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星期日, 8月 18, 2019
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MAYOR WALSH CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF NEW HOUSING COMPLETED AS PART OF FIRST PHASE OF BARTLETT STATION DEVELOPMENT
BOSTON - Thursday, August 15, 2019 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today joined Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation, Windale Developers, Harvard University, elected officials and residents to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the Bartlett Station development, which will transform a vacant lot into a new mixed-use, transit-oriented development. The two buildings that were celebrated with a ribbon cutting today will offer 76 new homes, five units for homeless individuals and 13,300 square feet of community-oriented retail storefronts on a once-vacant MBTA property in Roxbury.
"Affordable housing is the key to opportunity for families and helps give our residents a good quality of life," said Mayor Walsh. "At a time when the federal government is stepping back from investments in affordable housing, Boston and our partners are stepping up. I'm proud of the work that the City, Nuestra Communidad, Windale and all our partners have done to create these new homes and jobs that will continue to keep this a strong, vibrant place to live and work."
Today's ribbon cutting represents the culmination of more than a decade of planning, advocacy and hard work by the community to restore an approximately 8-acre former brownfield site in Roxbury. Bartlett Station is a multiphase project which proposes approximately 383 new homes for working families, including 166 homes for purchase, 217 apartments and 30,000 square feet of commercial space upon completion. The development project is anticipated to generate approximately 100 retail jobs and 900 construction jobs, with 60 percent of the jobs going to workers of color.
The first two buildings of Bartlett Station celebrated today consist of a 60-unit mixed-income rental apartment building and a 16-unit new condominium building. The apartment building boasts 23 one-bedroom apartments, 30 two-bedroom apartments, and 7 three-bedroom apartments. Two-thirds of the new housing is affordable to workforce individuals and families, including 32 units deemed as affordable to families earning less than 60 percent of Area Median Income (AMI).
"As a life-long Bostonian, I am truly grateful for the impact Bartlett Station has on our city. This project helps to alleviate the affordability tension in our housing market by creating truly affordable homes for people who may not have had the opportunity to live in Boston," said State Representative Chynah Tyler. "We are committed to working to create and preserve even more affordable housing for all of our families to live comfortably. This is why I am pleased to support Mayor Walsh, the City of Boston, Nuestra CDC, Harvard, and all the partners in making Boston affordable for everyone."
"I was thrilled to celebrate the opening of Bartlett Station, which is providing much needed mixed income housing, including two-thirds affordable and workforce units in Roxbury," said Boston City Councilor Kim Janey, who represents the neighborhood. "I want to thank the Mayor and all of the partners that helped us get here, especially Nuestra Communidad, Windale, and all of the residents who have been engaged in this process over the years. Today was a good day!"
"I am proud that Bartlett Station is a transformative, equitable development that is part of our anti displacement strategy for Dudley Square," said Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation Executive Director David Price. "I want to thank all of our many partners for helping to realize our vision to turn a contaminated brownfield eyesore into a new development that has real economic and health benefits for our community."
"Bartlett Station's unique mixed-income program was designed for working people like me. My family doesn't qualify as low income, but at Bartlett Station I qualified for the middle group," said Joani Torres who lives in the new apartment building. "I love that everything is where I need it. The bus stop right in front of our building can take my daughter to school each day, and drop her off at our front door. We're closer to family and my job, and I can just walk to work each day. I want to thank the Mayor and Nuestra Comunidad for making this possible. We're proud to call this beautiful affordable building our home."
In addition to new housing, the apartment building has two retail storefronts located along Washington Street. Good Food Markets, slated to open later this year, plans to provide healthy food, hire people from the community, offer job training and career opportunities, and promote healthy food choices to people in Roxbury. Good Food Markets is a nonprofit grocery store dedicated to addressing issues of food access and community health by working in partnership with Nuestra Comunidad, Boston Medical Center, and the Kresge Foundation.
"Good Food Markets is proud to join the Roxbury community," said Philip Sambol, executive director of Good Food Markets. "Good Food Markets is a collaborative effort in the community that transcends food access. The residents and community leaders that we have met over the last three years care about what we care about: a store that is by, of, and for the Roxbury community. Good Food Markets is a retail platform, but the real success is achieved by listening and taking action with our neighbors."
Secured by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), the project was made possible in part by $1 million in linkage funds, a payment from large commercial developments for the creation of housing and job training programs, and $1 million in Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP) funds. IDP requires that market-rate housing developments with 10 or more units and need zoning relief contribute to income-restricted housing.
