Accomplishments

and Activities

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Grove Hall NDC ​is the developer of the 2001 $13.5 million Grove Hall Mecca Mall. The Mall is home to the first supermarket in over twenty years. Grove Hall NDC has also helped to create approximately 470 jobs for the community residents and attracted more than $21 million in economic development projects and programs to the Grove Hall area. 

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 

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News

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Consumer Alert:

The IRS warns taxpayers to be on the alert for e-mails and phone calls they may receive that claim to come from the IRS or another federal agency and which mention their tax refnd or economic stimulus payment. These are almost certainly a scam whose purpose is to obtain personal and financial information - such as name, Social Security Number, bank account and credit card or even PIN numbers - from taxpayers that can be used by the scammers to commit identity theft.

The e-mails and calls usually state that the IRS needs the information to process a refund or stimulus payment or deposit it into the taxpayer's bank account. The e-mails often contain links or attachments to what appears to be the IRS website or an IRS "refund application form." However genuine in appearance, these phonies are designed to elicit the information the scammers are looking for.

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The IRS does not send taxpayers e-mails about their tax accounts. Additionally the way to get a refund or stimulus payment, or to arrange for a direct deposit, is to file a tax return. 

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Economic Development

• Dianne Wilkerson