 16,000 truckloads totaling 320,000 cubic yards. Huge snow-melters, some borrowed from other cities, had liquefied 40,000 tons of snow.

Over the weekend, the Massachusetts National Guard, already assisting around the state, sent 10 guardsmen and five Bobcat vehicles onto Boston streets.

Nearly 3,000 citations had been issued for snow violations,

See SNOW, page 20

GET IN TOUCH n REPORTS OF UNSHOVELED WALKS,

dangerous snow loads on roofs and other concerns and questions may be directed to the 24-hour Mayor’s Hotline (617-6354500), or submitted on the spot, with photos, via the Citizens Connect mobile phone app. n ON TWITTER, follow @NotifyBoston and @bostonpolice for updates from the

city’s Office of Constituent Services and the Boston Police Department. n FOR MBTA SERVICE UPDATES, see http://mbta.com/winter/ and @MBTA on Twitter.

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Driving winds and a heavy dump of snow made for slow going on Harold Street in Roxbury Sunday. The storm dropped more than a foot of snow on Boston, as the city struggles to clear streets and sidewalks after a record three weeks of snowfall.

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Housing enforcement group sues M&T Bank for discrimination Lawsuit draws on secret videotapes and recordings to argue that the bank’s loan officers discriminated against black, Latino and Asian mortgage applicants.

By Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica

One of the nation’s largest banks discriminates against black, Latino and Asian homebuyers by offering lesser qualified white borrowers higher loan amounts and using hidden racial criteria in one of its loan programs, according to a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Manhattan. The suit also accuses the bank of steering homebuyers to certain neighborhoods based on their race or ethnicity.

The lawsuit claims that M&T Bank violated the landmark Fair Housing Act, a 1968 law that sought to end discriminatory lending practices and limit the historic segregation of many of the country’s cities. The suit was filed by the Fair Housing Justice Center, a New York City-based non-profit organization that is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to enforce the federal law that bans housing discrimination.

Between 2012 and 2014, the Fair Housing Justice Center conducted a series of tests in which it sent out trained actors to explore whether white and non-white homebuyers would be treated differently when trying to prequalify for a mortgage. All followed a similar script, telling bank officers they were married with no children and

were first-time homebuyers. The black, Latino and Asian testers presented slightly better qualifications when it came to income, credit and additional financial assets.

In nine separate interactions recorded either with a camera or an audio devices, employees at M&T Bank’s New York City loan office can be seen or heard treating the white applicants differently than the others, according to the suit.

In one instance, a black candidate was told she did not have enough savings to buy a home. A white applicant with slightly lower income and credit scores and $9,000 less in savings was pre-approved for a loan. In another case, a Latina candidate was told she would qualify for a mortgage $125,000 less than the test’s white candidate with lower income, poorer credit and less cash.

“Defendant’s conduct, as described above, constitutes discrimination in making available residential real estate-related transactions and in the terms and conditions of such transactions on the basis of race or national origin in violation of the Fair Housing Act,” the lawsuit says.

A complaint against a lender based solely on secret testing is quite unusual. Several fair housing experts could not think of another case. Because lawsuits against banks typically result from statistical disparities,

whistleblowers or consumer complaints, this case could open up a new legal means of pursuing discriminatory lenders.

Unjust practices

M&T Bank spokesman Michael Zabel would not answer questions about the allegations in the lawsuit.

He sent a one-paragraph statement that said the bank had the “highest percentage of African-American home purchase borrowers and dedicated the highest percentage of its deposits to community development lending. These facts reflect our deep commitment to fair lending, and to serving all of our neighbors in all of our communities,” according to a report by the Association of Neighborhood Housing and Development. He also wrote that, “This issue is of the utmost importance to us, and we began taking steps immediately to investigate and address this claim.”

New York-based M&T Bank is the 17th largest commercial bank holding company in the United States, according to the lawsuit.

The regional bank operates more than 700 branches in New York and seven other states and Washington, D.C. The fair housing organization believes that the case pulls the curtain back on how discrimination still occurs in lending even though the kind of overt bigotry that prevailed generations ago is rarely seen. The lawsuit, it turns

out, comes as the Supreme Court is actively considering the reach of the 1968 federal fair housing law.

Fred Freiberg, the executive director of the Fair Housing Justice Center, has been working in fair housing enforcement for nearly four decades and runs one of the most prolific fair housing testing agencies in the country.

He also designed the U.S. Department of Justice’s fair housing testing program.

Of the tests the organization ran with M&T, Freiberg said: “We would expect to see people get equal treatment or minority testers getting slightly higher loan amounts because they were slightly better qualified. But a considerable amount of the time, we found different treatment that favored the white testers.”

The lawsuit asserts that, in addition to white testers being favored, the bank ran a first-time homebuyers loan program that used the racial makeup of the area where the home would be purchased as criteria, and that loan officers used the program to steer nonwhite homebuyers to largely nonwhite neighborhoods.

“This came as a bit of shock,” Freiberg said.

In some instances, the suit claims, loan officers steered white testers away from that loan and advised them to look for homes in heavily white areas while advising nonwhite testers to look in heavily black and Latino areas.

“I highly doubt you’re gonna buy in an area where you’re a min... more minority than majority,” a loan officer told a white tester.

It is illegal under the Fair Housing Act for lenders or real estate agents to suggest neighborhoods to customers based on race.

Stealth bigotry

Greg Squires, a public policy professor at George Washington University and a financial services expert who has written extensively on housing segregation and industry discrimination lawsuits, said the evidence offered in the lawsuit involving nine attempts to pre-quality for a mortgage is troubling.

“It is very striking,” he said.

“When you have as many cases as they did here I think it is difficult to try to explain it away as a bad apple.”

Squires said that what M&T’s being accused of is not as bad as when Wells Fargo employees were accused of targeting subprime loans as “ghetto loans” for “mud people.” But the effect, he said, is the same. “It is going to perpetuate segregation,” Squires said.

Further, he argued, when minority homebuyers get lower loan amounts than they are qualified for, it means they are not able to buy as nice a home or live in as nice a neighborhood as equally, or even lesser qualified whiter homebuyers. And since more affluent neighborhoods tend to have access to better schools, amenities and services, this type of discrimination has significant consequences.

In recent years, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development has consistently found that racial steering — the leading of black and Latino home seekers away from whiter areas and white home seekers away from more diverse areas — is among the most common forms of housing discrimination. In fact, steering has been increasing even as other forms of housing discrimination have been waning, studies show.

See M&T BANK, page 12

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Delayed diversity in the NHL The New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory provides an indication of the value of racial diversity. Without consideration of race, the team management selects players on the basis of talent and availability. Then, through practice and team discipline, the players become a united gridiron force on game day.

Other professional sports teams — football, basketball and baseball — have a similar approach, but black players have not been prominent in hockey.

Some might think that is because hockey is a Canadian game that is alien to most blacks, but that is not the case. Blacks in Canada have always played hockey and they actually formed the Colored League there 22 years before the launch of the National Hockey League and 25 years before the Negro Baseball Leagues in the United States. Therefore it cannot be said that blacks in Canada had little interest in organized hockey.

Nonetheless, it was not until January 1958 that Willie O’Ree became the first black player in the NHL. He played right wing for the

Boston Bruins. This breakthrough did not occur until 11 years after Jackie Robinson was signed to play baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

After O’Ree, it is believed that only seven black players were signed in the next 24 years when in 1982 Val James became the first African American to play in the NHL. O’Ree was a Canadian. James, who now lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario, was born and raised in Long Island, N.Y. He has recently published a book entitled “Black Ice: The Val James Story,” in which he tells about racial hostility from the fans.

There are presently about 30 black hockey players in the 30-team NHL, mostly Canadians. The Colored Hockey League in Canada disbanded in about 1925. “Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925” by George and Darril Fosty, published in 2004, provides the most thorough account of that history. One wonders what professional hockey would be like if there were more than an average of one black player on each NHL team.

The consequences of prolonged neglect When things go wrong, the immediate reaction is to blame someone for the problem.

Finding the culprit seems to be more important than curing the crisis. With the collapse of Boston’s public transit system because of the mounting snowfall, the media quickly asserted that the inconvenience was caused by the alleged incompetence of the MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott.

That journalistic approach is no accident.

Reporters know that a personal attack generates more excitement and interest. Disabled trains, rusting in the rail yard, cannot be relied on even for a fascinating photograph.

Dr. Scott is a keenly intelligent, experienced manager of public transit systems, who does not shy away from confronting critics. Her educational background is far more extensive than what is required for the job. She is a Phi Beta Kappa alumna from Fisk University in Political

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She came to Boston in September 2012, at the behest of Gov. Deval Patrick, to help rescue the MBTA from its falling revenues and rising costs.

The system is already $9 billion in debt, with a $3 billion backlog of deferred maintenance, according to analysts.

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Why Brian Williams got away with pandering to racial stereotypes about black gangs

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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Now it turns out that the temporarily defrocked NBC news anchor Brian Williams may have blatantly lied about being terrorized by gangs during the Katrina debacle in 2005. Williams repeatedly said that during his stay at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New Orleans while covering the Katrina nightmare he and other guests and refugees at the hotel were assailed, assaulted and threatened by an armed gang.

Williams, as with his other dubious personal news coverage claims, got away with this whopper for years. Now guests, police officers and security personnel who were at or near the hotel say that at best, Williams wildly exaggerated the threat, and at worst, plainly lied. None said that they witnessed any gangs wielding guns or commandeering the hotel during the crisis.

But Williams’ claim was unquestioned for two reasons.

One is obvious. It was Williams saying it, and after all, would the respected face of American TV journalism, lie? The other reason is less obvious, but far more insidious. The assumption was that the gangs were young black males, since the media quickly latched on to the narrative that New Orleans before, during and in the immediate aftermath of Katrina was held siege by desperate criminal bands of out-of-control black thugs. Despite all evidence that debunked this lie, it was looped so long and so often it became accepted fact.

