Community/Neighborhood Improvement

Meeting re: Walmart, May 26

Massachusetts Jobs With Justice is organizing against Walmart's actions nationwide and will offer a briefing for community leaders on the situation on Thursday, May 26. This meeting will be held at the Jobs with Justice, located at 3353 Washington Street #2 in Jamaica Plain at 3 p.m. The meeting will examine how communities have fought Wal-Mart in other cities. With questions, contact Jean-Claude Sanon (jeanclaude@massjwj.net). >> Read More

Urban Farm Hearing in Codman Square, May 23

Boston City Hall (May 19, 2011) – Boston City Councillor Charles C. Yancey and the Boston City Council’s Committee on City, Neighborhood Services and Veterans Affairs will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at The Great Hall, 5 Norfolk Street [sic] in Dorchester, to scrutinize the City of Boston’s proposal for establishing agricultural gardens on four Dorchester parcels. [The Great Hall is located at 6 Norfolk Street, Dorchester, MA]. >> Read More

Mt. Bowdoin Betterment Association

Mailing Address (if different than physical location): 

7 Bowdoin Avenue, Dorchester, 02121

Email: 

idupont@verizon.net

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Meets the second Saturday of each month at 15A Bowdoin Ave.

Mission: 

A neighborhood organization who's mission is to assist in maintaining a comfortable, safe community; to be a contact for local government to reach its constituents. The neighborhood association has been around since 1973 and meets monthly; keeping in touch with members by email and flyer notifications.

Location

7 Bowdoin Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02121
United States
Key Partners: 

The Four Corners Safety Coalition and Four Corners Main Streets have assisted the group on many occasions.

How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

To get involved call Iris Du Pont: 617- 288- 0683, or email: idupont@verizon.net
All residents can attend the meetings

Key Programs Offered: 

Community building and networking

Created: 
11/24/2010

Greater Ashmont Main Street

Phone: 

(617) 825-3846

Mission: 

Greater Ashmont Main Street strives to maintain and further develop our district as a welcoming destination for those from inside and outside the area, offering:

* A transit-oriented, Complete Streets locale that benefits a culturally diverse population,

* A complementary business mix that supports the needs of area residents and civic organizations,

* The appeal of rich historical qualities melded with modern day development, and

* A vibrant social scene offering spaces favorable for community gatherings, which will attract patronage from beyond our region.

Location

1914 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02124
United States

Upham's Corner Main Street

Phone: 

(617) 265-0363

Mission: 

Through a partnership of merchants, residents and civic leaders, our Main Street organization will make Upham’s Corner a thriving, multi-cultural, business and entertainment center that attracts people from all over Boston. UCMS was first created in 1996, when a group of passionate neighborhood residents, merchants, and civic leaders banded together to plan and manage the revitalization of the once vibrant Upham's Corner business and residential district. With a volunteer Board of Directors and a small but committed staff, UCMS set out to create new permanent jobs, an optimal mix of retail businesses, and shopping opportunities that fit the needs of residents.

Location

545 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA 02125
United States
Key Programs Offered: 

The organization operates under the Four-Point Approach, created by The National Trust for Historic Preservation, to facilitate the revitalization of Upham’s Corner. UCMS mirrors the Four-Point Approach through the use of four committees: Design, Economic Restructuring, Organization, and Promotion.

As one of the 19 programs in the Boston Main Streets network, UCMS is an enterprising program that has a track record of innovative project planning and implementation that has raised the profile of the Upham’s Corner Commercial District. Upham’s Corner is becoming more competitive in the retail and entertainment arenas of Boston and is now a highly sought location for new businesses looking for a profitable location.

Created: 
04/28/2011

Dorchester Park Association (DPA)

Mailing Address (if different than physical location): 

Dorchester Park Association
P.O. Box 240081
Dorchester, MA 02124

Mission: 

Dorchester Park in Dorchester, Massachusetts was established in 1891. Having changed size over subsequent years, it remains a beautiful part of the community. Please take the opportunity to explore our website; you'll learn a lot about Dorchester Park's history and future. You'll also discover a variety of events held for the community throughout the year.
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In recent years, dwindling resources have prevented Boston Parks and Recreation from taking a proactive role in maintaining Dorchester Park. The Park Association has done what it could to fill the gaps. However, experience has shown us that volunteers and free public resources are inadequate to the task.

To assess the scope of the Park's problems, the DPA obtained preliminary reports from two landscape and forest management specialists. We learned we face two tasks – restoration to undo damage that has accumulated through years of neglect, and maintenance to preserve those gains and to enhance the forest.

Location

Dorchester Park
Dorchester, MA 02124
United States
How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 
Created: 
01/17/2011

Cedar Grove Civic Association

Phone: 

617-825-1402

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm

Location

15 Rita Road St. Brendan's Church, Fr. Lane Hall
Dorchester, MA
United States

Caribbean Foundation of Boston, Inc

Phone: 

(617) 445-1228

Mission: 

The Caribbean Foundation of Boston is a nonprofit agency that was established in 1973. The organization was founded by a group of Caribbean women who wanted to expand home care for their culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged community.

Location

Caribbean Foundation of Boston, Inc
317 Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02121
United States
Key Programs Offered: 

Homemaking & Home Health Aides, Friendly Visitors Progam, Training Apartment Program

Urban Community Homemaking

Urban Community Homemaking was founded in 1973 by a group of women united in their desires to offer improved and expanded home services to members of their community. The program provides homemaking, home health aide, chore, and friendly visitor services to people who are disabled, frail or elderly in Boston's urban neighborhoods.

Our goal is to prevent unnecessary institutionalization and assist and support families with care giving. In addition, our staff who are local residents, receive training and stable employment which contributes to the economic health of our community. Over 250 people receive services monthly. Nearly all are low-income clients who require ongoing home care support to remain safely in their homes.

Homemaking & Home Health Aides

In its training and employment practices, the agency has developed and uses a unique concept, "Peer Homemakers and Home Health Aides." These are trained employees attuned to the language and culture of the people with whom they work. Familiar and reliable assistance is particularly important in serving a frail population that is constantly dealing with the multiple losses of functional ability, independence, and friends.

Our employees receive ESL training so that they are fully equipped to meet the needs of the people we serve. They are trained to teach efficient household management techniques and encourage family members to assume responsibility for the client whenever possible. Our staff are also encouraged to help ease the loneliness and isolation many of our clients experience by being empathetic.

Friendly Visitors Program

While many public and private agencies have formed over the last two decades to provide home care services to the elderly, state cutbacks have significantly decreased both the number of people served and the hours of services offered. To solve the problem, Urban Community collaborated with Senior Companions of Boston and the Massachusetts Association for the Blind to create the Friendly Visitors Program.

The program is designed to address the support and social needs of vulnerable, low-income elders and disabled citizens who are not eligible for adequate home care, particularly on weekends and holidays when isolated people feel most alone. We assist disabled and elderly people with shopping and errands, accompanying them outside for visits and light exercise, provide light homemaking, help to organize activities of daily living, and encourage hobbies, interests, and outside contacts.

Fields Corner Community Development Corporation

Phone: 

(617) 282-4290

Mission: 

The Fields Corner Community Development Corporation is dedicated to facilitating the availability of housing and promoting economic development in order to enhance the environment for a healthy residential life in the Dorchester area.

Location

Fields Corner Community Development Corporation
1 Arcadia St
Dorchester, MA 02122
United States
Key Partners: 

Fields Corner Main Street

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