Roxbury
We’re bringing this historic neighborhood into the 21st century.
This former farming community is home to the Shirley Eustis House. It’s the nation’s only remaining country house that a British Royal Colonial Governor built. Today, Roxbury is the heart of Black culture in Boston.
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Roxbury
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Neighborhood Contacts
Neighborhood Contacts
Abdullah Beckett
Roxbury Liaison
Abdullah Beckett is a fourth generation Bostonian who was born and raised in Roxbury. A graduate of Charlestown High School and Umass Boston, he is currently pursuing an MPA at Northeastern University. Beckett is also a New Leaders Council Alum.
Throughout college Beckett was heavily involved as a leader of organizations such as the NAACP and My Brothers’ Keeper Program at UMass Boston. Through this work he was appointed to the Commission on Black Men and Boys as a college student. Immediately after graduating college Beckett worked full time as a therapeutic mentor for boys involved in DCF and part time for City Councilor Brian Worrell as a District Liaison before eventually moving to being full-time as a Director of Community Engagement and Constituent Services. He then joined the OPAT team to start up their community engagement program and most recently worked in the Department of Supplier Diversity where he worked to support M/WBEs in their efforts to break into City contracting.
Beckett is called to public service out of the belief that all people in the City of Boston deserve access to the opportunity to reach their full potential and thrive. He is committed to pushing forward the work of the people and bringing them along in the process.
When he is not serving the public, he loves to cook and share meals, strength train in the gym, travel throughout the world, and compete in flag football and pick up basketball.
Lindsey Santana
Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services
Lindsey Santana was born in Boston. At the age of 10, she moved back home to the Dominican Republic. After six years, she returned to Boston where she attended and graduated from West Roxbury Academy. There she founded the Student Government Association, and became very active in her community.
Santana started her career in City Hall as a Community Project and Marketing Coordinator for the Office of Public Service, which is now known as the Mayor’s Office of Civic Organizing. She later became the Jamaica Plain liaison in ONS and served in that role for two years. She has also served as Community Engagement Manager for the Environment Department and most recently served as the Chief of Staff for City Councilor Brian Worrell.
In her new role as the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, Santana will build on the Office’s work to provide essential services to constituents and work towards deepening the City’s relationship with local businesses, organizations, and residents in Boston.
She currently resides in Brighton and is pursuing her master’s in public relations at Boston University. In her spare time, Lindsey likes to travel, read and spend time with family and friends.
Neighborhood features
The area is now in the midst of a renaissance. New businesses and housing initiatives are renewing Roxbury’s main districts, including:
- Dudley Square
- Crosstown, and
- Grove Hall.
Blue Hill went from being a street full of vacant lots to a bustling business district. It was one of former Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s proudest achievements.
The Roxbury Center for the Arts, Culture, and Trade opened in 2005. It celebrates the culture of the community through visual and performing arts.
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