It still is, because it rests on the pantheon of stereotypes and negative typecasting of young black males that likely had deadly consequences in New Orleans with the number that were assaulted or killed by police during the Katrina chaos. Put plainly, it’s the shortest of short steps to think that if innocents can be depicted as a caricature of the terrifying image that much of the public harbors about young black males, then that image seems real, even more terrifying, and that can produce lethal consequences for other black males.

The hope was that President Obama’s election buried once and for all the negative racial typecasting and the perennial threat racial stereotypes posed to the safety and well-being of black males. It did no such thing. Immediately after Obama’s election teams of researchers from several major universities found that much of the public still perceived those most likely to commit crimes are poor, jobless and black. The study did more than affirm that race, poverty and crime were firmly rammed together in the public mind. It showed that once planted, the stereotype is virtually impossible to root out.

In 2003, Penn State University researchers conducted a landmark study on the tie between crime and perceptions of who is most likely to commit crime. The study found that many whites are likely to associate pictures of blacks with violent crime. This was no surprise, given the relentless media depictions of young blacks as dope-peddling gang bangers and drive-by shooters. The Penn State study found that even when blacks didn’t commit a specific crime, whites still misidentified the perpetrator as an African-American.

Five years later, university researchers wanted to see if that stereotype still held sway, even as white voters were near unanimous that race made no difference in whether they would vote for Obama.

Researchers still found public attitudes on crime and race unchanged.

The majority of whites still overwhelmingly fingered blacks as the most likely to commit crimes, even when they didn’t commit them.

The bulging numbers of blacks in America’s jails and prisons seem to reinforce the wrong-headed perception that crime and violence in America invariably comes with a young, black male face such as those in New Orleans that Williams claimed terrorized him and the city during those horrific days.

Williams has been called out on his other exaggerations and lies and he’s off the air for the time being. But so far, he hasn’t recanted or offered any real apology for his gang terrorizing claim in New Orleans. Here’s the rub. Even if he does, it won’t change much.

Millions will still think and believe that while Williams may have conned the public on black thugs in New Orleans, they are still a menace everywhere else.

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The hope was that President Obama’s election buried once and for all the negative racial typecasting. ... It did no such thing.”

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It ain’t gonna do nothing but move black people out of the here. They’re going to clean up the area.

Mike Thomas

I hope it means people who have been working here for a long time get some attention and the services they need.

Cara Lisa Berg Powers Executive Director Worcester

Retired Mattapan

It will be a shot in the arm for the district. We hope it will encourage businesses to stay open later.

It will bring more business.

Joyce Stanley

Samir

I think it will help clean up the square. It will be great. I hope the police department will pay more attention to what’s going on here.

Mickey Alexander Retired Roxbury

It depends on what’s actually going to go in there — what businesses are going in. We still have to leave the area to do a lot of our shopping.

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financing transactions and she served as Bond Counsel to the City of Boston as well as many cities, towns and other public bodies in New England.

She also served as President and CEO at The Dimock Center for nine years, retiring in 2013.

Before attending law school, Fitch was Director of the METCO program in the Brookline Public Schools and taught black literature at UMass Boston. In addition to her law degree, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Barnard College, Columbia University.

She received the Pinnacle Award for achievement in the legal profession from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts Award; the Charles Hamilton Houston Public Service Award from the Harvard Black Law Students Association; and the Distinguished Alumna Award from Girls’ Latin School/Boston Latin Academy, where she has been a commencement speaker.

The Pension Reserves Investment Trust (PRIT) Fund is a pooled invest-

ment fund that invests the assets of the Massachusetts Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement Systems, and the assets of county,authority, district and municipal retirement systems that choose to invest in the PRIT Fund.

The nine-member PRIM Board acts as trustee for each retirement system that invests assets in the PRIT Fund.

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RUTH ELLEN FITCH Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg appointed Ruth Ellen Fitch, a leader of complex organizations with a 20-year career in public finance, to serve on the Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board, the nine-member board that oversees the state’s $60 billion pension fund.

“I’m proud to appoint such a distinguished and innovative community leader to serve the Commonwealth,” said Treasurer Deborah Goldberg. “Ruth Ellen brings a diverse range of financial management experience to PRIM and a deep appreciation for public service.

Massachusetts retirees and taxpayers will be well-served by her creative and detail-oriented leadership style as we strive to maximize our investment gains at PRIM.” Fitch is a Harvard Law School graduate who spent her legal career specializing in public finance. She practiced law for more than 20 years at Palmer & Dodge LLP, where she became the first black woman partner at a large Boston law firm. Her practice included public law and

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Bring-your-own bill divides city council

By Yawu Miller

A pair of city councilors incited controversy last week, advancing a measure that would allow patrons to bring their own liquor to restaurants in Boston.

The proposed legislation, which councilors are referring to as BYOB (bring your own bottle) comes on the heels of at-large Councilor Ayanna Pressley’s push to lift the liquor license cap, a move she says is aimed at sparking economic development in the city’s long-neglected neighborhood business districts. Many of those districts, including Dudley Square and Uphams corner, lack full-service, sit-down restaurants.

Liquor licenses, which have long been limited by state law, help ensure that restaurants can turn a profit, but cost between $350,000 and $500,000, placing them out of reach for many entrepreneurs.

At-large Councilor Stephen Murphy said the measure he is co-sponsoring with at-large Councilor Michelle Wu would help small neighborhood restaurants compete with larger restaurants that already have liquor licenses.

“This is another effort by Councilor Wu to strengthen all neighborhoods,” he said.

Pressley was muted in her criticism of the measure, but suggested that it would undercut

efforts to bring more restaurants to neighborhoods.

“Given the important role restaurants serve as economic engines, I’m focused on moving things forward,” she said. “I’m worried about creating a tiered system. I don’t want neighborhoods like Mattapan and Hyde Park to be neglected.”

Serving liquor typically adds 40 percent to a restaurant bill, Pressley says, a critical bump in revenue that helps restaurants remain competitive.

Councilor Tito Jackson said the BYOB measure would cut into restaurants’ profits and workers’ wages.

“It would hurt their bottom line,” he said. “It would hurt tipped workers. I think it’s an important conversation to be had. I’m not saying I’m opposed to it. But I’m not ready to support it.”

Pressley’s push to increase the number of liquor licenses in Boston was not universally accepted. Some neighborhood activists worried that increased liquor licenses would lead to more public drinking.

In the end, Pressley succeeded in gaining passage of a home-rule petition that created 75 new liquor licenses the city will sell to restaurants over three years, with 60 designated for neighborhood business districts. The licenses will be

sold for $2,000, will be non-transferable and will revert to the city if a restaurant is sold. Pressley says the new liquor licenses will be

distributed in a manner that gives the city and neighborhood groups a degree of oversight over liquor consumption in restaurants. The new measure being advanced by Wu and Murphy would not.

Councilor Josh Zakim argued that the city’s Liquor Licensing Board and police could still enforce laws on alcohol consumption with the BYOB measure.

Zakim, Frank Baker and Tim McCarthy signed on in support of the measure.

Malia Lazu, executive director

of the Future Boston Alliance, worked with Pressley to lift the state cap on liquor licenses. She said the BYOB measure could be counterproductive to efforts aimed at increasing development in neighborhood business districts.

“It might be good for Downtown or Back Bay, but liquor sales are an important part of a restaurant’s business model,” she said. “It would be a real shame of a BYOB bill undercut the home rule petition Ayanna Pressley passed.”

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At-large City Councilor Michelle Wu is advancing a bill to allow patrons to bring their own alcoholic beverages to restaurants.

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continued from page 1 that’s got equipment, much of it running out there on the Red and Orange lines that are overcapacity to continue at the age it is, and to think that it’s going to have the resilience to wind up rebounding, that’s the epitome of… I’m not going to say foolish,” she told reporters.

For a day, Scott’s impassioned plea for investment in the aging system stood in contrast to Baker’s rebuke of the MBTA’s performance. Then, Wednesday, when Scott announced her impending resignation from the post, the discussion moved away from Scott and the governor and toward the system’s needs.

Scott drew criticism from some media outlets, but her message of longstanding disinvestment in a system on which nearly a third of all Boston workers rely also struck a chord. Subsequently, Baker appeared to backtrack from his earlier statement, pointing out to reporters that he didn’t mention Scott by name in his Monday critique of the MBTA and had no plans to seek her resignation.

Scott’s announcement that she would leave the MBTA in April appeared to take Baker by surprise, although until Thursday Baker had had no direct communication with her since taking office in January.

Monday, Scott announced that the MBTA will not be running at full capacity for another 30 days.

Currently, train service is running in the underground portions of the subway system, with limited service to above-ground stations.

Shuttle buses, including Peter Pan coaches, will service much of the system’s above-ground rail lines.

Last week’s extraordinary series of events — and this week’s announcement of continued service interruption — put the MBTA and its 900,000 riders in the public eye like few events in the past.

“I think it was an awakening for the new administration,” said former MBTA spokeswoman Lydia Rivera. “The message was definitely heard. It’s an opportunity for us to talk seriously about long-term investments in the MBTA.” As Scott pointed out in her press conference, cars on the Orange and Red lines are more than 30 years old – well past their expected life span. Switches that allow trains to move from one track to another lack functional heaters to keep them from freezing over in the cold. And, while new Orange Line and Red Line cars have been ordered, delivery is not expected until 2017.

Until then, the MBTA has no funding to make needed repairs to the system. Instead, Scott told reporters, MBTA employees have been working around the clock to remove ice and keep the system running. MBTA officials estimate $3 billion is needed for repairs and upgrades to the aging system.

At the same time, the MBTA was saddled with more than $5 billion in debt from projects related to the Big Dig highway project — a debt burden that consumes $1 of every $5 dollars in the MBTA budget.

Further compounding the MBTA’s fiscal problems, the Legislature and the administrations of former governors Paul Celucci and Jane Swift pushed through a series of tax cuts between 1998 and 2002 that, according to the Massachusetts

Budget and Policy Center, has resulted in a yearly reduction of $3.5 billion in state revenue.

