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From YouTube: Melnea Cass Apartments Ribbon Cutting
Description
Roxbury, one of Boston's most iconic neighborhoods, is now home to new housing by Madison Park Development Corporation, the City of Boston, and other integral organizations. The celebration culminated in a ribbon cutting with Mayor Walsh, City Councilor Kim Janey, and Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz.
A
A
So
today
is
a
great
day
in
the
city
of
Boston,
a
great
day
for
Roxbury
in
our
community.
We
celebrate
76,
beautiful
new,
affordable
homes
for
families
here
at
Milne
apartments.
It
completes
the
last
phase
of
Madison
Park
Village,
a
housing
community
started
five
decades
ago
and
it's
that's
been
renovated
and
preserved
as
affordable
housing
for
four
decades
to
go
and
it's
affordable
to
families
at
all
income
levels.
In
total,
the
village
now
provides
622
homes
for
families
we
niqua
we
embrace.
A
We've
been
able
to
provide
direct
services
to
our
seniors
through
a
partnership
with
Boston
Medical
Center
this
year,
we're
training
and
nurturing
resident
leaders
so
that
they
can
advocate
for
change.
We
own
commercial
property
here
in
Dudley
square,
recognizing
that
the
success
of
our
commercial
district
is
critical
to
the
thousands
of
residents
who
live
within
walking
distance
of
Dudley
Square
and
with
partners
like
tropical
foods
daily
table
and
Hayley
house
were
helping
to
provide
access
to
healthy,
affordable
food
and
improving
health
outcomes
in
this
community.
A
This
project
could
not
have
happened
without
the
support
of
our
government
leaders
and
financial
partners
that
you'll
hear
from
today.
The
development
team
also
deserves
special
recognition
for
its
hard
work.
I
wish
I
could
thank
all
the
people
and
organizations
and
professionals
whose
work
made
today
possible
I'll
just
call
out
our
architect,
general
contractor
and
owners
representative
for
these
two
buildings.
The
buildings
were
designed
by
Elton
Hampton
architects.
Nick
Alton
is
here
somewhere.
A
Construction,
so
so
Nick
really
understood
how
important
it
was
for
this
building
to
be
the
first
residential
address
on
donea
Cass
Boulevard
right
changing
what
was
a
highway
meant
to
be
a
highway
into
a
residential
street,
that's
part
of
a
neighborhood
and
he
did
a
fabulous
job
doing
that
our
contractors
Delbert
Jake
Jake,
has
finished
the
building
on
schedule
and
on
budget
construction
services.
Consultation,
not
Haley
and
Michael
we're
our
owners
represented.
A
A
Her
team
processed
over
4000
applicants
for
the
affordable
units
here
this
project
is
part
of
a
30
million
dollar
whittier
choice,
neighborhood
initiative,
and
there
are
33
residents
here
at
Madison,
Melanie
apartments
who
who
came
from
Whittier
Street.
They
were
supportive
with
relocation
and
other
services
by
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
housing
opportunities.
Unlimited
and
impact
you'll
hear
from
one
of
those
residents
Stephanie
Thomas
a
little
later.
Our
development
partner
Poe
is
here
today
and
we
look
forward
to
celebrating
with
them
at
the
upcoming
completion
of
the
first
phase
of
the
Whittier
Street
on-site
housing.
A
Our
mayor
has
been
a
great
friend
to
my
organization
and
to
all
the
Boston
cdc's
mayor.
Walsh
is
a
champion
for
affordable
housing
and
economic
development
throughout
the
city's
neighborhoods,
and
has
encouraged
and
led
a
regional
approach
to
our
housing
crisis,
working
with
other
mayors
and
town
officials
in
the
Boston
metropolitan
area.
Today,
in
Boston
we
have
more
local
resources
devoted
to
affordable
housing
than
ever
before.
This
is
due
to
changes
in
the
city's
inclusionary
development
program.
A
That's
20
million
dollars
a
year
that
didn't
have.
We
didn't
have
when
we
first
put
together
that
first
housing
plan
Marnie's
been
a
great
friend
of
Madison
Park,
not
only
by
supporting
housing
development,
but
also
our
public
safety
work.
