An affordable senior housing project planned for Roxbury Crossing has been awarded $279,000, but still needs other funds before construction can begin. The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) board agreed to commit up to $279,386 in Housing Linkage funds for the…
Month: June 2012
Brigham Green project breaks ground
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) planned to break ground on a new 400-space underground parking garage and surface park at Brigham Circle on May 30, after the Gazette’s deadline. The Brigham Green project will create an underground 400-car parking garage…
Local pastor writes book about church-sharing
Lorraine Cleaves Anderson, a 20-year resident of Mission Hill, is the pastor of the International Community Church in Allston, an institution that shares its space with seven other churches. Anderson is so smitten with church-sharing she has written a book…
Mother of Year crowned
Lucia Rocha Laboy was crowned the “mother of the year” at the annual Mother’s Day Celebration at Mission Church on May 19. Rocha Laboy, a resident of the Mission Main housing development, is well-known as a “babysitter for the community,”…
Wheelchair ‘power soccer’ comes to Tobin
Fourteen people in wheelchairs got a chance to score some goals during the U.S. Power Soccer Association’s soccer clinic at the Tobin Community Center on May 12. Power soccer involves the use of electric wheelchairs outfitted with bumpers to direct…
Apartment project faces delay, opposition
S. HUNTINGTON—Eleven out of 13 members of the city-appointed Impact Advisory Group (IAG) for the proposed apartment building at 161 S. Huntington Ave. have signed a letter opposing the project. The site of the project, while in Jamaica Plain, abuts…
Participacion, June 1-July 12, 2012
La entrega para la sección de Participación es mediodía 10 de julio para la edición 13 de junio. Escribir [email protected]. Reuniones Reunion de mejoras de Ruta 39, para presentar las recomendaciones finales sobre la consolidación, la reubicación, y eliminación de…
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What’s Up, June 1-July 12, 2012
The deadline for What’s Up listings is noon, July 10 for the July 13 issue. Email listings to [email protected]. Meetings Route 39 improvement meeting, to present final recommendations on consolidation, relocation and elimination of some bus stops. Tues., June 12,…