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From YouTube: BCYF Vine Street Community Center Re-Opening
Description
Mayor Walsh, elected officials, and Roxbury residents gather at the newly renovated Boston Center for Youth and Families Vine Street Community Center to cut the ribbon on its re-opening. This project received a $5 million renovation manage by the City of Boston Public Facilities Department, working closely with BCYF. The community center includes a new gymnasium, air conditioning, dance and recording studios, as well as a senior space.
A
B
A
To
the
reopening
of
the
celebration
of
the
Boston
centers
for
youth
and
families,
Vine
Street
community
center
I
am
Wilmer
Alice
and
I
am
the
Commissioner
of
Boston
centers
for
youth
and
families,
I'm
so
happy
to
welcome
you
here
today.
This
Center
has
been
closed
for
nearly
16
months,
but
I'm
sure
you
will
notice
that
it
was
worth
the
wait.
This
is
an
exciting
day
for
all
the
current
and
future
BC
yaf
Vine
Street
participants.
Our
community
sensors,
are
such
an
integral
part
of
their
families,
routine,
no
matter
what
their
age
is.
A
A
A
Cynthia's
been
here
generations
right,
Cynthia
and
we
were
having
a
conversation
downstairs
I'm
saying
how
your
father's
smiling
down
now
today
on
this
place
and
those
ain't,
those
any
raindrops
out
there.
Those
are
showers
of
blessing
blessing
this
and
christening
this
new
place.
Okay,
so
thank
you
for
your
hard
work
and
dedication
to
the
center
and
especially
to
this
community
Cynthia.
A
Mike
has
spent
countless
hours
watching
over
every
aspect
of
this
renovation.
I
mean
he
lived
it
he
breathed
it.
You
know
I
mean
I'm,
surprised
that
we
didn't
burying
him
here,
because
I
thought
he
was
gonna
die
here.
The
time
he
dedicated
here
but
Matthew
met
up
but
Mike.
Thank
you
for
everything
you
did
day
in
and
day
out
to
make
this
happen,
and
you
know
and
I
also
like
to
acknowledge
on
Chris
miner
who's,
our
programs,
Deputy
Commissioner.
A
Who,
as
we
walked
around
the
space,
we're
thinking
about
how
we're
gonna
think
about
supporting
Dave
and
how
we
might
be
able
to
program
this
to
make
sure
that
it
overflows
with
young
people
that
to
make
sure
that
it
continues
to
be
a
welcoming
space
for
seniors,
and
so
we're
gonna
continue
to
work
with
your
data
to
make
sure
that
this
place
becomes
the
right
place
for
this
community
will
always
be
at
all
times.
Okay,
so
I
have
the
honor
of
also
now
introducing
our
mayor.
A
Our
mayor
is
very
committed
to
making
sure
that
BC
YF
gets
the
resources,
but,
most
importantly,
the
month
o
the
resources
to
make
sure
that
our
spaces
continue
to
be
spaces
that
are
state-of-the-art
and
today.
This
is
an
example
of
his
investment
and
his
commitment
to
making
sure
that
this
building
will
continue
to
be
a
place
where
young
people
can
come
in
to
interact
with
caring
adults
and,
most
importantly,
continue
to
have
ample
opportunities
so
that
they
can
move
further
and
become
the
future
leaders
that
we
know
they
are
for
our
communities.
C
Thank
you
very
much.
Let
me
let
me
just
get
the
some
of
the
thank-you
is
done.
I
want
to
thank,
will
Morales
and
his
team
at
BC,
F,
Michael
and
Chris,
and
everyone
at
BC
F
all
the
staff
here
for
the
incredible
work
that
you
do.
Thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
Trish
Lyons,
who
is
a
director
of
public
instruction,
public
facilities
in
the
city
and
our
whole
team,
who
helped
create
this
beautiful
renovation
of
this
beautiful
space.
C
I
want
to
thank
Assad's
gonna
come
up
here
in
a
few
minutes.
