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From YouTube: Groundbreaking for Hearth at Four Corners
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Governor Baker and Mayor Walsh joined with elected officials and residents to celebrate the groundbreaking for Hearth at Four Corners in Dorchester. The $19 million development project will create 54 units of supportive affordable housing for older adults on a previously vacant, city-owned lot on Ronald Street.
A
You,
okay,
let's
get
underway,
welcome
to
everybody,
including
our
honored
guests,
Charlie
Baker,
governor
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
Marty
Walsh,
mayor
of
Boston,
undersecretary
Chen
from
DHCD
I,
didn't
see
her
as
Andrea
Campbell.
Here
she
was
saying
she
was
gonna,
be
here,
but
she's,
not
Russell,
Holmes,
our
representative
friends
and
neighbors
and
78
people
who
I
didn't
mention
yet
just
to
let
you
know.
A
Last
night
I
was
looking
at
my
remarks
and
then
I
realized
that
I
actually
enumerated
the
number
of
people
who
were
really
important
and
critical
to
the
project
and
when
I
got
to
78
I
said,
and
none
of
them
were
people
who
work
for
hearth,
I
thought
I'm
not
going
to
ever
be
able
to
get
everybody
in
this.
So
in
a
way
that's
kind
of
the
point
of
this
project.
A
A
So
the
other
thing
that
I
really
like
about
this
project
is
this
shows
the
power
of
a
community
process
that
works.
The
city
was
listening,
intently
and
sensitively
to
the
neighborhood
groups.
Who
really?
What
are
we
going
to
do
with
this
site?
It's
been
abandoned
for
decades,
it's
turning
into
a
garbage
dump.
A
A
A
They
not
only
hire
and
oversee
the
best
people,
but
they
really
provide
leadership.
They
see
our
community's
desperate
need
for
more
affordable
housing
and
they
marshal
real
resources
to
make
more
housing
happen
and
are
thinking
creatively
about
how
to
do
that
in
an
incredibly
challenging
public
funding
climate.
At
a
time
when
many
of
us
are
profoundly
worried
about
our
government,
we've
just
seen
here
and
still
experienced
government
at
its
best
right
here
at
four
corners.
So
to
kick
off
our
program,
here's
Charlie
Baker,
governor's
master
of
the
Commonwealth.
B
Good
morning
and
mark
you
could
have
gone
on
and
on
if
you
wanted,
that
was
actually
pretty
nice
I
come
in
and
when
I
got
here,
then
I
remember
being
here
for
the
announcement
of
the
rental
rounds
in
August,
which
was
a
year
ago,
and-
and
this
is
quick
to
be
from
the
rental
round
announcement
a
year
ago
to
a
groundbreaking
with
a
foundation
already
poured
just
about
a
year
later.
Is
terrific
and
that's
a
big
statement
about
the
mayor's
team.
It's
a
big
statement
about
the
community.
B
And
I
would
just
say
that
we
really
appreciate
and
value
the
relationship
that
we
have
with
the
city
on
this
and
on
many
other
projects
and
and
I
also
want
to
say
to
representative
Holmes.
We
were
talking
earlier
about
what
a
pain
in
the
neck.
You
can
be
sometimes
young
man
he
is.
He
is
truly
an
advocate
for
his
district,
but
the
best
part
about
him
is,
is
he
knows
his
district?
B
There's
a
tremendous
amount
of
what
I
call
dry
powder
in
that
bill
and
we
significantly
increased
the
state's
investment
over
the
last
five
years
in
housing
production
to
begin
with.
But
we
absolutely
positively
need
more
tools
in
our
toolbox
and
I
am
really
hoping
that
over
the
course
of
this
legislative
session,
we
will
get
a
housing
production
bill
done.
B
We
we
have
600,000
more
people
living
in
Massachusetts
and
we
had
living
here
in
2000.
We
have
not
come
anywhere
near
creating
the
housing
supply
that
we
need
to
support
them,
and
it's
not
just
about
supply
per
se.
It's
also
about
the
nature
of
the
kind
of
supply
we
have.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
would
love
to
be
able
to
downsize
in
the
community
they
raise
their
kids
in,
but
there's
just
nothing
that
looks
like
senior
housing
that's
available
in
those
communities.
B
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
would
like
to
be
able
to
find
a
way
into
a
community
where
they
could
make
their
bones
and
make
their
life
and
build
their
build
their
future
and
there's
just
nothing
that
looks
like
that.