Madison
Park
hosts
one
of
several
neighborhood
trauma
response
teams
that
coordinates
an
immediate
response
to
an
incident
and
sustained
recovery
and
healing
by
those
for
those
affected
by
violence.
He
maintains
a
keen
focus
on
social
and
economic
resilience
in
a
city
affected
by
historic
and
persistent
divisions
of
race
and
class.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
Jean
and
and
everyone
at
Madison
Park,
for
the
amazing
work
you
do
today
is
a
celebration
and
we
should
be
better.
Let
me
test
that's
one,
two
three:
is
it
working
all
right?
Let
me
start
that
over
again,
I
want
to
thank
gene
cuñado
for
her
great
work
and
everyone
at
Madison,
Park
and
honestly.
B
The
elected
officials
that
are
here
to
council
a
garrison
it
counselor
Janey
fee
or
advocacy
Kim
Harvick
Zenith,
we're
in
our
district
today.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
It's
the
same
senators
onion
chain
Diaz
I,
want
to
thank
her
in
housing,
but
I
just
want
to
take
one
second,
to
thank
her
on
a
piece
of
legislation
that
we
got
through
the
legislature
vote
from
the
house
in
the
Senate,
which
is
dealing
with
additional
funds
for
education,
our
city,
the
bills
worth
100
million
dollars
to
debauch.
B
Advocacy
her
pushing
her
fighting
her
protesting
everything
she's
done
and
it's
all
positive.
What
I
mean
by
that
I
want
to
thank
her
for
it.
We
just
talked
briefly:
the
house
did
the
bill
the
other
day
and
the
final
version
will
be
a
great
version
because
a
lot
of
what
was
in
the
Senate
in
the
house
there's
some
issues
they
have
to
work
out,
but
it's
going
to
help
our
kids
and
so
senator.
Thank
you
for
that.
B
Folks
here
today
they
will
mention
crystal
Jenelle
Sheila.
Thank
you,
Kate
Bennett,
the
Boston
Housing
Authority.
Thank
you.
There's
a
man!
That's
not
here
with
us
today,
but
he's
here
with
us
in
spirit
and
his
name
is
Billy
McGonagall
and
Billy
McDonald
fought
tooth
and
nail
to
make
sure
we
got
the
award
from
the
federal
government.
B
And
I
have
to
tell
you
a
funny
story,
so
so
we
were
breaking
ground
at
Whittier
Street
and
we
had
we're
doing
the
ceremonial
groundbreaking
I
think
it
was
comes
with
Janie's
first
official
event,
well,
one
of
the
first
ones
as
a
city
councilor
and
we've
got
an
award
up
the
door
from
the
Obama
administration
that
30
million
bucks
is
coming
to
Boston.
So
I
was
going
to
the
event
and
I
was
thinking
to
myself.
B
But
I
want
to
thank
Kate
and
Billy
for
their
incredible
work,
as
you
know,
we're
celebrating
new
homes
here
today,
the
residents
of
Roxbury.
Thank
you,
the
residents
of
Whittier
Street
Development.
Thank
you.
People
who
experience
homelessness,
people,
low
income,
people,
moderate
income.
Thank
you
for
continuing
to
work
with
us
and
to
push
us
all
to
make
sure
we
continue
more
housing
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
good
people
in
our
neighborhoods
in
our
community.
Many
of
you
are
here
today.
B
We
can
also
see
that
that
is
what
it
takes
to
create
affordable
homes.
Here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
it
takes
commitments
to
our
values.
It's
extended
kated
advocates
and
residents.
It
takes
partnerships
to
create
a
39
million
dollar
project
with
the
federal
government
state
government
city
government
nonprofits,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
work
together
on
this
stuff.
I
know
that
politics
right
now
is
very
divisive.
B
There's
a
lot
of
finger-pointing
and
going
back
and
forth,
but
when
you,
when
we
work
together
when
we
work
together,
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
some
amazing
things
and
we
have
to
continue.
We
can
have
disagreements
on
a
lot
of
different
things,
but
when
it
comes
to
the
core
values
of
who
we
are
as
a
city
and
creating
opportunities
for
economic
development,
creating
opportunities
for
housing,
making
sure
that
we
get
good
education,
money
and
spending
and
how
we
spend
that
money.
