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-from Boston Metro June 21, 2005 edition
As summer starts residents, neighbors and commuters are waiting to see if the MBTA and Dept. of Housing and Community Development are going to fulfill their promise to make a world-class example of transit oriented development in Boston.
Here is a link to some of our archival material. Note the date on the letter and the clearly identified community goals. The community has stayed on message since 2001! The Office of Commonwealth Development seems to believe that the project materialized last year.
Please help us to get this crucial project back on track! Please call the following state officials and let them know that you support your neighbors’ efforts to bring new business and new housing to Dorchester. Let them know that:
“I support the Ashmont Transit Oriented Development project and want the state to fulfill its promise to Dorchester.”
1. You support the development project on its merits: Transit Oriented Development, SMART Growth, and Affordable Housing.
2. You support the development project because it will provide sorely needed commercial space and revitalize an urban business district that has huge potential but is currently woefully under-developed.
The officials to call are:
• Senator Jack Hart: 617-722-1150
• Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry: 617-722-2460
• Mayor Thomas Menino: 617-635-4819
• Councilor Maureen Feeney: 617-635-3455
• Councilor Charles Yancey: 617-635-3131
• Doug Foy, Secretary of Comm. Development: contact: Rob Garrity: 617-573-1379
See the attached bulletin from St. Mark's Area Main Street for the detailed response to this crisis.
In a stunning reversal, Trinity Financial announced that the anticipated state funding for the development parcel was not approved last week. The hoped for state sponsored low -income tax credits would have provided funding for the proposed affordable housing development.
Please see the attached file for Trinity's announcement.
In the meantime, residents and interested citizens are urged to call your local elected officials to enlist their help in getting the state to find a way to support the project. Please stay tuned for more details.
Also please see the enclosed Dorchester Reporter article.