Successive years of revenue shortfalls during the Great Recession added to the improbability of MBTA maintenance. Last week, Gov. Baker and legislative leadership agreed on a $14 million mid-fiscal year cut to the MBTA, as part of a package of cuts aimed at filling a projected $768 deficit.

And when Massachusetts voters last year backed a ballot question that repealed a Massachusetts law linking the gas tax to inflation, the MBTA lost out on another potential source of revenue.

Voters, lawmakers and past governors have all contributed to the MBTA’s current state, said state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry.

“No individual is to blame for what happened,” she said. “Everyone has to take responsibility.

There has been very little investment in the T.” Other black elected officials echoed Forry’s sentiments. During a City Council Meeting last week, councilors Ayanna Pressley, Tito Jackson and Charles Yancey expressed support for Scott and called for more investment in the MBTA. “This is an antiquated system,” Jackson said. “These are the same trains that were running on the El. We have the oldest and most antiquated trains running on our rails. It’s time we have a conversation about solutions and stop pointing fingers.”

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The vulnerability of the aging system was laid bare by last week’s punishing snow storm. A disabled Red Line train, its motors disabled by fine-grained snow that shorted

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its circuitry, stood motionless on the tracks below Dorchester Avenue Monday while passengers were forced to walk through kneedeep snow. Traffic on Interstate 93 zoomed by on plowed and salted travel lanes.

Long lines of snow-weary commuters waited for shuttle buses along the Red Line, forcing the MBTA to borrow Peter Pan coaches to service its Braintree and Quincy branches.

Monday of this week, all aboveground service on the MBTA’s rail system was shut down while workers cleared ice and snow from the tracks. That ritual may be repeated next Monday as another storm is forecast for the weekend.

As much as some commuters wanted to direct their anger toward the agency, former MBTA General

Manager Bob Prince said T workers were doing their level best to shore up the aging machinery.

“The workforce the T has, working around the clock to keep things moving — I’d match them against any workforce in the world,” said Prince, a Roxbury resident who still rides the T. “But sometimes your arms are too short to box with God.” Dorcena Forry said MBTA’s system failure during recent storms presents an opportunity for policy change. But helping dig the MBTA out of debt and modernizing its equipment and rolling stock will require cooperation at all levels of government, she added.

“It has to be all hands on deck,” she said. “I’m hopeful that now is the time. It’s not about blaming people. We have to roll up our sleeves and get to work.”

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Andrea Gilmore of Building Conservation Associates explained that the subtle turquoise window trim is actually the original “Ferdinand blue.” She is aware that it will surprise many people accustomed to the bright blue of the Ferdinand’s sign and especially of the blue boards that covered its windows as the building loomed vacant and neglected over Dudley Square. The furniture store closed in the 1970s.

In the interior, as the Banner has reported previously, one of the nods to history is a pair of parallel light tubes tracing the curving path of the old elevated Orange line that skirted the building with a well-known screech. Yet as a modern municipal facility, the Bolling Building offers a non-bureaucratic feel with an elegant central staircase, Wi-Fi access and cheerful seating areas for parents and families coming in for school registration activities.

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The BPS office floors were designed with open space, natural light and collaboration in mind.

Instead of separate cubicles and walled offices, the bulk of the work areas for roughly 500 employees are low-walled workspaces with rolling whiteboards and communal seating areas for group discussions. Bright accent walls and panoramic views of the city through large windows and from the sixthfloor roof deck await employees accustomed to a more drab interior at 26 Court Street.

BPS employees, starting with the superintendent and the communications team, are slated to start moving in this week, and the relocation should be complete by late March. On March 11, the School Committee will hold its first meeting in the spacious chambers located at the prow of the building with an iconic round window facing Washington Street.

The Bolling Building also will house the Roxbury Innovation Center and several retail establishments. Still empty now, the retail spaces are expected to open in two to five months. A 7,800-squarefoot space intended as a full-service restaurant has not yet had a viable proposal, and a second Request for Proposals will be issued soon. The businesses signing leases for the smaller spaces have not been officially announced, but the mix is expected to include a coffee shop, a pizza shop and retail stores.

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By MARTIN DESMARAIS

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Kiva supports many small retail operations around the world, such as this woman selling hand-crafted necklaces and carved items in Ghana.

Kiva lending program brings microloan approach to US Online Zip loans aid small businesses

By MARTIN DESMARAIS

Kiva, a nonprofit lending organization, has helped connect entrepreneurs all over the world with $6.7 million in loans since it began its efforts in Africa a decade ago. Now, with more than 1.2 million lenders and money sent to 86 different countries, Kiva has set its sights on helping U.S. startup entrepreneurs with its Kiva Zip program.

The San Francisco-based Kiva was an early pacesetter in the microfinance industry. Using the Internet to harness a network of lenders that donate as little as $25 toward helping entrepreneurs in developing countries — and volunteers around the world to find worthy projects — Kiva created a network of social capital that has had widespread impact.

Lenders can search Kiva’s website for projects to back, and then contribute immediately online.

Loans are then given out through lending partners all over the world.

Kiva handles sending the money to the lending partners and also handles the repayment of the loan back to the individual lenders. There is no interest on the loans or any fees, and those who lend simply get their money back with the knowledge that they have helped a small business entrepreneur get off the ground. The organization, funded through grants, corporate sponsors and also donations, boasts a 99 percent repayment rate on its loans.

Many of the loans go to agriculture-related businesses, ranging from loans that help single farmers

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Also popular are food businesses that need inventory to start or grow, as well as initiatives to build housing or support education. Most of the loans are a few thousand dollars or less.

Kiva spokesman Jason Riggs says the success of the Kiva model abroad sparked efforts to take a look at how the organization could support U.S. startup entrepreneurs.

In 2011, Kiva began loaning in the U.S. using its standard model.

However, Kiva saw an opportunity to streamline the process from what was necessary in other countries — using the robust U.S. electronic payment industry to get the money directly to entrepreneurs without needing a lending partner go-between.

So the organization established the Kiva Zip program in 2012 and targeted it at businesses looking for loans under $50,000 because those

small loans are not typically possible through traditional lenders, such as banks.

Riggs said the Kiva Zip program is aimed to help boost a small business economy that has been severely hampered by the credit freeze of 2008, which has not thawed for most small businesses.

“Basically, what we are doing is an experiment in social underwriting, and if successful it could really transform how small businesses access capital,” he added. “We are making lending more efficient to be able to offer zero percent no-fee loans and we are creating a new system for qualifying for loans, at the same time, which will help open up capital for a lot of people that have been excluded.”

Kiva Zip requires a “trustee” to vouch for an entrepreneur before a loan is made. Trustees are described as business support organizations,

See KIVA, page 11

Crowdfunding is a hot topic in the lending and investing world, but with billions of dollars at stake for small businesses and startups it is not just an Internet trend that will fade away in the short term. Developments in the industry suggest crowdfunding will be a crucial part of supporting entrepreneurs for the foreseeable future.

Generally, crowdfunding refers to funding a project or business venture by raising money from a large number of people, usually over the Internet. While small businesses have always thrived on support from family and friends, often referred to as “angel” investors, when first getting going, crowdfunding has changed this model by using technology platforms to coordinate the lending of money from multiple parties, as well as tracking the method of paying the money back.

Crowdfunding is relatively young — the first examples emerged about a decade ago — and has been driven by Web-based companies such as Indiegogo, Kickstarter and SeedInvest.

Recent reports suggest there are approximately 1,000 crowdfunding platforms.

The industry still lacks clear tracking, but the most widely-cited statistics come from a 2013 study commissioned

by The World Bank infoDev program’s “Crowdfunding’s Potential for the Developing World,” that examined the sector worldwide and estimated a global market of $96 billion by 2025.

By all accounts, crowdfunding first topped $1 billion annually in 2011 and has been steadily rising since, moving past a $5 billion-a-year sector now. The United Kingdom-based The

Crowdfunding Centre is one organization starting to track the industry and released data suggesting more than $60,000 was raised hourly through crowdfunding platforms in 2014.

Crowdfunding services are also showing impressive numbers. Last month, officials at Kickstarter said the company raised $529 million for projects in 2014. Kickstarter appears to be setting the pace for the industry but others are not far behind.

For small businesses, all signs suggest that the real boom in crowdfunding is still to come. As the practice has grown, crowdfunding has spread to encompass many different models of funding, not all of which are designed to really impact a business startup, but the rise of the startup equity model of crowdfunding could be what triggers a real small business boon.

To date, crowdfunding has been driven mostly by these models: n Rewards Model: Ventures and projects raise money from nonprofessional investors and the investors get a reward or perk, such as recognition of backing, but no ownership in the business or money back. n Produc t Pre-order Model: Startups sell products before they are made, at a discount, in exchange for funding. n Donation Model: Charities and creative projects get backing from investors looking to support the work. No startup ownership or financial return is expected. n Debt Interest Model: Providing money for small businesses when banks are not an option, this model of microfinancing or See CROWDFUNDING, page 11

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continued from page 10 community groups or individuals that have a track record of supporting entrepreneurship and local job growth. The hope is to reduce the risk on the small business loans and provide some validity to Kiva lenders. Once a trustee vouches for an entrepreneur, the loan requests can be posted online and begin to draw funding from Kiva’s massive network of lenders.

Kiva Zip loans mostly are in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. The largest amount lent through the program was $50,000. As in the developing world, farming and agriculture are popular small business ventures taking part in Kiva Zip, but the small businesses range from coffee shops and bakeries to fashion retail shops to beauty salons.

To help promote Kiva Zip, Kiva has rolled out about a dozen city launches in cities including New York, Pittsburgh and Louisville.

There has not been an official launch in Boston, but several area businesses have successfully taken part in the program.

The Somerville-based Boston TechCollective, a worker-owned

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peer-to-peer lending establishes a pool of money from which a lender can draw from, to be repaid with interest.

The startup equity model of crowdfunding sees investors put money into small business startups for an ownership stake — the risk being the investment only pays off if the business succeeds. If the business fails, the entire investment is likely lost. This model mirrors the traditional use of venture capital investors for startups,

cooperative offering tech support and computer services to the Greater Boston area, used the Kiva Zip program to borrow $5,000 and add a part-time employee to help grow the business.