B
It's
key
to
moving
us
forward
in
the
city
we've
created
over
six
thousand
units
of
affordable
housing
since
we
started
our
housing
plan
in
2014.
But
if
anyone
in
this
neighborhood
can
tell
you,
we
still
have
a
long
way
to
go
and
the
need
is
great
and
we
were
talking
about
it.
I
was
talking
about
the
other
day.
I
was
asked
a
question
about
the
Boston
playing
in
development,
see
about
abolishing
the
Boston
playing
development
scene
and
I
said.
B
That's
the
worst
thing
we
could
do
right
now,
because
what
we're
doing
in
the
development
agency
is
planning
the
future
of
the
city.
What
hasn't
happened
in
the
past?
We
weren't
planning.
So
as
the
growth
happened
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we
were
prepared
for
the
increase
of
people.
We
weren't
increase
with
the
increase
in
transportation
and
now
we're
working
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
think
about
development,
so
we
think
about
moving
forward.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
core
values
around
those
developments
of
the
earth.
B
We
need
to
make
sure
if
the
developments
happens
in
the
city
of
Boston,
there
has
to
be
housing
that
goes
with
those
jobs.
If
there's,
if
there's
jobs,
transportation
has
to
go
with
those
jobs
in
that
housing
and
we
have
to
make
sure
education
schools
have
to
go
with
all
of
that.
So
that's
what
we
have
to
continue
to
do
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
If
we
move
forward
here,
there's
the
development
shows
there's
no
single
solution
and
all
of
us
need
to
continue
to
work
collectively
together,
whether
it's
private
or
public,
community
and
nonprofit
planners
or
activists.
Everyone
they're
activists
here
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
your
activism,
because
if
you
didn't,
if
you
weren't
out
there
fighting
for
people
a
lot
of
times,
this
doesn't
happen.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
pushing
you
do
and
sometimes
we're
on
different.
It
seems
like
we're
on
different
sides,
but
we're
not
on
the
same
side.
It's.
B
How
do
we
get
to
that
point?
We
need
to
continue
to
work
together.
The
one
thing
that
we
can
do
we
we
can't
do
is
stop
pushing
for
more.
A
lot
of
people
say
to
me:
let's
hit
the
pause
button,
let's
stop
building,
let's
stop
building
homes
in
Boston,
and
so
we
have
a
new
process.
That's
not
how
it
works.
If
we
stop
building
homes
in
the
city
of
Boston
right
now,
the
challenges
of
people
in
our
communities,
particularly
poorer
people,
will
continue
to
get
pushed
out.
We
can't
afford
that.
B
That's
what's
happened
in
the
past.
The
reason
why
we're
in
the
housing
crisis
were
in
is
because
people
with
means
come
into
the
city
of
Boston.
They
come
into
our
neighborhoods.
They
buy
our
one
families
at
two
families
at
three
families,
and
what
happens
is
the
families
that
live
in
those
housing
units
pay
rates
of
600
bucks
and
700
bucks?
Now
it's
2,000
bucks
in
3,000
bucks
and
it
gets
pushed
up
now.
We
can't
do
that.
B
We
have
to
double
down
that's
what
this
development
here
shows
today
the
funds
can't
sit
and
wait
and
the
funds
don't
sit
in
wait
if
we
decide
not
to
build
anything
else,
all
of
the
money
that
would
get
any
inclusionary
development,
the
money
from
the
state
and
the
money
from
the
federal
government.
That's
not
going
to
sit
in
a
pot
that
way
from
Boston
Massachusetts
that
money's
going
to
go
to
another
city
in
America
that
wants
to
build
and
they're
going
to
be
building,
affordable
housing
on
our
money
and
we're
not
gonna.
B
Let
that
happen
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
These
partnerships
don't
stay
strong.
If
we
don't
use
them,
we
need
to
continue
to
advocate
for
our
communities.
We
fought
to
get
federal
grants
for
wittiest
Street.
The
people
know
this
Stephanie
noses
as
good
as
anybody
we
didn't
get.
The
first
round.
Jeanne
was
sitting
at
the
table
before
her.
All
the
advocates
in
Sanya
was
the
end.
We
brought
all
the
advocates
and
we
sat
down.