One
of
our
speakers
I
want
to
thank
you
and
welcome
you
to
the
young
people
that
are
here
a
lot
of
young
people
in
the
back
running
around
in
front
of
me.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do
to
this
opening,
or
this
reopening
probably
couldn't
have
come
at
a
better
time
for
me
personally,
because,
as
they
came
in
downstairs,
a
lot
of
press
was
talking
about.
C
We
had
a
press
conference
yesterday
talking
about
some
of
the
violence
that
was
going
on
the
city
in
the
last.
In
the
last
ten
days
and
I
was
explaining.
You
know:
we've
had
a
pretty
peaceful
summer
as
long
as
your
family
hasn't
been
involved
in
that
if
your
family
wasn't
involved
in
that
you
had
a
peaceful
summer,
but
if
you
feel
me
was
involved
in
that
well,
you
didn't
have
a
piece
of
summer.
C
It's
by
making
investments
in
our
space
that
I
people
can
play
in
that
a
young
people
can
dance
in
that
a
young
people
can
can
express
singing
can
express
himself
in
that's
what
we're
doing
here
today
and
that's
the
intention
and
that's
what
we
want
to
do
with
all
of
our
centers
throughout
the
city
of
Boston.
It's
create
a
space
in
our
neighborhoods,
for
where
I
people
can
go
and
hang
out
and
be
safe
and
get
opportunities
and
experience.
Positive,
positive
experiences
in
their
life
and
I
want
to
thank
this
community
here.
C
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
incredible
history
here
in
this
building.
This
building
is
a
place
that,
and
we'll
pointed
out
already,
that
many
of
the
parents
and
grandparents
can
remember
in
the
center
as
kids
I
was
talking
to
father
Carey
from
st.
Pat's
a
minute
ago.
I
don't
know
if
I'll
carry
still
here
and-
and
he
was
telling
me
that
his
mom
grew
up
in
mind
trade.
His
dad
grew
up
truth,
not
too
far,
Mia
and
as
a
long
time
ago,
people
used
to
take
showers
in
here
and
they
paid
10
cents.
C
He
said
to
pay
think
about
that
young
people
think
about
that.
The
reason
why
they
took
showers
in
here
is
because
they
didn't
have
showers
in
their
home
and
that
in
those
centers
like
this
all
over
the
city
of
Boston,
where
families
would
come
together
and
that's
where
they
would
clean
and
think
about
how
far
we've
come
in
a
long
way
and
and
see
older
people
in
this
room
and
the
people
that
remember
back.
Thank
you
because
this
investment
is
about
you
as
well.
C
This
investments
about
about
keeping
the
neighborhood
moving
forward,
it's
so
important
to
preserve
the
character
of
this
of
this
community.
This
neighborhood
also
is
my
parents
I'm
from
Boston
they're
from
Ireland,
but
I.
Remember
when
I
my
father
when
he
was
being
treated
at
the
Brigham
and
women
I
drive
him
up.
Dudley
would
develop
Dudley
every
day
heading
to
bring
him
a
woman
because
he
had
radiation
and
he
would
point
out
different
buildings
on
the
way
up
Dudley
when
he
came
out
from
Ireland
and
he
hung
here.
He
was
at
her
Burnie
in
Hall.
C
He
was
intercolonial.
He
pointed
out
the
police
station
down
the
street,
that's
not
a
police
station,
you
want,
he
talked
about
the
impact
of
this
community
and
how
it's
changed,
and
this
neighborhood
was
an
immigrant
neighborhood
and
that
neighborhood
his
neighbor
was
still
an
immigrant
neighborhood.
A
lot
of
people
come
in
their
first
experience
of
America
is
right
here
in
this
neighborhood
and
the
young
people
now
their
first
experience
of
seeing
something
you
know
like
this
is
gonna,
be
this
building
here.
That's
why
it's
important
to
make
the
investment.
C
This
is
a
five
million
dollar
investment
that
was
made
into
into
this
into
the
center.
Clearly,
it
was
needed
it
was
wanted
by
the
community
and
we
made
sure
that
it
happens.
What's
going
to
happen
in
this
place,
for
the
young
people-
and
you
know
better
than
I-
do
music
dancing
exercise
cooking?