Boston TechCollective founder Charlie Hoover had nothing but good things to say about his company’s experience with the Kiva Zip loan process. The loan request was fully funded 48 hours after it was posted online last summer. The company had a check a week or two later.

The part-time employee they hired with the loan quickly generated enough revenue to be hired as a fulltime employee.

According to Hoover, one of the great things about Kiva Zip is how the program organizes the lending and the repayment, allowing him to focus on growing his business and not having to worry about how the money is returned to lenders.

“It does all that for you so you can focus on using the money the way you intended to use it,” he said. “It has been a very good experience.”

Krista Guenin used Kiva Zip to get a $5,000 loan to rebrand her 13-year-old Woburn-based photography business and update the company website with the aim to reach

more customers.

She raised her money over about a month last May. The no-interest loan turned out to be critical for her rebranding process. She hasn’t felt much of a bump in business yet. She has already paid off half the loan but expects to pay off the rest more easily if the rebranding efforts increase her business.

She said she has been most impressed by the “ring of support” the Kiva Zip program has given her business.

“It is encouraging to see there are people out there that are thinking about me and my business and are encouraged to see the results,” Guenin said.

The Kiva Zip program is still gaining ground in the U.S., with

only about 50 or so loan requests currently up and running. Kiva Zip has been launched in Kenya as well, and has about 30 loan requests there.

Kiva is using the two countries as the proving ground for the program.

“We want to really get the model nailed down in these two countries and hope to expand it over time,” Kiva’s Riggs said.

but on a crowdfunding platform would open the door to many different investors all over the world.

The only catch is that it is yet not legal in the United States.

Right now only accredited U.S. investors can invest in small businesses for an equity stake. Crowdfunding sites such as EquityNet allow accredited investors to do just that.

Other sites such as UP America, Startups.co, AngelList and CrowdFunder match startups with professional investors and banks.

The hope is the government will open the door for

nonprofessional investors to back startups for an equity stake, which could be a big windfall for first-time entrepreneurs.

The 2012 JOBS Act has provisions to make this happen, but the rules for doing so still need to be finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission and there is no indication of when or if this will happen.

According to Richard Swart, director of University of California Berkeley’s Entrepreneurial and Social Finance research program and a partner at Crowdfund Capital Advisors, Congress will act to amend the JOBS Act in 2015 and

get the ball rolling on equity crowdfunding.

In his predictions for the crowdfunding sector in 2015, Swart also suggests that corporate America will continue to expand its use of crowdfunding, both to funding its own product development but also to invest in other startups that could turn into potential acquisitions or partners.

He also points out that major companies will launch their own crowdfunding business models. YouTube is already doing this, with eBay, PayPal, Amazon and Facebook on track to do so as well. As these online

giants enter the marketplace, the options for funding will dramatically increase for small businesses.

Swart predicts that the crowdfunding industry will continue to grow at least 100 percent a year.

With the rewards model of crowdfunding, in particular, becoming a very crowded segment of the industry and growth their likely starting to stall in the U.S., the debt lending and equity stake approaches could see the brunt of the new growth — with small businesses likely benefitting the most.

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Kiva commonly provides loans to small farmers in Third World countries, such as these women farmers in Kenya.

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“You see less evidence of the proverbial door being flung in the face of minorities. It’s more the door is being flung more widely open for white people,” Squires said. HUD’s studies found “black and Hispanic buyers, they weren’t necessarily being denied service, but shown fewer homes in fewer neighborhoods.”

Modern day discrimination is harder to detect. It’s unlikely that any of the Justice Center testers would have known they’d been offered different terms if they did not have another tester’s experience to

compare it to. In the recordings, the loan officers are genial, polite and seem helpful and concerned.

They did not deny loans but offered different ones or smaller amounts.

That’s why fair housing advocates contend that the secret testing of landlords and real estate agents is often the only means of rooting out housing discrimination. Even then, testing is rarely done, as an earlier ProPublica investigation found.

Testing of the lending market is rarer still. Loan transactions are much more complicated than simply asking a landlord if any apartment is available, and so this type of testing requires more training and is more expensive. Further,

federal law prohibits putting false information on loan applications.

As a result, testing is almost never done unless a homebuyer who has applied for a loan files a complaint.

Freiberg, considered the nation’s foremost fair housing testing expert, had to design a way to test lenders during the pre-qualification stage where borrowers give information on income, credit and assets in order to get a pre-approval for a home loan but do not actually fill out the application.

Freiberg said his organization also tested a number of other metro New York banks and is currently working its way through the recordings.

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NEWSBRIEFS Parks & Recreation Department offers youth umpire training program The Boston Parks and Recreation Department invites teens ages 15 to 18 to take part in its Umpire Training Program beginning March 31.

Participants will learn to umpire in a hands-on, classroom environment throughout the spring. Upon completion of the training, they are guaranteed summer employment through the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment, working as umpires in the Mayor’s Cup Baseball Tournament and Boston Citywide Baseball League.

The classes will be held at the Boston Parks and Recreation Department headquarters on the third floor at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue in Roxbury on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for eight weeks.

The deadline for applications is Friday, March 13. Applications are available at www.boston.gov/ parks or by emailing program manager Billy Sittig at william. sittig@boston.gov. For a more in-depth explanation of this program and program expectations, please call (617) 961-3082.

This opportunity is open to Boston teens eligible for employment through the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment (SuccessLink). Candidates must turn 15 on or before July 5, 2015, and cannot turn 19 on or before August 14, 2015. Applicants must be full-time residents of the City of Boston.

City announces datasharing partnership with WAZE aimed at improving traffic in Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh last week announced a new data-sharing partnership with Waze, the popular traffic app owned by Google that allows Boston’s drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to check real-time traffic conditions on Boston’s streets.

The partnership will help improve traffic flow in Boston in two principal ways.

First, the city will be able to share information on expected road closures with the 400,000 users of Waze in Greater Boston, helping them find the best way to get around town. Second, aggregated information on traffic reported by Waze users will be shared with the City’s Traffic Management Center. This helps the city engineers adjust 550 signalized intersections across the city, so that traffic can flow better.

“Over the past few weeks, it has become clear how critical it is to find innovative ways to improve traffic flow in the City of Boston,” Walsh said. “I thank Google for their partnership in providing us with another way to use data to better improve how City government works.”

Data from Waze is already being used to augment information available from hundreds of intersection cameras citywide and inform traffic signal timing decisions by the City’s Traffic Management Center.

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engineers in the TMC respond to traffic jams, accidents and road hazards quicker,” said Boston Transportation Department Commissioner Gina Fiandaca.

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This spring, the city will pilot several different approaches, such as working with the MBTA to evaluate traffic signal prioritization and its effectiveness along key MBTA routes. The city receives aggregated traffic speed data from the over 400,000 Waze users in the greater Boston area, which will allow it to measure before and after impacts on traffic speeds along targeted corridors.

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Mayor announces CO-OP Board appointments Mayor Martin Walsh last week announced the appointment of professor Natashia Tidwell, J. Larry Mayes and Judge Regina Quinlan to the Community Ombudsman Oversight Panel and Complaint Mediation Program.

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civilian board reviews Boston Police Department internal investigations of alleged police misconduct. The appointments are for a three-year term. “ Po l i c e - c o m m u n i ty r e l a tions are the backbone of public safety in our neighborhoods, where trust drives outcomes. The CO-OP board creates a mechanism for external review of complaints against police,” Walsh said in a Mayor’s Office press release.

“Professor Tidwell, Mr. Mayes, and Judge Quinlan, have proven track records in law enforcement, criminal justice, and community leadership, and will be reliable assets to this review process.”

The CO-OP’s function is to be an outside, unbiased party that reviews completed BPD Internal Affairs investigations and appealed investigations for thoroughness and fairness. The members have access to all investigation materials related to the case they are reviewing, but do not have the power to subpoena police officials or witnesses. If a case requires clarification, the panel can send an inquiry to Internal Affairs to request additional investigation.

If after taking that step the CO-OP disagrees with an Internal Affairs decision, a recommendation is made to the Police Commissioner, who then makes a decision. The CO-OP reviews a random sampling of cases and appeals that are non-sustained, exonerated, or unfounded, including those involving allegations of serious misconduct and

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The panel also periodically reviews policies and procedures of the internal affairs process and its integrity, and produces an annual report to the mayor and the police commissioner documenting cases reviewed and outcomes. The CO-OP panel was established by Mayor Thomas M. Menino in 2007.

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Director discusses the trip of a lifetime Italy adventure spurs creativity for Dominga Martin

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Quiana Holmes (2nd from left), shines in the lead role in The Wiz.

From Deena Jones to Dorothy Berklee’s Quiana Holmes is living her dream

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ne of four siblings raised in a musical family in Rome, N.Y., Quiana Holmes always knew she wanted to perform.

“I actually started acting in the church where my mom plays,” says the actor, speaking by phone with the Banner earlier this week.

Currently starring as Dorothy in Fiddlehead Theatre Company’s production of The Wiz, the Berklee College of Music student almost missed the opportunity to be in the show. She found out about the audition for The Wiz at the last minute from a friend who was auditioning.

“I sent in my resume and my headshot and I was like, ‘I’m just going to go for it,’” she says. “I was actually preparing that summer for my proficiency exam for Berklee. I [thought], ‘Wow, this is a great way to go out there and do it.’ I had been wanting to look in Boston for musical theater gigs.”

From singing in the gospel choir to acting in middle school and in high school, Holmes pursued her dream. In her hometown, she acted in the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent, as the characters Judas and Mimi. In addition to acting and singing, the Music Education major has been playing the piano for 10 years and also plays violin and percussion. As part of her major, she’s also learning different

In 2013, director Dominga Martin went to Los Angeles to work with a new producer on finalizing a deal for her first feature film, My First Loves, a romantic comedy about a young woman having cold feet before her wedding day.