Harvard University contributed more than $600,000 in pre-development financing to help develop Bartlett Station. Harvard's initiative, formerly known as 20/20/2000, was first launched in 2000 and committed $20 million in low-interest, flexible loans. It has helped leverage more than $1.3 billion in housing developments with more than 5,500 affordable units in Boston and more than 1,600 affordable units in Cambridge. Harvard University recently announced it would recommit $20 million to an initiative aimed at increasing the amount of affordable housing in Greater Boston.
"Harvard is pleased to renew the Harvard Local Housing Collaborative. We are proud to be part of a community where partners from across Greater Boston come together to strengthen the region and address the urgent need for quality, affordable housing," said Harvard President Larry Bacow. "We are grateful to Mayor Walsh, Chief Dillon and all of our partners for their support and their efforts to increase access to homeownership and promote fair and equitable access to housing."
The developers of Bartlett Station have deep roots in the Roxbury community. Nuestra Comunidad has a 38-year legacy of creating communities of opportunity, building new community assets, and transforming community through economic development. Nuestra Comunidad has built more than 800 affordable apartments for working families, and built and sold nearly 200 homes that have created wealth and neighborhood stability for Roxbury residents. Windale Developers has an equally long history as a Roxbury developer and contractor, having been a leading developer of homeownership opportunities creating wealth for Roxbury families, and mentoring many local construction companies.
The new apartment building is LEED Silver Certified and has many "green" features for long- term operations and sustainability. It also provides several improvements to the neighborhood such as new sidewalks, handicap accessible ramps, benches, lighting, bike racks, and a new pedestrian plaza and walkway that allows residents and visitors to move easily through the site. The apartment building was designed by Davis Square Architects, constructed by BiltRite, and are managed by Winn Residential. The condominium building was designed by Micheal Washington Associates and built by Crosswinds Construction.
The new buildings have been made possible by a contribution from the City of Boston, the City's Neighborhood Housing Trust, the Commonwealth's Department of Housing and Community Development, Bank of America, Eastern Bank, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, National Equity Fund, Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund, MassDevelopment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, and Enterprise Community Partners.
Today's celebration builds on the release of Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030, Boston's latest quarterly housing report, and the City's overall housing goal of 69,000 new units by 2030, to meet Boston's faster than expected population growth. These 69,000 new units include 15,820 new income-restricted units, which would elevate Boston's income-restricted inventory total to 70,000, or one in five of all housing units. In addition, the plan set a goal to preserve 85 percent of Boston's most at-risk privately-owned affordable units, and to purchase 1,000 units of rental housing stock from the speculative market and income-restrict them for perpetuity.
Mayor Walsh's 2019 housing security legislative package focuses on expanding upon the work that Boston has done to address the region's affordable housing crisis and displacement risks for tenants. The housing security bills proposed seek to help existing tenants, particularly older adults, remain in their homes, and creates additional funding for affordable housing.
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MAYOR WALSH AND RESIDENTS CELEBRATE PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LOWER ROXBURY
BOSTON - Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - Building on his commitment to preserve affordable housing in Boston, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today joined the Fenway Community Development Corporation, their development partner Schochet Companies and Lower Roxbury residents to celebrate the acquisition and preservation of 97 affordable housing units at the Newcastle/Saranac Apartments.
"Preserving Boston's affordability is key to ensuring everyone who wants to live here can afford to do so, and I'm particularly pleased our commitment to the Newcastle/Saranac Apartments will both preserve and renovate 97 units of our existing affordable housing stock," said Mayor Walsh. "I want to thank the Fenway CDC and our partners for working with us to make sure families can stay in their homes. Together, we're protecting long-time residents from displacement, and we're helping maintain the character of this community."
The preservation of the units is made possible through Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP) off-site unit contributions by three housing development projects: 60 Kilmarnock Street, 1000 Boylston Street, and 212 Stuart Street, negotiated by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA). IDP requires that market-rate housing developments with 10 or more units and need zoning relief contribute to income-restricted housing.
"Newcastle/Saranac has been my home for years, I raised my family here and I love this neighborhood," said Patricia Rogers, a 30-year resident of Newcastle/Saranac Apartments. "This building is in a convenient location, but the best part of living here is my neighbors. We look out for each other. I want to thank the Mayor, Fenway CDC and all of the people here today for helping us stay in our homes."
The City's Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) worked with the Fenway CDC to acquire the building and assist in the plan for the renovation of its 97 apartments, located on Columbus Avenue and Northampton Street in Lower Roxbury. Newcastle Saranac's long-term affordability restrictions were set to expire as the former owners paid off the mortgage they'd received using the MassHousing 13A program. If the building converted to market-rate, all of the tenants were likely to be displaced from homes they had lived in for decades. With help from City of Boston, Fenway CDC was able to purchase the building from its owners, protecting existing tenants from displacement, and preserving the long-term affordability of this mixed-income development.