That's
available
for
them
either
and
and
I'm
I
got
to
tell
you
I'm
a
little
tired
of
reading
story
after
story
about
a
development
project
that
got
62%
of
the
vote
and
was
therefore
rejected
by
its
community
every
spring.
B
One
I'm
really
hoping
we
can
get
this
done
this
year
with
the
Legislature's
help,
because
fundamentally
I
really
want
to
put
that
bond
bill
to
work,
and
it's
going
to
be
much
harder
to
put
it
to
work
at
the
pace
that
we
would
like
it
to
work
with
the
variety
of
opportunities
that
we
would
like
to
be
able
to
invest
in.
If
we
can't
get
something
done,
that
makes
it
easier
for
communities
to
build
housing,
affordable
housing,
workforce
housing,
senior,
housing,
single
apartment,
housing,
multifamily,
housing,
standalone
housing.
B
That's
a
bad
number
one
and
the
reason
we
sit
in
that
position
today
is
because
we
are
simply
not
producing
enough
housing
to
suit
and
serve
the
needs
of
the
people
in
Massachusetts.
We
need
to
do
more
and
I
hope
we
get
something
done
with
the
legislature,
but
that
said,
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here
today,
I'm
thrilled
this
got
done
in
a
year.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
his
team
for
their
help.
B
C
Thank
you
very
much
mark
and
I
was
just
saying
that
to
represent
of
homes
that
we
go
back
to
federated
back
in
the
in
the
day
son
when
you
ran
federated.
So
thank
you
for
the
great
work
you
do.
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
and
I
wanted
the
governor's
comments
because
he's
right,
we
talked
a
lot
about
housing
when
you
think
about
the
city
of
Boston.
Our
growth
has
been
amazing.
In
the
last
five
years
we've
built
over
31,000
units
a
new
housing.
C
We
have
another
25,000
something
in
the
permanent
pipeline,
but
we
do
need
help.
We
need
other
cities
and
towns
to
help
us
with
this.
It
can't
all
be
Boston
and-
and
the
stress
on
housing
is
all
over
the
place,
and
you
know
every
day
it
seems
like
the
governor
is
announcing
a
new
company
coming
to
Massachusetts
we're
announcing
new
people
coming
to
Boston
and
that's
great
for
our
city
and
I.
Young
people
want
to
stay
here,
and
our
older
residents
want
to
live
here
as
well
and
be
able
to
afford
it.
C
So
we
need
to
continue
to
work
together
and
I
want
to
thank
representative
Holmes's
work
on
this
as
well,
because
he
certainly
has
been
a
strong
supporter
and
advocate
in
his
district
and
not
just
as
issue
but
throughout
the
city
to
the
members
of
the
community.
Here,
thank
you
for
being
here
to
the
the
developer,
Scot
pray.
Thank
you
as
well.
We're
excited
this
looks
like
a
good,
strong
foundation.
You
have
growing
here
so
now
the
building
of
copper
on
top
of
it.
So
that's
good.
C
This
project
is
exciting
because
it
brings
new
housing
opportunities
to
our
city
for
seniors.
As
a
city,
we
measure
our
success
by
how
we're
able
to
serve
all
the
people,
including
the
most
vulnerable
residents,
that
we
have
that's,
why
I
would
dedicate
the
building
housing
for
everyone
who
wants
to
call
Boston
their
home.
This
project
includes
our
older
adults
who
deserve
to
stay
in
the
neighborhood.
They
love
seniors.
If
you
read
in
the
paper
today,
it's
a
great
story
in
the
paper
today.
C
I,
don't
usually
stop
my
day
by
saying
that,
but
today
there's
a
great
story
in
the
paper
today
on
the
front
page
of
the
Metro
region.
It
talks
about
our
fastest
growing
population
are
older
Bostonians
and
it
talks
about
Emily
Shay
from
my
elderly
commissioner,
from
eight
strong
commissioners
here
and
Emily's
Emily's,
creating
programming
in
in
our
in
our
office
to
really
help
seniors,
because
when
somebody
gets
older
it
doesn't
mean
they
retire
and
go
away.
C
They
stay
very
active
in
our
city
and
I
eight
strong
commissioners
working
to
make
sure
that
we
have
programs
to
keep
our
older
Bostonians
active
and
also
working
to
make
sure
that
there's
programs
out
there
all
across
our
city,
one
of
those
most
important
pieces
of
programs,
is
housing
in
a
growing
housing
stock.