During that time on the West Coast, Martin received a message on Facebook inviting her to attend the CinemadaMare Festival (which means “cinema on the sea”) to make movies for 10 weeks in Romewith 100 filmmakers from around the world.

“I thought it was a joke, because the email came from Facebook,” Martin recalls. “All they said was, ‘Would you like to come to Italy for 75 days? All expenses paid.’ And they went on to tell you about the film festival, that it was a competition and they also had a main competition where they would show movies of people from all over the world. The film festival was in two components.”

After verifying that the film festival was real, Martin decided to go.

“I felt like it was an opportunity of a lifetime,” she says, “and it was a chance for me to enhance my

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Students and Dorchester residents. Group discounts for groups of 15 or more. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.fiddleheadtheatre.com or call the box office at 617.229.6494. instruments each semester and is currently learning how to play the guitar.

Attending the nationally-renowned music school has created opportunities for the budding actress.

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continued from page 16 “I chose Berklee because I didn’t want to give up my jazz side,” she says. “I felt like other schools just wanted me to do classical and here I saw they did musical theater, they did classical, jazz and everything. That’s why I chose to come here. It’s right near The Boston Conservatory and they do musical theater. I thought it was a nice way to branch out and meet a lot of people in the musical theater scene in Boston.”

Dreamgirl debut

In October 2014, she made her Boston musical theater debut as Deena Jones in Berklee’s production of Dreamgirls.

“It was a very exciting experience, and it was really cool to work with students and trading ideas for the show.”

Landing the Dreamgirls role only helped to reinforce her passion

for performing, especially after she had taken a year off from acting.

“I definitely missed it. I felt I needed a certain part of me,” she says. “So, auditioning for Dreamgirls was really big for me. I was really, really excited to go out there and show that side of me. I didn’t know that I was a musical theater person. I was always in gospel choir. I loved that, but I love musical theater and it’s really what I want to do. And so [Dreamgirls] spurred that love. I thought, ‘I have to do more of this.’ What better way than finding Fiddlehead and branching out to a bigger Boston audience?”

At the opening night of The Wiz last Friday, Meg Fofonoff (the producing artistic director) announced that Fiddlehead has two great productions coming in the 2015/2016 season: West Side Story and Rent.

When asked if she would be auditioning for either one, Holmes’ response was, “Gosh, you know it.

I’m so excited for these shows.”

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(left to right) Damien Norfleet as Lion, Quiana Holmes as Dorothy, Carl-Michael Ogle as Scarecrow and Justin Raymond Reeves as Tin Man in the Fiddlehead Theatre Company production of The Wiz.

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continued from page 16 creative scope because I have such a love for foreign DPs (directors of photography).”

The festival took place from June 29 to Sept. 7, 2013.

Italy turned out to be an eye-opening experience on several levels for the filmmaker who grew up in Orchard Park in Roxbury.

The adventure of traveling to a country where she didn’t know the language, didn’t know the location and was the only African-American from the United States was exhilarating.

Martin and her cohort traveled through 10 Italian regions. In each region they were to make a short film. One of the regions Martin really loved was Guardia Perticara, a town with approximately 500 people, where the group spent two weeks. The town had one bar, one restaurant and one post office, and the streets were made of winding red cobblestones.

“I loved it,” she says. “At the end of each day everyone gathered in the square. They welcomed us into that community.”

Seeing the U.S. anew

Working with directors from countries including Venezuela, El Salvador, Pakistan, Russia and Kenya, Martin learned that many of them wished they could be in New York to direct films. They wanted to come to the States, but they mentioned to her that it’s really hard to get in.

She was struck by a comment from the director of CinemadaMare who told her that the U.S. is number one when it comes to filmmaking, and that everyone should aspire to be as great as what comes out of New York City.

“He really wanted to have these films that were created over the summer to reflect the quality of New York,” she says. “When he said that, I said to myself, ‘Wow, I never thought about that.’ I never thought that people in other countries looked to us as being the best.”

What she also discovered was that she had taken living in New York for granted.

“Every day now I feel what I felt when I moved here 13 years

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Dominga Martin saw New York through new eyes after traveling through Italy with international filmmakers in 2013. ago. I want to enjoy my life.

Coming back here, I had a brand new perspective of living here in America.”

While Martin was in Italy, she documented her experience and created a docu-series called Diary of a REEL Girl, with volume one taking place in Italy.

“Diary follows me behindthe-scenes, on and off set, so that people can see what it takes to get a movie done and off the

ground,” she says.

The first volume, titled When In Rome, leads to volume two, which will be her debut feature film, My First Loves.

Martin says she won’t soon forget her trip to Italy.

“Whenever I look at my footage, as I’m going through editing it, I feel like a little girl,” she says.

“I can feel it calling me back. It was such a spiritual experience, in addition to being creative.”

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“There’s a lot of stuff that is happening that I tend to base my act on — relationships, pop culture, myself. You’ll get a lot of information and a lot of laughs,” says Love by phone with the Banner.

The Detroit native began her stand-up comedy career when she was in college at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas. She was inspired to do stand-up because, as she frankly puts it, “I was broke and I needed the money.”

Love tells the story of how she was in a bar one night and didn’t have money and they were going to give $50 to anybody that could come up with the best story. “I just made up a story because I needed the $50, and that’s when I started realizing that people get paid to go on stage to tell stories. That’s when I started doing stand-up.”

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CHECK OUT MORE EVENTS AND SUBMIT TO OUR ONLINE CALENDAR: BAYSTATEBANNER.COM/EVENTS

THURSDAY CHILDREN’S WINTER FESTIVAL Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department invite families to the Franklin Park Golf Course Clubhouse for the Children’s Winter Festival on Thursday, February 19, from 10am - 12:30pm.

The lineup includes a New England Aquarium tadpole exhibit, Science on the Street tabletop experiments including the Edgerton Strobe Machine and the Augmented Reality Sandbox, an artifact display hosted by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and City of Boston Archaeologist Joe Bagley, Boston Nature Center scavenger hunt and nature hike, taxidermy wildlife and live horse demonstration with the Boston Park Rangers, children’s fitness with Troops for Fitness, and other activities hosted by iRobot, Science from Scientists, and Zoo New England. The festival will also feature Rosalita’s Puppets, winter arts and crafts, balloon animals, and refreshments provided by New England Coffee. In addition, the L.L.Bean Outdoor Discovery School will present their Snowshoeing Discovery Course, a fun and easy way to try out the sport with expert instructors who will lead an easy guided trek through Franklin Park. Snowshoes will be provided along with sleds for sledding. Participants should wear weather-appropriate clothing and winter or hiking boots. Free parking is available at the clubhouse parking lot located at One Circuit Drive in Franklin Park. For more information, please call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, visit www. cityofboston.gov/parks or go to www.face book.com/boston parksdepartment.

FRIDAY DROP-IN COLONIAL KIDS ACTIVITIES Friday, February 20 our Drop-In Colonial Kids Activities event is more relaxed.

From 10am – 12pm we will open up the first floor of the Pierce/Hichborn House and encourage you to drop in to try on clothes like Paul Revere’s kids wore, and play the same kinds of games they played in an informal setting. This program is FREE with admission to the house and reservations are NOT required. Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston. For further information about the Revere House, please visit www. paureverehouse.org.

SATURDAY VERA MEYER ON THE GLASS HARMONICA Special Co-Sponsored Event at the Old South Meeting House: Vera Meyer on the Glass Harmonica. Saturday, February 21, 11:30am – 1:30pm. Treat your family to the ethereal tones of this fascinating instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. Once believed to cause nervous disorders, marital disputes, convulsions in cats and dogs, and even to wake people from the dead, today all ages may enjoy the glass harmonica’s music as it resonates in our spacious hall. Music will range from special works by Mozart and Beethoven to your requests! Between songs, the musician will answer questions and provide details about the instrument’s history. Included with Museum admission: $6.00 for adults, $5.00 for seniors & college students, $1.00 for children (6-18); free for Old South Meeting

House and Paul Revere House members.

Old South Meeting House, Museum & Historic Site, 310 Washington St., Boston.

BLUE HILLS RESERVATION Moderate walk, hilly terrain, 3 miles. Wolcott Path to Wildcat Notch and return via Halfway Path. Meet at the Blue Hills Headquarters staff parking lot at 695 Hillside St. in Milton.

Saturday, February 21, 1pm. The Southeastern Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday at 1:00 for recreational walks. This club is open to people of 16 years of age and older, and there is no fee to join.

Walks average 2 to 5 miles. New walkers are encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep).

Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites.

Some DCR sites charge a parking fee. The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.

SUNDAY THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN The Board of the Edward L. Cooper Community Gardening & Education Center, 34 Linwood St., Roxbury invites you to join us for our Black History Month Sunday Film Series: February 22 — The Tuskegee Airmen will start at 3pm. We will be serving a light supper followed by a discussion, led by Lee Farrow of the Cooper Board, talking about the relevance of this film today. This event is free of charge and open to the public.

WEDNESDAY CLOSING EVENT: REPRESENTATIONS AND EXPRESSIONS OF AFRICA IN THE AMERICAS Wednesday, February 25, 6:308:30pm, panel discussion: What is African?

Representations and Expressions of Africa in the Americas. The purpose of the exhibit is to address the African continent and the close historic and contemporary ties between Africa and the Americas. Patrick Sylvain.

Professor Sylvain will present the history of Pan-Africanism, the languages of African descendants in the Americas, and the journey of people of African descent who have returned to Africa. He will present his latest findings on expatriates in Africa and what they have done for the betterment of the continent. Bolaji Campbell. Professor Campbell, of the Rhode Island School of Design, will discuss in the history of African art in the Americas. He will point to specific cultural references and actors in African American history to their own African identities as it relates to African art. Donna Patterson.