"You know the old saying 'It takes a village?' Well, in order to save 97 units of affordable housing at Newcastle/Saranac, it took the City of Boston, the Commonwealth, and numerous quasi-public entities, banks and investors to rescue these apartments," said Leah Camhi, executive director of the Fenway CDC. "The families at Newcastle/Saranac are now guaranteed affordable homes for years to come due to all their herculean efforts."
The Newcastle/Saranac acquisition and preservation was made possible with the significant support from the City's Department of Neighborhood Development, the Boston Planning & Development Agency, the State's Department of Housing and Community Development, MassDevelopment, MassHousing, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp and the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation.
Today's celebration builds on the release of Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030, Boston's latest quarterly housing report, and the City's overall housing goal of 69,000 new units by 2030, to meet Boston's faster than expected population growth. These 69,000 new units include 15,820 new income-restricted units, which would elevate Boston's income-restricted inventory total to 70,000, or one in five of all housing units. In addition, the plan set a goal to preserve 85 percent of Boston's most at-risk privately-owned affordable units, and to purchase 1,000 units of rental housing stock from the speculative market and income-restrict them for perpetuity.
Mayor Walsh's 2019 housing security legislative package focuses on expanding upon the work that Boston has done to address the region's affordable housing crisis and displacement risks for tenants. The housing security bills proposed seek to help existing tenants, particularly older adults, remain in their homes, and creates additional funding for affordable housing.
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星期五, 8月 16, 2019
第三屆麻州中國日 中領館表揚僑胞 慶中美建交40週年
中國駐紐約總領事館副總領事錢進(前左五),經商參贊顧春芳(前左四)和麻州眾議員黃子安(前左三), 中車麻州公司董事長賈波(前右二)等獲表揚機構代表合影。(周菊子攝) |
麻州中國日會場擺放的中美建交40週年圖片展。(周菊子攝) |
(Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)中國駐紐約總領事館和麻州眾議會亞太小組8月15日在麻州政府大樓大廳(Great
Hall)第三年舉辦中國日,並慶祝中美建交40週年,出席的政商僑界人士逾150人。
標榜著”友誼”,"合作”,”共贏”的這中國日慶祝活動,由麻州眾議員陳德基開場,介紹出席的州市政要,稱在美國版的”中秋節”期間慶祝中國日已成傳統。
麻州中國日會場擺中美建交40週年圖片,第一張是鄧小平和卡特握手,最後一張是習近平 向川普揮手。(周菊子攝) |
中國駐紐約總領事館副總領事錢進在會上代表未克出席的總領事黃屏,發表了長20多分鐘的主題講話,並簡短說明黃屏是因為中央外事工作委員會辦公室主任楊潔篪率代表團抵紐約與美方洽談,因此臨時無法來麻州。