We
didn't
forget
the
seniors
as
amenities
for
seniors
in
here
as
well,
to
make
sure
the
seniors
have
a
good
place
to
come
a
recording
studio
for
future
artists
that
gonna
be
famous
someday.
C
This
scent
is
also
gonna,
have
a
permanent
art
program,
public
art
program,
which
were
funding
through
percent
for
the
art
program
in
the
budget
at
the
city
at
City,
Hall,
making
sure
we
take
a
percent
of
the
capital
budget.
1%
of
that
is
going
into
arts
programs
in
the
city.
So
we
didn't
have
that
five
years
ago
we
have
a
dedicated
revenue
source
and
we're
looking
at
other
ways
of
promoting
the
I.
C
This
is
the
kind
of
place
that's
going
to
unlock
creativity
and
all
young
people
the
opportunity
to
have
mentorships
and
gain
support
from
from
their
communities
where
people
from
all
ages
can
come
together
when
I
took
over
when
I
took
over
as
mere
four
years
ago.
One
thing
I
realized
a
couple.
A
couple
places
that
were
special
to
me
was
BC
YF,
because
I
know
it
had
the
biggest
impact
on
our
young
people
and
also
our
park
system,
because
I
knew
it
had
a
big
impact
on
everybody.
C
Everybody
uses
these
centers.
When
I
was
a
kid
growing
up,
we
didn't
have
a
be
swept
center
of
my
neighborhood
I.
Had
the
little
house
called
the
little
house
on
each
crowded
street
down
the
street,
and
that
was
in
our
neighborhood,
so
we
used
that
place.
That
was
our
place.
We
hung
there.
We
did
everything
there,
we
got
in
trouble
there.
C
We
did
it
all
there,
but
the
impact
it
had
on
my
life
is
still
with
me
today
or
I,
wouldn't
be
talking
about
the
impact
of
Little
House,
the
council's
and
Little
House
the
opportunity
to
play
wiffle
ball
or
basketball
or
hockey
or
whatever
it
was
that
we
played
whatever
sport
it
was.
We
had
a
gym
that
was
wasn't
like
this
or
smallness,
but
we
played
everything
in
that
gym
and
today
is
an
important
day.
C
So
I
just
want
to
say
if
we
work
together-
and
this
is
this-
is
how
I
want
to
end
this
today,
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
going
on
the
city
in
certain
places.
The
answer
to
it
all
is
by
all
of
us
working
together.
You
can
incorporate
any
topic.
You
want
in
that
answer,
whether
it's
promoting
opportunities
for
young
people
to
be
successful
in
education,
it's
by
working
together,
it's
by
keeping
a
community
together.
C
C
I
want
to
thank
every
single
person
who
had
anything
to
do
with
this
Center,
whether
you,
whether
you
with
you
or
past
participant
many
many
many
many
years
ago
or
you're,
a
young
person-
that's
excited
about
this
or,
if
you're
a
builder
or,
if
you're,
a
contractor.
Whoever
you
are
thank
you
for
being
here
today
and
thank
you
for
this
exciting
day
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
C
A
Thank
You
mayor
for
your
remarks
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
is
that
we're
only
gonna
be
able
to
do
it
together.
Now
we
both
know
that
the
important
thing
is
is
that
just
as
the
police
commissioner,
sometimes
acts
the
community
at
various
times
to
actually
help
with
some
investigations
iMacs
in
my
community.
It
also
helped
me
to
make
sure
that
we
can
connect
with
the
young
person
who
may
need
our
services.
A
Sometimes
they'll
come
to
our
spaces
when
they
have
familiar
faces
on
the
other
side,
and
so
those
of
you
who
are
going
to
be
using
this
space,
if
you
can
reach
out
to
a
young
person
out
there,
that
you
think
might
have
one
foot
going
in
the
wrong
direction.
I'm
challenging
you
to
please
work
with
our
staff
work
with
me
to
bring
them
in
so
that
this
way
together
by
bringing
them
into
these
spaces,
we
will
give
them
a
place
to
go
but,
most
importantly,
a
place
to
grow.