B
We
put
a
great
proposal
with
in
front
of
them
and
when
the
wards
came
out,
we
didn't
get
those
awards
and
we
would
disappoint
it,
but
no
one
in
wynia
street
said
well
we're
going
to
stop
the
next
round
of
applicants
that
came
out
which
came
out
right.
A
few
months
later
we
sat
down
again
with
with
HUD,
and
we
said
we
need
money
and
what
happened?
We
got
a
30
million
dollar
grant.
B
B
Eighty
percent-
it's
not
going
to
put
you
out
of
business,
it
has
it's,
people
are
still
building
and
we
have
hundreds
and
millions
of
dollars
that
are
going
to
inclusion
redevelopment
right
now
into
projects
like
this
that
make
projects
happen
and
not
just
this
project
or
project
all
across
the
city
of
Boston.
We
need
to
continue
to
fight
moving
forward.
We
fought
with
our
state
partners
together
to
get
a
housing
bond
bill
in
the
governor's
office
and
what
do
we
get?
B
We
took
the
largest
housing
bond
bill
in
the
history
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
in
that
housing
bond
bill.
There's
many
projects
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
we're
going
to
work
with
our
delegation
from
the
Boston
delegation
to
make
sure
that,
as
the
government
allocates
these
funds
we
get
allocated
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
need
to
continue
to
move
together
and
push
together
and
fight
together
as
a
community
to
make
that
happen.
B
In
Roxbury,
we
fought
to
make
sure
that
land
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Boston
vacant
land.
We
turned
it
to
affordable
housing
and
to
make
sure
that
developers
from
this
community
and
community
around
here
can
access
that
land
and
we're
able
to
move
forward
on
we're
going
to
be
moving
forward
on
housing
plans
to
build
more
affordable
housing
here
in
this
neighborhood
and
blocks
away
from
where
I
stand.
Today
we
have
to
keep
working
together.
We
have
to
keep
working
with
each
other
and
not
against
each
other.
B
Let's
not
turn
into
Washington
DC,
let's
not
turn
into
where
we're
picking
sides
on
Woodside
we're
in.
If
we
want
to
continue
to
move
forward.
What
people
in
this
community
needs
is
not
more
politics
and
more
roadblocks.
People
in
this
community
is
more
affordable
housing.
That's
what
people
need
whenever
wherever
I
am
eyes,
I
have
bring
in
law
right
before
this
we
had
a
couple
hundred
people
in
the
room
and
the
number
one
issue
that
people
told
me
about
was
affordable.
B
Housing
I
was
talking
to
seniors
that
live
in
homes
that
talk
about
every
if
their
rent
goes
up.
Five
percent
five
percent
might
not
seem
like
a
big
number,
because
there's
not
one
hundred
percent,
but
five
percent
represents
$100
to
a
senior
citizen.
$100
is
is
devastating
to
a
person
on
the
fixed
income
and
we
need
to
continue
to
move
forward.
B
All
of
you
here
have
created
this
in
this
special
project
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
keep
creating
on
Whittier
Street,
as
we
see
the
development
being
built
and
Dudley
square
in
Mattapan
and
Doran
all
across
our
city,
the
results
of
all
of
our
advocacy
in
your
advocacy
and
it's
not
up
to
our
selected
officials.
It's
up
to
you,
the
community.
B
It's
making
sure
we
have
a
more
stable
community,
making
sure
we
can
keep
our
communities
multicultural
of
all
ages
and
backgrounds,
making
sure
that
we
have
good
strong
schools
in
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
Austin
and
that
people
live
next
to
schools.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
people
have
opportunities
to
transit
and
taking
the
train,
whether
it's
to
work
or
to
school
and
making
sure
people
hook
to
their
doctor's
appointment.
B
It's
making
sure
that
this
stores
in
good
stores
here
in
good
food,
healthy
food
in
our
neighborhood,
so
people
can
access
good,
healthy
food.
It's
what
Boston's
going
to
look
like
it
should
continue
to
look
like
and
it's
what
Boston's
gonna
continue
to
look
like
as
we
as
we
continue
to
move
forward.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
also
want
to
thank
City,
Council,
Michael
Flaherty,
who
joined
us
today
as
well
for
this
exciting
day
and,
lastly,
to
Madison
Park.