Professor Patterson, of Wellesley College, is a prominent African American professor in African studies. She will share her experience as an African American conducting research and building relationships on the continent, especially in Senegal. Her new book Pharmacy in Senegal was recently published by Indiana University Press. Barry Gaither (Moderator). Founder, Curator, and Director of the National Center for African American Artists, Mr. Gaither is also a special consultant to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. FREE | YWCA Cambridge - Lobby | 7 Temple St., Cambridge | MBTA Accessible | Street Parking

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21

YOGA FOR OLDER ADULTS AT BPL PARKER HILL

The Parker Hill Branch of the Boston Public Library and Earthseed Yoga invite adults 55 and older to learn practice gentle chair and/ or standing poses and deep breathing and relaxation techniques during our free six-week senior yoga class series. Learn how yoga can increase strength and balance, improve memory and focus, and help manage stress, energy and emotions. Modifications will be made for people with disabilities/injuries. Saturdays, 10-11am, February 21 - March 28. Parker Hill Branch Library, 1497 Tremont St., Roxbury. By MBTA: Orange Line to Roxbury Crossing, Green Line to Brigham’s Circle, Bus Routes #39 and #66. Parking available. More Info: Contact Kendra/Earthseed Yoga at 857-312-9941 or earthseedyogi@gmail.com, or Katrina Morse at the Parker Hill Branch Library at 617-427-3820.

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continued from page 1 according to Bonnie McGilpin, Mayor Martin Walsh’s press secretary.

At a press conference on February 16, a day municipal offices were technically closed for the President’s Day holiday, Walsh looked a bit weary of talking about snow yet again, but began by highlighting the positive in storm behavior.

“The residents of the city of Boston are very special,” he said.

“Watching everybody help each other has been great.” The mayor himself had stopped the day before to help a driver jumpstart his car near City Hall, he said.

Staffing a Mayor’s Office hotline over the weekend, he said he took calls from people who thanked city workers for the job they’ve been doing. Others called about fire hydrants covered in snow and — not surprisingly — about streets that needed plowing.

“If you’ve already reported your street, it’s in the system. We can’t get to all of them at once,” he said.

The new normal

The unprecedented succession of major snowstorms has left mountainous snow piles on street corners all over the city, forcing pedestrians to step outside crosswalks, veer into streets, or climb up and over the massive mounds to reach the sidewalk or street.

Yet, after numerous days of overwhelmed services and closed businesses, city officials hope the city is staggering to its feet.

“Tomorrow is a normal working day,” Walsh said Monday, though some of the details that followed sounded anything but normal: city agencies would be checking roofs to try to prevent collapses; the School Department was canceling events even during February break week; it was still uncertain whether the MBTA would run a weekday schedule. Later on Monday, the MBTA announced continuing limited service, especially on rail lines, saying it could take 30 days for full service to resume.

BPS, already struggling to maintain classroom continuity in the face of seven snow days in two weeks (in addition to an early January closure due to bitter cold) has canceled many programs for the week, including an “Acceleration Academy” at 20 schools around the city that would have served about 1,500 struggling students with intensive work in English Language Arts. While this vacation week program won’t be made up, another session, focused on

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(Above left) Winter storm Neptune deposits snow on the Eternal Presence sculpture, installed by the late John Wilson at the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists. (Above right) Clearing snow from a Waumbeck Street roof. (Below) A plow makes a path on Humboldt Avenue. math, is scheduled for the April break, McGilpin said.

In the Monday press conference, Walsh called for patience and urged sensible behavior. He cautioned parents to watch their children closely on snow banks and around snow removal vehicles; asked drivers to lay off the horns when stuck on blocked streets; and expressed alarm at reports that young adults were jumping out of windows into snow.

“Stop the nonsense. You could kill yourself,” the mayor said.

Good deeds

Though the Boston Globe has reported incidents of slashed tires on cars parked in spots previously marked with makeshift space savers, snow-frayed nerves have not caused an uptick in reported assaults, according to Police Commissioner William Evans. In the press conference, Evans called people’s behavior, in general, “very respectful of each other.”

Evans and his BPD officers have driven hospital workers to their jobs during periods when the MBTA shut down service altogether.

District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson saw a need the evening of Feb. 9, when the T halted at 7 p.m., stranding some workers, students and commuters who arrived at subway stations unaware.

Finishing a meal at a diner near South Station, Jackson heard a chef mention that he didn’t know how he would get home without the T. After offering him a lift home, Jackson posted on Facebook that he and his Prius were ready, willing and able to take people where they needed to go.

“After dropping the first man off, I went to Jackson Square,”

said Jackson in a phone interview. “I walked in, let everyone know I was a city councilor and was offering rides. Got my first carload of people there. Then went on to Dudley.”

From about 7 p.m. to midnight, Jackson shuttled about 35 people, he said. Some were workers or students going home, to Roxbury, Ashmont, Mattapan and other neighborhoods. He dropped a nurse off at Tufts Medical Center.

Several of his rides were immortalized in “selfies” taken by Jackson and posted on Facebook, where he clearly moved many

followers who posted blessings and cheers. One wrote, “This man is living proof that angels walk among us!”

Back to business, Jackson said his office has been receiving about 30 or 40 snow-related calls every day, most asking for side streets to be plowed or reporting property owners who haven’t cleared their walkways.

He has also seen and heard of good deeds going on all over his district.

“A lot of folks are being kind to one another, helping each other shovel out,” he said, “doing things

for seniors and other people who need extra help.”

A full-scale snow removal effort went into operation in Boston on Monday evening, beginning at 6 p.m. instead of the usual midnight start, in an attempted to restore the city to business as usual.

McGilpin indicated that the city’s Public Works Department is “doing its best” to respond to all snow bank concerns reported through Citizens Connect and the Mayor’s Hotline, and reminded that property owners are responsible for clearing snow on their property.

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Notice of Community Meetings Regarding the Use of Federal Funds and Request for Public Comment

the Annual Action Plan, which will then be submitted to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The City of Peabody, in cooperation with the North Shore HOME Consortium, an organization comprised of thirty cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley and the North Shore, will convene four Community Meetings in preparation for the creation of their Five-Year Consolidated Plan for the period from 2015 through 2019, and its One-Year Annual Action Plan for the Program Year 2015. The City of Peabody and the Consortium are hoping to receive comments from interested parties concerning 1.) The use of HOME funds for the development of affordable housing in the North Shore HOME Consortium region over the next five years; and 2.) The best uses of CDBG funds in the City of Peabody over the next five years. The Consortium’s member communities include: Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Georgetown, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchesterby-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury and Wilmington. These meetings are being held to obtain information from the public on how needs have changed in the region from the prior years and to evaluate how well the City and the Consortium are carrying out the goals set out in last year’s action plan. After the conclusion of the community meetings, a draft of the Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan will be created and made available for public comment. At that time four additional public hearings will be held to obtain feedback on the document. The public comments received will then be incorporated into the final draft of the Consolidated Plan and

The Four Community Meetings will be conducted for the purpose of receiving comments on local housing needs and community Development needs at the following dates and locations: (All of these locations are accessible.)

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 at 12:00 noon at the Sawyer Free Public Library, the Friend Room, 2 Dale Avenue, Gloucester; Thursday, March 5th, 2015 at 5:00p.m.at Peabody City Hall , CD Conference Room, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody; Monday, March 9th 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Torigian Community Life Center, Classroom A, 79-R Central Street, Peabody; and Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 at12:00 noon at The Haverhill Public Library Milhendler Room, 99 Main Street, Haverhill Citizens, all interested parties, representatives from the City of Peabody and from the Consortium’s member communities, and nonprofit providers are urged to participate in these hearings. Written comments are also encouraged, and may be addressed, on or before March 26, 2015 to:

LEGAL The Department of Community Development, City Hall, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960. FAX (978) 538-5987 e-mail addresses: lisa. greene@peabody-ma.gov or stacey.bernson@peabody-ma.gov INVITATION FOR BIDS LEASE OF ROOFTOP SPACE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES The Brookline Housing Authority is soliciting sealed bids for the Lease and use of rooftop and related space on buildings operated by the Authority at various locations noted in the full IFB. Space is available for the installation and operation of wireless communications facilities. These facilities can include, but are not limited to cellular telephone, personal communications systems, paging and land mobile radio. The Lease and use of these spaces will be on a nonexclusive basis. Multiple awards may be made available space permitting. Sealed bids will be received until 1:00 PM on March 31, 2015 at the Brookline Housing Authority, 90 Longwood Avenue, Brookline MA 02446. At such time, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Invitation for Bids (IFB) copies are available at the website: brooklinehousing. org, for pickup after 9:00 am on February 27, 2015 at the above address.

The Authority will email an IFB free of charge. Contact the Authority by e-mail at mdeame@brooklinehousing.org, by mail at the above noted address or 617-277-2022 x 315. Site visit information is contained in the bid package.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids if it is in the public interest to do so.

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Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L599-C2 MODERNIZATION OF NEW TOWER ELEVATORS, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST 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, MARCH 25, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the filed sub bids will be opened and read publicly.

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Bidders must meet the requirements of the Section 3 Program in hiring qualified MHA tenants for work positions that become available as the result of this RFP.

Estate of Clara A. Abercrombie Date of Death: 08/20/2013

A petition has been filed by Dorian Abercrombie of Jamaica Plain, MA requesting that Nitcole T. Abercrombie of Weymouth, MA be removed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate.

Request for Proposal Medford Housing Authority

The work includes MODERNIZATION OF TWO TRACTION ELEVATORS LOCATED IN THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. TRADES INVOLVED ARE ELEVATOR AND ELECTRICAL.

Requests for Proposals, (RFP’s) for the Design and Construction Management of the Replacement of Fire Alarm Systems at Four Buildings of the Medford Housing Authority: Weldon Gardens, Tempone Apartments, Doherty Building and Phillips Building. Qualifying firms must provide full basic services including investigation of existing conditions, fire code and local fire department requirements, and initial design, through preparation of contract documents, bidding and construction contract administration. The person or persons charged with this project, including project management, must be an electrical engineer registered in Massachusetts, with extensive past experience in the design of fire alarm systems.

Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015.

The Construction Estimate cost is $485,000.00. The Fee for Basic Services is estimated to be $55,000.00.

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.

