CREW Boston

South Boston Dorchester Avenue Planning Initiative

Massachusetts Housing Partnership
160 Federal Street - 2nd Floor, Boston MA

Members Only

Join the Housing and Community Development Committee for our April brown bag lunch. The program will feature an overview of the PLAN: South Boston Dorchester Avenue Planning Initiative, which the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) launched in 2015. “Preserve, enhance, and grow”were the three lenses by which the study area was examined to determine how to create an appropriate planning vision. Community discussions exploring conceptual height and density buildouts, open space concepts, and a new street network to connect the district to the surrounding South Boston neighborhood and beyond formed the physical framework for this Plan. Viktorija Abolina, Senior Planner for the BPDA, and Donna Brown, Executive Director of South Boston NDC, will be presenting.

About our speakers
Viktorija Abolina, under direction of the Deputy Director for Community Planning/Planning, Viktorija manages, conducts and participates in planning initiatives for specific neighborhoods throughout the City of Boston and on citywide planning as assigned; researches and prepares recommendations for the Zoning Board of Appeal; and provides input to the BRA Development Review Department on projects undergoing the Article 80 process.  She engages the community, other constituencies, and public agency departments to solicit input and feedback for recommendations on above referenced tasks.

Donna Brown is Executive Director of South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation, a non profit,  Massachusetts certified,  community development  corporation.  Donna has more than 25 years of experience in the community development field, serving as a project manager at the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development and President of the board of South Boston NDC.   In addition to her work at South Boston NDC, Donna volunteers at a variety of non profits.  She is the Clerk of the South Boston Community Development Foundation, managing the distribution of $400,000 in grants to South Boston charities and the Treasurer of the South Boston Association of Non Profits. Donna is an avid gardener and became a Certified Master Gardener through the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.  She and her family have lived in South Boston for over 25 years.  Donna received a BA in American Studies from Yale University. 

 
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Massachusetts Housing Partnership
160 Federal Street - 2nd Floor, Boston MA

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Confirmed Attending

  • Michelle Apigian
  • Rebecca Bachand
  • Juliet Borja
  • Rebekah Bowie
  • Donna Brown
  • Hillary Brown
  • Leslie D'Angelo
  • Eliza Datta
  • Yanel de Angel
  • Jesse Elton
  • Pam Fisher
  • Nancy Hogan
  • Kaoutar Houmairy
  • Isabel Kaubisch
  • Nancy McCafferty
  • Angela Meehan
  • Caillin Moyen
  • Michelle ONeil
  • Tom Palmer
  • Emily Paparella
  • Rebecca Schofield
  • Anne Sodergren
  • Gail Sullivan
  • Brittany Wigdor
  • Elsiana Zhaka