Please join Boston Centers for Youth & Families, the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services for the second community meeting to explore options for the design of a new community center in the Grove Hall section of Dorchester. The meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 6 p.m.

BCYF is committed to a transparent, inclusive community process as we move into the design phase.To learn more about this project, how the location was selected, and review the final presentation from the first phase of this process, visit our Grove Hall website.

Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. Interpretation will be available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole and Cape Verdean Creole. If you need other accommodations, please contact LCA@boston.gov or 617-635-4920 by December 8. To participate in this meeting, please click below.

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• Exquisite handmade treasures: Unique handmade designs for sale by the talented older adults of Boston. Please bring cash for purchases.
• Ugliest sweater contest: Strike a pose in our photo booth or in front of holiday-themed spaces!

Join us on Wednesday, November 29th for a virtual meeting as part of our Reimagining White Stadium community meeting series. Our second meeting will focus on Community Benefits and Supplier Diversity.

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Potential respondents to the recent Request for Proposals (RFP) for the disposition and development of two City-owned parcels, at 369 Geneva Avenue in Dorchester and 569 River Street in Mattapan, are welcome to attend. 

 Interested applicants will be provided with the following:

• An overview of the application and development process;
• information on innovation focus of the RFP;
• basics of financing and financing options;
• networking and team-building opportunities.

The RFP package will be available on November 15, 2023 and can be downloaded by registering at MOH's Request for Proposals webpage.  To learn more about the initiative, visit the Building Housing page.

Coffee Hours are held weekly unless otherwise noted. 

The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services liaisons hosts weekly Coffee Hours located conveniently in each neighborhood. This is an opportunity to connect with your neighborhood liaison to receive support connecting with City departments, addressing any concerns, or just to say hello to connect joyfully. 

Neighborhood liaisons look forward to hearing how Boston can improve our neighborhoods.

These updates include the picnic area, playspace, interactive fountain, and overall plantings. Interpretation and translation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at LCA@boston.gov or 617-936-9380.

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Interpretation and translation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at LCA@boston.gov or 617-936-9380.

Join the meeting 

We'd love for you to join us in our online presentation with a question and answer session afterward. Interpretation and translation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact us at nelle.ward@boston.gov, LCA@boston.gov or 617-936-9380, by 11/13.

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If you are a 2024 applicant, we encourage you to join to learn more about how to complete your budget sheet as part of your FY24 application. Everyone is welcome to join us and learn more about the CPA budget request process. 

NOTE: 

The FY2024 Funding Round

Only applicants who have submitted an Eligibility Determination Form prior to the August deadline and have subsequently been invited to apply by the CPA Office are eligible to complete this full application for funding. The deadline to apply for the FY24 funding round closed on August 31, 2023.