Okay,.
A
So
later
on,
as
you
check
out
the
center
and
you
walk
through
how
much
you
know
that
a
lot
of
hard
work
by
many
people
went
into
this
renovation,
this
project
took
of
every
old
building
with
chopped
up
dark
spaces
and
our
layouts
and
open
it
up
and
reconfigured
things.
So
the
space
is
much
more
usable
for
all
kinds
of
programs
and
activities
under
the
direction
of
the
public
facilities,
Department
Director
for
tisha
Lyons
and
her
staff.
Everything
from
paint
color
to
the
materials
used
on
tables
to
the
ventilation
equipment.
A
D
D
As
as
mayor
Walsh
said,
we
we
really
do
understand
how
special
and
how
important
this
community
center
is
to
all
of
you
and
knowing
that
and
understanding
that
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
patience,
your
understanding
and
mostly
your
support,
while
we
renovated
this
facility
there's
no
way
that
we
would
be
here
today
without
your
advocacy.
D
As
mayor
Walsh
also
said,
this
five
million
dollar
renovation
is
giving
you
back
a
building
that
offers
so
many
more
resources
to
you
and
offers
so
many
more
opportunities
for
the
Boston
centers
for
youth
and
families
to
continue
running
and
expand
upon
their
wonderful
programming
and
we're
doing
that
all
in
the
hope
that
this
building
will
become
even
more
special
to
you
and
will
be
become
even
more
used
and
that
you
will
begin
to
build
fond
and
lasting
memories
that
will
build
on
some
of
the
others.
As
the
mayor
had
described
earlier.
D
One
thing
I
want
I
want
to
express
is
that
that
the
investment
in
this
building
the
five
million
dollar
investment
in
this
building
is
part
of
a
larger
investment
that
the
mayor
has
made
in
the
Greater
Roxbury
area.
A
few
months
back,
we
opened
up
the
73
million
dollar
new
Dearborne
Academy.
That
is
just
a
phenomenal
building.
In
addition,
we're
in
construction
with
a
fort
sorry,
seventeen
million
dollar
library
in
Dudley
square.
We
are
renovating
Veterans,
Memorial
Park.
D
We've
also
recently
opened
a
2.4
million
dollar
renovation
to
the
Parker
Hill
library,
a
$900,000
I
to
be
graves
lawn
and
pavilion
at
the
Tobin
community
center.
We
have
a
new
1
million
dollar
welding
shop
at
the
Madison
Park
vocational
technical
high
school.
We
put
almost
4
million
dollars
worth
of
windows
at
the
Ellis
school
and
next
spring
we
will
be
in
construction
with
a
23
million
dollar
brand
new
fire
station
at
Engine
42
on
Columbus,
which
will
be
the
very
first
new
fire
station
built
in
the
city
in
20
years.
D
D
But
you
know
that
the
truth
of
it
is
that
those
investments
as
well
as
this
investment
right
here
are
not
simply
investments
in
streets,
I
mean
in
buildings
and
infrastructure,
they're
investment
in
you,
our
community,
our
neighbors,
because
after
all,
these
are
just
buildings,
they're,
just
parks,
they're,
just
streets.
It
is
all
of
you
who
will
use
them,
who
will
breathe
energy
into
them
and
who
will
bring
them
to
life.
So
thank
you
for
that,
and
seeing
all
of
you
and
feeling
all
the
excitement
in
this
building
today.
D
It
also
makes
this
day
extra
special
for
the
folks
who
have
poured
their
hearts
into
this
renovation
over
the
last
two
years.
It
is
because
of
their
efforts
and
their
persistence
that
we're
here
today
and
for
that
reason,
I
would
just
like
to
thank
a
few
people
first
to
our
wonderful
partners.
At
the
Boston
community,
Boston
centers
for
youth
and
families,
commissioner
Morales
you
are
a
rock
star.
Thank
you
for
your
support.
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D
D
D
D
A
A
part
of
this
team
but
most
importantly,
be
to
be
a
part
of
this
community
and
witnessing
all
that
development
happening,
because,
when
I
think
about
my
five
children
right
and
where
they're
gonna
end
up
and
where
they're
gonna
be,
and
what
they're
gonna
do,
I'm
glad
that
they're
gonna
have
beautiful
spaces.