在致詞中,錢進以3個字尾為T的英文字母,Trust
(信任),Benefit (互利),信心(Confident),來形容,期望中美關係。
以信任而言,錢進用中文說”已所不欲,勿施於人”,再強調中國在今年10月1日將慶祝建國70週年,過去這些年來的目標,一直是要改善人民的生活水準,迄今已使7億人脫貧,正繼續努力。1982年杭州,波士頓市締結為姊妹市,如今有大約23000名中國留學生在此就讀等事實,正是在信任的基礎上,推廣人與人之間的交流。
中領館副總領事錢進(中)頒發表揚狀給麻州眾議會亞太小組,由黃子安(左), 陳德基(右)代表接受。(周菊子攝) |
在互利上,錢進稱現代社會人都知道,世界上沒有一個國家能棄世獨立的自我繁榮,過去10年來,麻州到中國的貨物出口量增長49%,服務出口到中國的數量更是增長近400%,中國已成麻州第三大出口國。中國的中車公司,海南航空,上海張江高科技園區,以及上海浙江波士頓創新中心的設立等,都是兩地經濟互利的實證。
在自信上,錢進強調過去40年來,中美兩國關係起起伏伏,但合則互利,分則互損,目前正處於十字路口的雙方,都必須做對的選擇。中美兩國領導也都正在為此努力。
中領館副總領事錢進(中)感謝波士頓市議員艾德費林的支持。(周菊子攝) |
去年五月才來美上任新職的錢進表示,在轄管的10州中,他來麻州的次數最多,已不下10次,覺得麻州不只風景美麗,高等學府雲集,最吸引人的其實是待客熱誠。
麻州政府當天有州議會的多數黨領袖第二位助理Paul
J. Donato,代表州政府歡迎嘉賓到會。州議會議員有陳德基,黃子安和Paul J. Donato,波士頓市議員有愛德華費林(Ed
Flynn)等多人出席。今年擔任麻州財政委員會(Ways and Means Committee)主席的麥家威(Aaron
Michlewitz),麻州財政廳廳長高伯珂(Deb Goldberg)也都在會末趕到,寒暄致意。
中領館副總領事錢進(右)感謝麻州眾議會財政委員會主席麥家威合影。 (周菊子攝) |
會上,錢進還代表紐約中領館,頒發表揚狀給大波士頓地區僑團,包括麻州眾議會亞太小組,波士頓亞洲文化中心,中車麻州分公司,波士頓龍舟節委員會,美中生物醫藥開發協會(SAPANE),劍橋中國文化中心,牛頓中文學校,中華僑立中文學校等。
中國音樂家協會的林湛濤,張正山,黃少堅,甄若茅等人應邀在現場演奏助興。古箏演奏家翁慧還陪同波士頓交響樂團藝術計畫主任Dennis
Alves出席拜會。
紐約副總領事錢進和黃子安(右二),以及麻中不同職務的眾議員。(周菊子攝) |
紐約副總領事錢進(右)頒發獎品表揚Karma餐館。(周菊子攝) |
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紐約副總領事錢進頒獎表揚李建生(中)和Gene Hartingan聯袂領揚狀。 (周菊子攝) |
紐約副總領事錢進(右)和波士頓華人投資俱樂部創辦人易敏(左)合影。 (周菊子攝) |
古箏高手翁慧(右起)介紹波士頓交響樂團藝術主任Dennis Alves給錢進 (左一)。(周菊子攝) |
紐約副總領事錢進(中)和紐英崙中華資訊網路協會的前會長李震宇(右), 現任會長高弘(左)。(周菊子攝) |
Karma系列餐廳老闆郭臻(右)和母親柳賽英(左)和音協大將 張正山,臻若茅。(周菊子攝) |
音樂家協會成員演奏。(周菊子攝) |
林湛濤拉二胡。(周菊子攝) |
星期三, 8月 14, 2019
中國中車製造橘線新車 今日上路
麻州州長查理貝克(Charlie Baker),麻州灣區交通局(MBTA)總經理Steve Poftak,交通廳廳長 Stephanie Pollack,特地出席剪綵。(圖片來自麻州政府) |
由中國中車公司(CRRC)承造的橘線地鐵新車,原定2018年年底上路,然後一延,再延,先是說2019年1月,接著說3月,後來又說信號系統問題會使得上路日期延到暑假。如今累計行駛3800英里,測試了一整年75次之後,今天終於上路了。
橘線新車。(周菊子攝) |
MBTA為了給民眾好感,今春還在波市府廣場前擺出一輛模擬橘線新車,讓人上車逛逛。
麻州州長查理貝克(Charlie Baker),交通廳廳長Stephanie Pollack,麻州灣區交通局(MBTA)總經理Steve Poftak,特地出席剪綵,為橘線地鐵的行車效率有望大幅改善,感到高興。
MBTA總經理Steve
Poftak說,第二批,另外6輛新車,預定九月份投入服務行列。
麻州在2013年10月時,首度宣佈將斥資13億元,訂造152輛橘線及紅線新車,以取代原有的120輛舊地鐵車,同時擴增服務。
2014年10月22日,麻州交通廳(MassFOT)宣佈撥款5億6660萬元,由中國中車公司(CRRC)承包,在春田市設廠製造,預定2022年全部完工交車
橘線新車。(周菊子攝) |
橘線新車是用不鏽鋼做的,有車門更寬,更方便殘障人士或嬰兒車上下,車上照明用發光二極管(LED),密閉電路的安全監視錄影機,有螢幕展示下一站站名,以及銜接巴士路線等等的改善。
有民眾為了追蹤,乘坐新車,還特地設計了以款軟體,newtrains.today,藉由MBTA公佈的即時數據,讓人不但可查新車將於何時抵達哪個車站,也方便民眾查車次,及時搭地鐵或巴士。
麻州的地鐵系統過於老舊,最近頻出狀況,紅線脫軌,綠線延誤等事故不斷,麻州州長查理貝克也很頭痛。
新橘線上有銜接巴士說明影像。(周菊子攝) |
新橘線上路。(周菊子攝) |
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