RFP’s can be obtained from the Medford Housing Authority,121 Riverside Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155. Copies may be picked up between the hours of 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM or by downloading the plans from the MHA website www.medfordhousing.org, under the “Contractor” tab, after Wed., 2/18/2015. All Addenda will be published on the MHA website.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10 AM LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Assessment Management and an Update Statement.

The General Bidder must be certified in the category of ELEVATORS. The estimated contract cost is EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($850,000.00) In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Sub-bidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and a Sub-bidder Update Statement. The filed Sub-bidder must be certified in the sub-bid category of work for which the Sub-bidder is submitting a bid proposal.

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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 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 ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). 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.

Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work: ELECTRICAL

A pre-bid conference will be held on Wed., 2/25/15 @ 10:00 AM starting at Weldon Gardens, 35 Bradlee Road, Medford, MA. RFP bid documents must be submitted to MHA Offices at 121 Riverside Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, by Tuesday, 3/10/15 @ 10:00 AM. Bidders must meet the requirements of the Section 3 Program in hiring qualified MHA tenants for work positions that become available as the result of this RFP.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT – PUBLIC SERVICES On Friday, February 20th, the Mayor’s Office of Jobs and Community Services (JCS) will issue an open and competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) for services under the Community Development Block Grant – Public Services (CDBG-PS). The RFP solicits programs that place low-income Boston residents on a continuum of quality education, training, workforce development, and economic security programs.

The CDBG-PS RFP seeks to identify programs for funding for Fiscal Year 2016, from July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016. The CDBG-PS RFP will be available at 43 Hawkins St. after 1:00 P.M. on Friday, February 20 for pick-up, or online at www.bostonjcs.org. JCS will hold a CDBG-PS Bidders Conference on March 4th, at 10:00AM. in the BRA board room on the 9th floor of City Hall. Proposals will be due March 27 by 4:00 P.M. For further information, please contact Midori Morikawa, Senior Planner, at midori.morikawa@ boston.gov.

INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.

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Purchase of Power Quality Meters

03/03/15

11:00 a.m.

WRA-3986

Purchase of New Battery Operated Hydraulic Mini Crane

03/03/15

11:00 a.m.

WRA-3990

Purchase of Uninterruptable Power Source (UPS)

03/03/15

12:00 p.m.

WRA-3991

03/03/15 Purchase of One (1) New 4-Wheel Drive Rough Terrain Fork Lift; One (1) New 4-Wheel Drive Front End Loader; One (1) New 4-Wheel Drive Backhoe (all are per Specifications)

($55,000.00)

The Authority reserves the right to reject any sub bid of any sub trade where permitted by Section 44E of the above referenced General Laws. The right is also reserved to waive any informality in or to reject any or all proposals and General Bids.

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.

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.

WRA-3987

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Provide all Labor, Parts and Equipment to Overhaul One (1) Roots Blower Deer Island Treatment Plant

The Medford Housing Authority (the Awarding Authority) invites written quotes from contractors for Asbestos Remediation in accordance with the documents prepared by the Medford Housing Authority. The Project consists of the removal of small amounts of asbestos at a residence slated for demolition.

The Construction Estimate cost is $10,000.00.

Quotes are subject to M.G.L. c.149 §44A(2)(B) and to state prevailing wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.l49 §§26 to 27H inclusive.

Plans will be available on 2/25/2015, at 121 Riverside Ave, Medford, MA, or can be downloaded from our website www.medfordhousing.org under “CONTRACTORS”. All Addenda will be posted on this site, and must be acknowledged by bidders.

Written quotes will be received until 2:00 p.m., Wed., 03/11/15. Quotes may be hand delivered, mailed, faxed or e-mailed to 121 Riverside Medford, MA, 01255, (f) 781-393-9223, bkirstein@medfordhousing.org, and received no later than the date and time specified above.

The project site will be available for inspection between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Wed. 03/04/15 or by appointment by calling Bernie Kirstein, 781-

03/11/15

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU13P2486EA Citation on Petition for Removal Estate of Clara A. Abercrombie Date of Death: 08/20/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Dorian Abercrombie of Jamaica Plain, MA requesting that Brandon Abercrombie of Mattapan, MA be removed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 03/12/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: February 05, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: February 05, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15P0116GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of David D. Hoyt Of Roxbury, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Boston Medical Center of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that David D. Hoyt is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Elliot N. Davis of Roxbury, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondant is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 03/19/2015. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: January 16, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15P0179EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Letha M. Fuller Also known as Letha Mae Fuller Date of Death: 11/08/2014

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SUFFOLK Division

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 03/12/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR WRITTEN QUOTES

To all interested persons:

Docket No. SU13P2486EA

To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Lois Parham of Hyde Park, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Lois Parham of Hyde Park, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 02/26/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: January 26, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

SUFFOLK ss.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PROBATE COURT CASE NO. SU12P1663EA

To all persons interested in the estate of Grace E. Gilbert late of Boston, in said County, deceased intestate.

A petition has been presented to said Court for license to sell - 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 5th day of March, 2015, the return day of this citation.

Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 6th day of February, 2015.

Felix D. Arroyo, Register.

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LEGAL The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following:

INVITATION TO BID

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service, Waste and Water Grants and Loan program. Special attention should be paid with respect to the (U.S.D.A.) requirements for Bids.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts DESCRIPTION DATE TIME The Trial Court WRA-2432 Furnish Two (2) Probate andChesterton Family Court 3/14/05 Department 11:00 a.m.

Mechanical Split Seals or Equal with Two (2) Enviro SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU15P0235EA Spiral Trac Seals for North Main PumponStation, Citation PetitionDeer for Formal Adjudication Island Treatment Plant Estate of Irma Wigington Sealed bids will be received the offices of the Massachusetts Water Date of at Death: 01/23/2015 Resources Authority, Charlestown Navy Yard, Document Distribution Office, 100 Avenue, First Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, up to the time To allFirst interested persons: and date listed above at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

A petition has been filed by Celestyne R. Cook of Medford, MA requesting

that bids the Court enter a formal of testacy and for All for this project areDecree subjectandto Order applicable bidding lawssuch of Massachusetts, including General Laws Chapter 30,requesting Section 39M amendother relief as requested in the Petition.

And also thatas Celestyne ed.

Attention of bidders to the Representative(s) requirements as to R. Cook of Medford, MAisbeparticularly appointed called as Personal of consaid ditions of serve employment be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid estate to Withoutto Surety on the bond. under the contract as determined by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under the provisions of the Massachusetts General You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at Laws Chapter 149, Section 26-27D, inclusive, as amended. the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file athat written appearance and and objection at this Court before The Bidder agrees this bid shall be good may not be withdrawn for 10:00 a.m. on 03/12/2015. is NOT a hearing date,and but legal a deadline by a period of thirty (30) workingThis days, Saturdays, Sundays holidays which youafter mustthe fileopening a written and objection if you object to this excluded of appearance bids. proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection folThe Owner to waive any thirty informality in bids or toreturn rejectdate, any lowed by anreserves Affidavitthe of right Objections within (30) days of the or all bids deemed in the best interest of to theyou.

Town of Blackstone. action mayifbe taken without further notice

BID NO.

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TOWN OF BLACKSTONE, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

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Sealed Bids for the construction of the Elm Street Sewer Improvements for the Town of Blackstone, Massachusetts, will be received by the Department of Public Works at the office of the Department of Public Works, 15 St. Paul Street, Blackstone, Massachusetts until 10:30 a.m. prevailing time, on March 29, 2005 and at which time and place said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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The scope of work includes furnishing and installing approximately 3,065 linear feet of 8-inch gravity sanitary sewer main with all appurtenances; furnishing and installing approximately 8,135 linear feet of 10-inch gravity sanitary sewer main with all appurtenances; furnishing and installing approximately 4,100 linear feet of 6-inch PVC gravity sanitary sewer service connections and all appurtenances, furnishing and installing approximately 315 linear feet of 4-inch and 3,475 linear feet of 6-inch sanitary sewer force main with all appurtenances, furnishing and installing fully functional sanitary sewer pump stations located at the Corrosion Control Facility (CCF), Quickstream crossing, Fire Station, and Mill River crossing with all appurtenances, standby generator housed within a prefabricated building at the Quickstream and Mill River pump stations; furnishing and installing bituminous concrete trench pavement (permanent); water system reconstruction (Add Alternate 1); miscellaneous drainage improvements (Add Alternate 3); furnishing and installing associated manholes, paving, project wide maintenance of traffic and other appurtenances required to complete the Work as specified in the Contract Documents. Work must be substantially complete within 1153 days of the Notice to Proceed. The estimated cost of the project is $4,500,000.00.

OFFICE SPACE

BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION INVITATION FOR BIDS

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission by its Executive Director invites sealed bids for CONTRACT # 04-308-001, WATER MAIN RELAY AND SEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, PROPER, DORCHESTER/CITY MILTON HYDE PARK AND JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids must be accompanied by a bid 1st Class Space deposit, certified check, treasurer’s or cashier’s check,Office or in the form of a bid bond in the amount of 5% OF BID payable to and of to become properCorner GallivantheBlvd ty of the Commission if the bid, after acceptance, is not carried out. The bid and Washington St deposit is to be returned only when all stated conditions of the Contract doccallare carried out. In addition, a performanceample ument bond and also a labor and parking. materials payment bond, each of a surety company qualified to do business $650/mo. under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Executive Director, and each in the sum of 100 % OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, must be $695/mo. submitted within the time specified in the Contract document. Bids must be $1500/mo. submitted on the forms obtained from the Purchasing Manager, Boston Water and Sewer Commission, 980 Harrison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA heated 02119, and must be submitted in sealed envelopes to the Purchasing Manager clearly marked BIDS FOR CONTRACT # 04-308-001, OWNERWATER MAIN RELAY AND SEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, CITY PROPER, HYDE PARK AND JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the office of the Purchasing Manager on THURSDAY, MARCH 24, INFORMATIONAL MEETING Bid Security in the form of a BID BOND, CASHIER’S, TREASURER’S, OR CER2005 AT 10:00 A.M. There will be a non-refundable charge of $25.00 for Weds.

