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08.21.2019

On Hoodline: Here’s what to do in Boston this week

Looking to mix things up this week? From a website building course to a motivational coaching session, here’s a lineup of options to help you get social around town.

08.21.2019

On Accesswire/Yahoo News: Cannabis Doctor, Nurse, Dispensary Owner and Commissioner to Discuss Marijuana at Boston Community Center

Three of the nation’s leading African American cannabis medicine practitioners and business leaders are coming to Boston to talk about marijuana in one of the city’s communities most disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs.

07.19.2019

In New England Real Estate Journal: MassHousing closed on $32.8m financing to to the Madison Park Development Corp. for 131-unit Haynes House

MassHousing has closed on a total of $32.8 million in affordable housing financing to the Madison Park Development Corp. (MPDC), for the preservation of affordability and property rehabilitation at the 131-unit Haynes House, located at located at 735 Shawmut Ave. The MassHousing refinancing will extend affordability for households with a range of incomes in perpetuity, following the expiration of previous affordability restrictions with the maturation of the property’s former Section 13A mortgage in 2017. 

07.17.2019

In the Bay State Banner: Whittier Street housing redevelopment underway

Since 1953, the red brick buildings of the Whittier Street public housing development towered over the corner of Tremont and Ruggles Street.
Over the decades, much changed around them: In the 1960s, homes and stores were leveled for the aborted extension of Interstate 95 through Roxbury. In the 1980s, the Orange Line was relocated to the Southwest Corridor with a new station at Ruggles Street. In the 1990s, the new Boston Police Department headquarters was built across the street.