Thank
you.
A
That
was
blender
fault,
so
I
met
our
next
speaker,
Janel
Chen,
when
she
was
running
the
Asian
CDC.
One
of
our
sister
CDC
is
in
Chinatown,
where
she
was
not
shy
at
sort
of
reaching
out
for
advice
and
I
admired
how
much
she
managed
some
very
complex,
public/private
partnerships
with
with
developers
in
Chinatown.
A
But
since
then
Janel
joined
the
Baker
administration
2016
as
the
chief
of
real
estate
for
the
masbate
Transit
Authority,
and
in
that
role
she
managed
real
estate
and
asset
development
in
line
with
an
initiative
that
allows
for
transit,
oriented
development
on
MBTA
land.
As
you
know,
the
MBTA
is
one
of
the
largest
landowners
in
the
state.
A
In
April
of
this
year,
Janelle
was
named
Undersecretary
of
housing
by
governor
Baker,
her
agency,
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Community
Development
provided
three
million
dollars
in
funding
for
this
project
and
the
state
awarded
credits
so
that
the
state
credits
and
the
federal
low
income
tax
credits
generated
a
sixteen
point.
Eight
million
dollars
in
equity
and
their
sister
agency
mass
works
also
provided
a
$725,000
and
MathWorks
award.
So
state
did
fabulous
things
for
this
project
and
please
welcome
Janelle
Chan
to
the
podium.
C
Thank
You
Jean
and
thank
you
to
Mayor
Walsh
for
your
leadership
and
your
passion.
You've
assembled
a
wonderful
team
in
Kate
Bennett
and
in
Sheila
Dillon,
and
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
them,
so
you
get
it
get
down
and
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
make
these
projects
work
because
they're
difficult.
C
So
today
it's
a
wonderful,
Saturday
and
I
have
the
I'm
lucky
enough
to
be
able
to
bring
my
family
here
today.
I
have
my
seven
month-old
over
there,
with
my
mom
from
California
and
I
brought
them,
because
I
know
that
this
project
among
the
apartments?
It's
not
just
about
bricks
and
mortars.
It's
about
family,
it's
about
community,
it's
about
community
engagement
and
as
Boston
residents.
We
want
to
celebrate
with
you.
We
want
to
support
you
and
we
want
to
continue
to
be
in
partnership
and
together
we
can
build
a
wonderful
Boston.
C
It
was
a
welcoming
Massachusetts,
the
partnership
between
BHA
Pawa
and
Madison
Park,
to
transform
Whittier
Street
housing.
It's
a
model
for
community
engagement
and
our
public
housing
is
a
tremendous
asset
in
Massachusetts.
It's
a
tremendous
asset
for
all
the
families
elders,
as
well
as
those
individuals
who
have
low
income
here
in
Massachusetts,
were
one
of
the
few
states
that
has
both
federal
and
state
public
housing,
80,000
units,
80,000
units
or
homes
for
families
and
seniors.
C
To
help
us
address
the
issue
of
more
that
we
need
more.
We
need
more
housing,
that's
accessible
to
a
lot
of
different
individuals
across
our
Commonwealth,
so
I'm
going
to
keep
this
shirt
short.
We
have
wonderful
resources
throughout
and
we're
lucky
in
Massachusetts.
In
our
ecosystem
of
affordable
housing
we're
one
of
few
to
have
state,
low
income,
housing,
tax
credits,
and
we
put
it
all
together
and
try
to
make
it
work,
but
that's
not
enough!
You
see
I
want
to
thank
mayor
Walsh
his
support
for
our
housing
choice
legislation.
C
This
legislation
doesn't
apply
to
Boston.
We
know
that,
but
guess
what
its
impact
its
impact
is
in
Boston
you
see
because
housing
and
housing
production
it's
a
group
and
team
effort.
We
need
all
of
the
surrounding
cities
and
towns
around
here
to
do
the
right
thing
right,
so
let
me
explain
it
to
it
simply
in
most
elections
you
vote
for
somebody,
you
go
for
legislation
and
it's
a
simple.
It's
just
you
know
51%
and
something
passes
right.