Most
importantly,
they're
gonna
have
places
that
they
can
go.
That
will
continue
to
further
develop
them.
So
thank
you
for
that.
But
enough
about
talk.
A
Hearing
from
us
right,
I
think
the
most
important
people
that
we
want
to
hear
is
the
people
who
actually
benefited
from
the
center's
individuals.
Who've
come
in
here,
invested
their
time
or
able
to
open
themselves
up
and
most
importantly,
listen
to
some
of
the
elders
in
this
community
to
kind
of
hopefully
propel
them
to
where
they're
going
to
be
in
life.
And
so
there
are
many
people
in
our
community
who
advocated
for
this
project
and
I'm,
so
excited
that
the
Center
has
received
this
renovation,
but
one
of
them
is
Assad
Hardwick
who
attended.
A
E
I
didn't
know:
I
deserved
that
kind
of
intro,
but
thank
you
so
I'd
like
to
start
by
saying
community
centers
like
this
is
very
important.
For
me,
this
was
my
first
experience
as
far
as
employment.
My
first
athletic
experience
and
it
gave
me
an
opportunity
to
be
active
in
my
community
and,
as
we
all
know,
when
you're
in
the
major
cities
such
as
Boston,
a
lot
is
going
on,
and
this
is
where
young
people
need
to
go
when
you're
not
at
home
they're,
not
at
school,
because
even
those
two
environments
are
very
stressful.
E
Again.
Space
like
this
is
also
important,
because
this
is
where
we're
allowed
to
make
mistakes
right.
I've
made
a
lot
of
mistakes
and
having
this
Center
here
was
the
cushion
for
me
because
in
the
real
world
we
can't
make
these
same
mistakes.
I
was
there
2002
when
the
first
ribbon
cutting
happened
and
the
Upgrade
hair
is
amazing.
E
You
know
David
took
me
on
a
tour
of
this
space
and
I'm
just
very
excited
for
who's
gonna,
be
here
right
and
it's
also
giving
people
or
young
people
the
opportunity
to
figure
out
who
they
are
and
what
they
like.
There's
a
studio
downstairs.
People
are
really
inspired
by
music.
You
know,
there's
a
gym
up
there,
there's
gonna
be
programs
in
the
space.
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A
F
Hi
I'm
Cindy,
Yokoi,
I'm,
13
years
old
and
I'm,
the
fourth
generation
in
my
family
to
be
coming
here
and
for
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
I've
been
coming
here
and
it's
been
amazing
and
I
have
a
lot
of
great
memories
and
I've
built
a
lot
of
friendships
with
everyone
and
I've
enjoyed
like
a
lot
of
the
field
trips
and
the
activities
like
going
to
the
pool
having
dance
classes,
doing
the
karate
classes,
and
everyone
here
is
just
like
a
family
to
me
and
we
have
like
a
strong
bond.
Thank
you.
A
A
Sometimes
what
tends
to
happen
is
that
they
get
a
block
mentality
and
unfortunately,
sometimes
those
that
get
stuck
there
end
up
in
prison
blocks
and,
unfortunately,
six
feet
under
in
cement
blocks,
and
so
I'm
challenging
like
I
said
earlier,
that
we
need
to
work
together
to
make
sure
that
we
become
blockbusters
for
our
children,
because
when
we
could
become
caring,
consistent
adults
in
their
lives,
we
can
transform
their
lives.
That's
that's
the
that's!
A
The
what
we
just
heard
now
transform
a
transformative
relationships
at
their
best
work,
so
I
encourage
you
to
be
a
blockbuster
with
me
now
I'd
like
to
have
all
the
speakers
that
had
gathered
here
to
come
behind
me
so
that
we
can
cut
the
sermon
oil
ribbon
and
officially
reopen
the
center
and
please
stay
after
so,
did
you
walk
around
the
building
and
see
its
beauty
and
enjoying
it?
Thank
you.