Other Agency Highlights Include:

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• 1988: Completed a $1.2 million rehabilitation project, providing 12 units of affordable housing and four commercial unites in Grove Hall

• 1988: Sponsored the development of 48 units of Veterans Housing: Hartford Manor and the VBC Apartments 

• 1989: Recruited the first full service bank to return to Grove Hall 

• 1993-1994: Assisted the City of Boston in a $430,000 capital improvement project along Blue Hill Avenue

• 1998: Assisted Grove Hall businesses in obtaining over $180,000 in funding to improve storefront facades

• 1999: Successfully brought the Main Streets concept to Grove Hall 

• Has provided leadership development and organizing assistance to the Blue Hill Task Force since 1994

• Developer of millions of dollars in housing for first-time home buyers and co-sponsor of 72 units of affordable rental housing

• Coordinates and facilitates ongoing workshops to inform residents and business owners of future development activities and opportunities in the Grove Hall area 

• 2001: Completion of a $13.5 million retail center which utilized over 73% of black workers and resulted in over 470 jobs during and after construction.

• 2020: Brought the first ever drive-in move theater to Roxbury.

• 2021: During COVID-19 aided in community safety by distributing masks, gloves and hand sanitizer to thousands of residents. 

• Cleaned, free-of-charge, local churches.