C
Why
is
housing
any
different,
so
in
Massachusetts
we
as
a
state
require
cities
and
towns
to
vote
two-thirds
majority
to
pass
good
legislation.
Good
zoning
good
projects
like
this
to
go,
for
we
require
a
higher
threshold
for
good
projects
like
this
that
we
need
so
much
that
just
doesn't
make
sense.
Put
simply,
we
need
to
change
that,
and
now
this
is
not
a
end-all
be-all.
C
This
is
a
foundational
step
for
to
help
us
increase
housing
production
throughout
Massachusetts,
and
so
that
is
why
we
are
talking
about
housing
choice
and
really
me,
secretary
kandelia
and
the
governor
has
been
going
across
the
Commonwealth
to
get
folks
to
vote
with
their
values
to
call
their
legislators
right.
We
need
more
housing
and
we
need
it
now.
So
please
help
us,
let's
work
together
and
get
this
thing
passed
right
now,
because
we
can't
wait
any
longer
so
in
closing.
A
Don't
see
our
next
speaker
so
we're
gonna
introduce
Stephanie,
Thomas
Stephanie.
We
actually
have
been
partners
in
crime
for
a
long
time.
Haven't
we
Stephanie
she's
a
resident
former
resident,
Whittier,
Street
and
now
a
resident
of
Milne
apartments,
not
this
building,
but
the
forty
Raynor
Circle
building
she's
been
a
resident
leader
throughout
the
whole
planning
process
through
the
whole
Whittier
transformation
plan.
We
all
were
said
the
first
time
that
our
proposal
to
HUD
was
not
awarded,
but
we
sort
of
like,
as
the
mayor
said,
we
rolled
up
our
sleeves
and
got
back
at
it.
A
D
D
I
love
children,
I
love
the
seniors,
I
love
people
period.
You
know
just
atmosphere
today,
it's
so
beautiful.
It's
so
calm,
it's
so
much
serenity
around
there's.
A
lot
of
love.
I
might
be
short
of
words,
because
my
heart
is
it's
weaving
from
bill.
I
know
he'd,
be
sitting
me
beside
you.
Mail
he'd
be
right
beside
you
and
I'd
be
beside
him,
but
I
just
want
to.
Let
you
all
know
that
I.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
coming
out
here
to
join
us
in
celebrating
a
job
well
done.
Gina.
D
D
He
was
like
a
father
to
me.
Anything
I
needed
anything
like
Warren.
He
gave
it
to
me
because
of
what
it
was
and
they
were
going
to
place
me
in
some
place
to
live
temporarily
and
just
one
two-bedroom
apartment
on
Tremont,
Street
came
up
and
ahead.
I
have
a
lot
of
work
done.
He
says.
Definitely
I
promise
you
that
I'll
have
it
fixed
from
top
to
bottom.
So
I
love
him
for
that.
I
love
him
told
my
seniors.
I
love
him
for
Jean,
I,
love
them
for
everybody
at
Molina,
Kass
apartments.
A
Thank
you,
Stephanie,
it's
great
to
have
the
resident
speak
I
feel
like
that's
like
the
most
important
voice
of
these
events.
So
let
me
introduce
some
of
our
elected
officials
that
are
here
and
in
order
to
develop
affordable
housing,
we
count
on
public
resources
and
our
next
speaker,
Sonia
Chang
Diaz
is
no
stranger
to
Madison
Park,
ribbon-cuttings
she's
in
her
fifth
term,
representing
the
second
Suffolk
District,
and
certainly
a
proponent
of
affordable
housing,
education,
civil
rights,
many
of
the
social
causes
that
we
care
about
she's,
a
terrific
friend
and
partner.
E
So
I
also
really
want
to
thank
miss
Thomas
for
bringing
Bill
into
the
space
with
this
is
a
celebratory
day,
but
it
is,
you
know,
appropriate
that
we
should
have
a
little
bit
of
a
little
bit
of
sadness,
a
little
bit
of
bitter
with
our
sweet
today
and
remember
in
him,
and
you
know
it
calls
to
mind
from
me
also
the
sort
of
the
mixed
emotions
with
which
I
think
we
always
do
these
ribbon
cuttings.
It
is
a
very
joyful
accomplishment
to
see
something
really.