March 4, by 2015 5:00pmbank or trust company is required in each TIFIED CHECK issued a responsible set of contract documents taken out. If the bidder neglects to bid on the amount of five percent of the bid price payable to the Town of each and every item, it may lead to the rejection of the bid. The rate of 63 Melcher Street, Boston MA 02210 Blackstone. wages paid to mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs, and laborers in the work to 275beAlbany St, Boston, 02118 performed under theMA contract shall not be less than the rate of wages in Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: the schedule determined by the Commission of Labor and Industries of the Commonwealth, a copy of which schedule is annexed to the form of contract BSC Group, 33 Waldo Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01608 referred to herein. Copies of said schedule may be obtained, without cost, 38F.W. Affordable Units Dodge Division, McGraw-Hill Information Services Co., Boston, upon application therefore at the office of the Executive Director. Before Massachusetts commencing performance on this contract, the contractor shall provide by Available at 70% AMI: Town of Blackstone, Department of Public Works, 15 St. Paul Street insurance for the payment of compensation and the furnishing of all other benefits under Chapter 152 of the General Laws (The Workmen’s 10 Blackstone, Studios Massachusetts $1,020 Compensation Law, so called) to all persons to be employed under this con19 1 Bed $1,190 Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the BSC Group locattract and shall continue such insurance in full force and effect during your classifieds withthe 9 2 Bed $1,361 ed at 33 Waldo Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01608, from 9 a.m. to 12 term of this contract. Attention is called to Chapter 370 of the Acts of 1963, THE BAY STATE BANNER noon and 1 to 4 p.m., upon payment of a deposit of $100.00 in the form of which must be strictly complied with. No bid for the award of this project will Applications are available during the application period a check payable to the Town of Blackstone. Any unsuccessful bidder or nonbe considered acceptable unless the Contractor agrees to comply fully with Maximum Income per of March 2-8, 2015 and may be up in person at Employee Utilization Requirement as set bidder, upon returning such set within the time specified in the Instructions thepicked requirement of the Minority Congress Street, Ste. 202, Boston MA,VIII 02210 can and the Utilization of Minority and Women Household Size condition, will374 to Bidders and in good be refunded his payment.

Contract forth in Article of the or Contract 4600 x 7799 be sent via email USPS request using asthe Documents will be mailed via USPS to prospective bidders upon or request and upon Owned Business by Enterprises set forth in (617) Article X261of the Contract.

Included 70% receiptHH of asize separate non-refundable check payable to BSCor Group, Inc.address in the with the Deadline Contract documents of the Bidder’s Certification phone number email below. to returnare copies ads@bannerpub.com amount of1 $25.00 to$46,100 cover handling and mailing fees.

Statement and Weekly Utilization Report.

Each Contractor must complete, completed applications in person at 374 Congress St, and fileMarch with his 16, bid the Bidder’s Certification Statement. Failure to do Suite. 202, Boston MA 02210 issign 4:00pm 2015.

2 $52,700 The selected contractor shall furnish a performance bond and payment bond so willbe result in rejection of mail the bid. The Weekly Utilization Reports shall be Completed applications may also returned by 3 $59,300 in amount at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price submitted in accordance with section 8.2 (ii) and (iii) of the Contract. Failure to the same address if postmarked

by March 16, 2015.

4 in Section $65,850 as stipulated 00700 GENERAL CONDITIONS of these specificato comply with the Minority Employee Utilization Requirement may result in www.baystatebanner.com Selection will be held by lottery.

Asset, Use Occupancy tions. Anticipated funding for this project will be from the Unite States imposition of the&sanctions set forth in section 8.2 (f) and (g) of the Contract.

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The Executive Director reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or any item or items of the bid, and to waive technical defects which are not of a substantive nature if the Commissioners should determine that it is in the best interest of the Commission to do so.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal By: Code John F.without Flynn Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Purchasing Manager supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any LEGAL NOTICE matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses CITY OF SOMERVILLE of administration.

OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE Date: February 04, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo The City of Somerville is requesting comments on the City’s One-Year Action of Probate Plan for the period of April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 Register for the Community

Development Block Grant Program, the Emergency Shelter Grant Program and the HOME Program, which are funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This document will be available for public review and comment from Friday, February 11, 2005 to Monday, March 14, 2005 at the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development (SPCD), 3rd Floor, Somerville City Hall during normal business hours and at the front desk of the Main Branch of the Somerville Public Library.

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Anyone wishing to submit public comment should send their written comments to Meredith Smith, Director of Finance, SPCD by fax 617-625-0722 or email msmith@ci.somerville.ma.us by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14, 2005. Anyone having general questions regarding the proposed 2005 One Year Action Plan should contact SPCD at 617-625-6600 x2500.

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and March 16, 2005 applications will be available for its one (1), two (2) & three (3) bedroom State-aided MRVP project-based housing program and 30% MRVP Rental Program (4 Units) three (3) bedroom Chapter 705 Family Housing Program. Placement on the Portion of Rent is 30% order of Adjusted Monthly Income waiting Tenant list will be assigned by random (lottery).

Maximum Income Limit: $18,450

MRVP Eligibility Income Limits 705 Family Housing Eligible Income Limits Number of Household Members Number of Household 50% MRVP Rental Program (12 Units) Members One (1) $18,620 One (1) $46,300 Portion of Rent is 30% ofTwo Adjusted Monthly$52,950 Income TwoTenant (2) $24,980 (2) Maximum Income Limit: Three (3) $31,340 Three$30,700 (3) $59,550 Four (4) $37,700 Four (4) $66,150 Five (5) $44,060 Five (5) $71,450 ForSixadditional information or to obtainSix an (6) application via$76,750 mail (6) $50,420

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Human Resources Manager The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) seeks candidates for the position of Human Resources Manager (HR Manager).

MAPC is a Regional Planning Agency serving the people who live and work in Metropolitan Boston. The HR Manager will implement a range of human resources systems and practices to ensure that MAPC and its affiliated entities recruit hire, support, and retain the highest caliber employees and are compliant with relevant regulations. The HR Manager will work closely with the Executive Director, the Deputy Director, General Counsel, Controller, and other department and division heads. Duties include: Benefits: Supervise benefits and human resource activities in accordance with legal, regulatory and policy requirements. Hire and supervise a part-time benefits and payroll specialist. Policy and Compliance: Regularly review and update MAPC personnel policies and documentation.

Ensure all MAPC employees are aware of key policies. Design and oversee training to ensure staff fully understands compliance responsibilities in regard to harassment, equitable treatment of peers and staff, relations with external parties, and ethics requirements.

Employee Relations: Ensure the delivery of high quality, supportive human resources services to all staff; establish fair and consistent ways of addressing employee concerns. Job Development and Hiring: Work with hiring managers and interview teams to develop outreach strategy, post job descriptions, and interview applicants.

Orientation and Training: Oversee MAPC new employee orientation procedures and update from time to time as needed.

Qualifications: Candidates should have the ability to build a proactive and responsive, customer oriented human resources team; experience establishing and assessing human resources systems; extensive employee relations experience; demonstrated success building diverse and high caliber workforce; experience administering a wide array of health and wellness benefits; spreadsheet and word processing skills; excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills; proven success managing multiple tasks, responsibilities and meeting deadlines; Candidate should possess either a BA or higher in public administration, business administration, non-profit management, psychology or related field, preferably with a focus on human resource management; SHRM certification highly desired. Five or more years of human resources management experience preferred, ideally in a non-profit or public agency setting; experience as a senior manager also preferred. Legal authorization to work in the USA is required. Excellent state employee benefits package. Salary between $70,000 and $80,000, dependent upon experience and qualifications. Position open until filled.

MAPC is an EOE/AA employer. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and encourage applications from minority group members, women, persons with disabilities, veterans, and others who may contribute to the agency’s diversity. This position is exempt from the provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Review of applications to begin immediately. PLEASE SEE COMPLETE JOB AD AT www.mapc.org (Jobs at MAPC) AND APPLY AT LINK SHOWN THERE. Posted 2-16-15. Thomas E. Hauenstein, Operations Manager.

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Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer Reports to: Executive Committee of Board of Directors Primary Site: Agency Headquarters – 520 Dudley Roxbury, MA 02119

Summary The Agency Executive Director is a dynamic and visionary leader with a strong commitment to support the process of creating a shared vision and implementation of our mission. The agency’s mission is to provide high quality services to economically disadvantaged infants, children, adolescents and their families, thereby promoting and strengthening family life and individual growth. The agency works throughout Massachusetts in partnership with families and in collaboration with public and private health, human service, education and other government agencies to improve the lives of families that may be at risk.

The Executive Director will function with authority from the Board of Directors and will be involved in all decisions within the responsibilities of the position.

The Board of Directors actively partners with the Executive Director by providing the authorization, resources, affirmation, involvement and empowerment necessary for the successful realization of the responsibilities of the position.

This working relationship is reviewed as part of the annual performance review.

The Executive Director is responsible for overall management of the day-to-day operations of the organization within the parameters of the Board’s Policies and Strategic Plan as agreed upon by the Board.

Skills/Knowledge: 1.

Demonstrated leadership skills, 4. someone who can bring the Agency together under the Agency mission.

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Demonstrated leadership in strategic planning, ability to develop a vision for the Agency and develop long range plans to implement that vision.

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Understanding of social change and the role of community based organizations

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Knowledge of family services and family dynamics.

Understanding of all of the programs offered by the Agency, including behavioral health, homeless services, foster care, child care centers, shelter services, and substance abuse.

Knowledge of the Massachusetts community and the State’s human service network, understanding of local and state politics and how they affect state agencies.

Education/Training: Master’s degree preferred from an accredited school.

For more information regarding this and/or other employment opportunities, Please visit our website at www.csrox.org and send your resume to Children’s Services of Roxbury, Inc. 520 Dudley St. Roxbury, MA 02119 Attn: Human Resource Department or email to svilleda@csrox.org NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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