Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) are awarding $50,000 in mini-grants to five nonprofits for creative initiatives that help green card holders become U.S. citizens. The grants range from $2,000 to $12,000 for programs including…
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Statewide Poll Finds Issues Among the State’s Latino Population Are Related to Affordability
Amplify Latinx, Mas-sachusetts-based nonprofit non-partisan, collabora-tive convener advancing Latino leadership rep-resentation, economic prosperity, and civic en-gagement, along with the MassINC Polling Group released the findings of a recent poll among about 1,200 Latino residents of Massachusetts. It is the largest…
Boston Sees Continued Improvement in COVID-19 Metrics
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) shared that the city continues to note downward trends in several key COVID-19 metrics. Suffolk County is now at low community level, per the CDC. While these data are a positive sign, residents who are…
Spring Forward this Sunday
This Sunday, March 12, marks the start of Daylight Savings Time when we set our clocks ahead an hour. Yes, we lose an hour of sleep, but the time for sunset magically will move from 5:46 PM on Saturday to 6:48…
Mark Your Calendars – the Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival Is July 28–30
Speaking of the coming summer season of 2023, the Revere Beach Partnership, in coordination with the City of Revere and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, recently announced that the 19th Annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival, one of…
Wu Announces Investment of $67 Million To Create and Preserve 802 Income-Restricted Homes in Boston
Special to the Gazette On Thursday, Feb. 16, Mayor Michelle Wu came to Jamaica Plain and joined the Hyde Square Task Force, affordable housing developers, and community organizations at the site of the former Blessed Sacrament church to announce $67…
JPNC Housing Comm. Discusses Shattuck Project
The Housing and Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council held a regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, February 21. Chairperson Renee Stacey Welch and the approximately 20 committee and community members who were in attendance took up a wide-ranging…
JP Resident Dranaya Owens Named Brookview House Director
Special to the Gazette Brookview House is pleased to announce that Dranaya Owens has joined the organization as Director of Community-Based Services. In this role, Owens will oversee the activities and operations of Community-Based Services, which focus on empowering individuals…
Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger Returns May 7
One of Massachusetts’ most iconic events is back! Project Bread’s The Walk for Hunger, the Commonwealth’s largest and oldest day of community action against hunger, is seeking walkers for a new 3-mile route. Back in-person for the first time since…
Mayor Wu Announces Citywide Permanent Outdoor Dining Program
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu announced the City of Boston’s Permanent Outdoor Dining Program, in coordination with the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion (OEOI), the Streets Cabinet, and the Disabilities Commission. The permanent program creates a predictable,…