You
know
brought
in
to
brick
and
mortar.
E
You
know
flesh-and-blood
people
we're
gonna,
live
in
these
homes,
elders,
young
ones-
that
are
going
to
continue
to
build
up
this
community.
But
then
we
also
have
to
remember
the
very
stark
numbers
that
these
ribbon
cuttings
also
make
plain
that
we
had
I
think
genius
ed.
It
was
four
thousand
applicants
for
these
seventy
six
units.
E
Or
they.
You
know
3,000
some
families
who
didn't
get
it
in
the
lottery
and
that
we
continue
to
fight
for
them
and
I.
Want
you
to
know
I'm,
just
curious.
Actually,
how
many
people
are
not
here
professionally,
how
many
residents,
whether
it's
of
this
development
or
of
greater
roxbury,
are
here
today
I
wanted
to
tell
you
you
guys
are
such
important.
You
are
such
an
important
ingredient
to
victory.
E
It's
an
ongoing
victory
right
for
those
3,000,
some
families
that
we
didn't
get
here
today
that
we
need
to
keep
fighting
for
and
I
want
to
just
implore
you
and
urge
you
and
thank
you
in
advance
for
continuing
to
stay
in
the
fight,
because
Mayor
Walsh
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
the
program
and
I.
Thank
him.
It
was
so
kind
of
him
to
do
that.
E
Mention
the
education
bill
that
I've
been
fighting
for
for
five
years
and
that
we're
so
close
to
getting
onto
the
governor's
desk
and
I
know
from
experience
on
that
bill
on
criminal
justice
reform
before
it
that
nothing
of
scale
and
importance,
like
that
happens,
without
people
rising
up
and
pushing
us
in
government.
To
do
it
to
do
the
right
thing
to
go
further
than
we
thought
we
could
go.
E
Keep
pushing
us
to
get
the
transit
policy
right
so
that
we're
building
streets
that
are
for
that
are
for
people
and
for
residents,
and
not
just
for
cars
zooming
by,
but
also
the
so
that
you
have
access
to
the
transit
systems
that
you
need
to
get
to
school,
to
work
to
the
doctor's
appointments.
We
need
you
to
stay
in
this
fight
with
us
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we're
serving
all
4,000
of
those
families
who
applied
in
this
to
be
in
these
apartments
today,
but
also
we've
got
to
celebrate
every
victory.
E
We've
got
to
celebrate
every
brick.
We
got
to
celebrate
every
ribbon-cutting,
because
if
we
don't
have
the
joy,
those
joyful
moments
along
the
way,
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
nurture
ourselves
to
stay
in
the
fight
for
the
next
development
and
the
next
development.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Let's
make
it
again
great
celebration
and
keep
on
fighting
times.
A
Our
next
speaker
is
Boston
city
councilor,
King,
Janie
Kim
is
a
lifelong
Roxbury
resident
citywide
leader.
That
brings
strong
economic
development
background
to
her
job.
That's
the
city,
councilor
she's
tireless
I
know
that,
because
I've
run
into
her
knocking
doors
at
Madison,
Park
Village
lots
of
times
she's
been
a
strong
advocate
for
local
businesses
and
understands
the
importance
of
affordable
mixed
income.
Housing
projects
like
this
in
her
district.
So
let's
welcome
city
councilor,
Kim,
Janey,.
F
Good
afternoon,
everyone
good
afternoon,
everyone.
It
is
such
a
pleasure
to
be
here
this
afternoon
celebrating
my
very
first
ribbon-cutting
when
I
became
a
Boston
city.
Councilor
was
at
Madison
Park
Development
Corp,
and
it
was
for
the
building
on
Washington
Street.
So
it
is
great
to
be
here
now
22
months
in
to
my
first
term,
to
celebrate
this
important
project
in
our
community.
F
You've
heard
the
numbers
4,000
applicants
for
76
apartments
4,000.
We
are
in
the
midst
of
a
housing
crisis,
but
it
is
because
of
developments
like
this
in
Madison,
Park
and
all
of
our
state
partners,
as
well
as
our
mayor,
who
have
helped
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
something
about
our
housing
crisis,
so
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
celebrate
today.
This
is
amazing
and
when
I
was
a
little
girl
growing
up
right
here
in
this
community
I
remember
the
fight
around
the
highway.
F
There
was
there
was
a
movement
stopped
I
95
and
we
were
able
to
stop
with
the
adults
in
my
life
little
girl,
but
the
adults
in
our
community
were
able
to
stop
that.
But
what
happened
is
our
community
was
still
devastated.
Houses
used
to
be
right
here
right
here
and
we've
had
nothing
for
a
long
time,
but
because
of
Madison
Park.
What
we
have
here
is
truly
a
village.
It
is
truly
a
village
when
we
can
take
residents
who
were
displaced
out
of
Whittier
and
bring
them
here
when
we
can
offer
affordable
housing.
F
For
so
many
people
in
our
city
who
are
looking
for
housing,
particularly
residents
of
Roxbury
Roxbury,
has
experienced
the
greatest
increase
when
it
comes
to
the
housing
costs
in
our
city.
Over
a
five
year
period,
we
saw
housing
costs
in
Roxbury
increase
up
to
70%.
It's
huge.
That
is
huge,
that's
a
huge
increase
and
we
can't
afford
it.
We
cannot
afford
it.
So
we
need
projects
like
this
that
will
offer
affordable
housing
for
the
residents
of
this
community
so
that
they
can
stay
in
place.
F
This
is
so
so
important
and
I
am
just
blessed
for
the
opportunity
to
celebrate
this
wonderful
fall
day.
Certainly
any
of
you
could
be
anywhere
else
and
you've
chosen
to
be
here.
I
could
certainly
be
on
doors.
My
elections
in
ten
days,
but
I
knew
to
be
here
because
it
is
not
about
election
cycles.
It
is
about
the
people
of
our
community
and
it
is
about
us
staying
together
in
these
important
fights.
F
It
is
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
resources
we
need
from
the
feds
and
the
state
and
from
the
city
to
all
come
together
to
ensure
that
we
have
housing
that
our
community
needs
and
we
can't
do
it
without
the
residents
of
this
community.
So
I
am
just
very
grateful.
I
want
to
thank
you,
Jean
for
your
leadership
over
the
last
several
years,
leading
Madison
Park
your
entire
team.
F
Your
board
I
want
to
thank
my
partners
in
government
at
the
state,
my
senator
the
mayor,
my
colleagues
on
the
council,
who
were
here
I,
want
to
thank
all
of
the
residents
who
make
these
projects
possible.
It
is
because
of
you
that
were
able
to
do
this,
so
I
won't
speak
long,
I'm
smelling
the
food.
This
food
truck,
the
ice
cream
truck
has
come
I
know
we
all
want
to
continue
our
celebration.
I
just
want
to
ask
that
you
continue
in
this
push.
This
is
this
is
not
enough.
F
A
So,
in
closing,
let
me
thank
my
staff.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
that
put
this
together
summer.
Have
volunteered
to
be
your
tours
this
afternoon
involved
in
logistics,
marketing
outreach
and
can
I
get
you
to
stand
if
you're
at
Madison
Park
staff,
can
you
just
stand
and
wave
your
hand
or
board
members.
A
A
So,
on
next
Friday
this
Friday
we
have
our
annual
fundraiser
sparks
for
arts.
It's
an
annual
gala,
so
come
out
and
celebrate.
Leslie
tickets
are
free
to
Madison
Park
residents.
They'll
be
great
food
music
awards
to
community
catalyst.
We're
gonna
do
the
ribbon-cutting
as
soon
as
this
program
ends.
So
speakers
are
going
to
line
up
here
and
cut
a
ribbon.
A
They'll
be
tours
of
the
buildings.
There'll
be
some
tour
guides.
Taking
you
through
the
building.
We
have
one
or
two
units
you
can
see
but
get
up
to
the
higher
floors.
The
elevator
lobbies
there's
some
great
views,
food
trucks,
so
you
should
have
gotten
two
tickets,
one
for
fresh
food
generation
and
one
for
the
ice
cream
truck
they've
arrived
they're
now
open
fresh
food
generation
was
founded
by
Cassandra
Campbell,
who
became
a
food
justice
advocate,
while
growing
up
at
Whittier,
Street
and
working
as
a
teenager.