In
the
last
five
years,
almost
four
hundred
and
thirty
new
elderly
units
have
been
either
complete
or
incorrect,
and
construction
in
Boston
that's
on
top
of
what
we
have.
C
So
when
you
think
about
that
I'd
say
ten
years
ago,
that
was
a
good
number.
Ten
years
later,
that's
not
a
good
number,
because
our
population
is
getting
older.
We
need
to
do
more.
Eighty-One
percent
of
those
units
are
income
restricted.
We
have
six
more
developments
in
the
pipeline.
That's
going
to
create
about
two
hundred
and
seventy
more
units
of
housing.
With
about
ninety
percent
expected
to
be
income,
restrictive
hearth
is
contributing
to
this
process
and
Russell
again
just
said
about
this
organization.
How
great
they
are.
C
This
project
brings
jett
four
corners,
fifty-four
permanent
supportive
housing
units
for
our
seniors
on
top
of
our
a
200
housing
units
across
the
city
in
the
region.
So
when
you
think
about
that,
that
is
really
important,
they're,
making
sure
that
our
seniors
have
safe,
high-quality
supportive
housing.
The
roster
is
also
helping
us
tackle
one
of
the
most
important
issues
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
that's
ending
homelessness
in
our
city.
C
In
the
last
four
years,
we've
been
able
to
house
1,900,
chronically
homeless
people
so
the
day
that
I
got
sworn
in
as
mayor,
there
were
1,900
additionally
homeless
people
on
the
streets
of
Boston.
Now
that
seems
good,
but
it
seems
like
every
day
we
get
somebody
new
showing
up
on
the
street,
but
heard
there's
been
a
partner
in
ending
our
chronic
homelessness
initiative
and
being
part,
a
big,
strong
partner.
This
staff
is
part
of
our
housing
surges,
connect
seniors
to
services
and
resources.
They
need
to
find
housing.
C
So
we
want
to
thank
you
for
that
and
today
we're
celebrating
another
partnership
in
the
with
the
city,
the
state,
the
community
and
all
of
our
partners.
When
you
see
the
governor
myself
and
Russell
and
Representatives,
and
in
Janelle
and
Shayla,
Dylan
and
other
folks
here,
you
can
always
tell
that.
That's
a
collaboration
and
it's
great
to
see
these
collaborations
moving
forward,
because
when
it
comes
to
building
housing,
there's
really
there's
no
gray
space.
We
all
get
in
a
room.
C
People
get
me
in
the
government
kind
of
we
get
to
come
for
the
groundbreaking
we
get
to
come
for
the
ribbon.
Cutting
in
between
this
dedicated
people
on
all
sides
working
together
to
make
it
happen.
So
all
the
people
under
this
tent
that
made
this
happen.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
residents
and
under
this
tent
I
want
to
say
thank
you
and
to
mark
and
his
incredible
staff.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
You
didn't
have
to
stop
either
so
now
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
Scott
prey.
Scott
is
the
CEO
of
our
contractor
DF
prey
and
we
had
multiple
bids
to
do
the
construction
on
this
site
and
not
only
was
it
the
strongest
proposal,
but
they
had
the
most
highly
developed
sense
of
commitment
to
the
community.
They
understand
that
building
of
the
community
changes
with
the
community
and
they
want
to
make
sure
it
changes
it
for
the
better
in
the
ways
that
the
community
wants.
D
Thank
you
for
that.
Mark
I'll
have
my
number
forwarded
to
yours,
governor
mayor
Walsh.
Thank
you
for
mentioning
the
strong
foundation.
I
appreciate
every
plug
we
can
get
as
Mark
mentioned,
we're
very
excited
to
be
part
of
this
project.
We
are
working
in
this
community
on
a
daily
basis
and
it's
nice
to
be
part
of
an
exciting
project
that
gives
back
to
the
community.
D
Working
with
the
heart
is
exceptionally
exciting,
with
Mark
and
his
folks,
May
and
and
Dana,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
we
found
when
we
met
with
them
is
their
strong
commitment
for
this
community
and
matched
it
up
with
ours,
and
it
was
a
total
match
and
you
know
I.
We
worked
with
the
DND,
which
we
learned
her
folks
and
some
other
stuff,
and
we
see
that
there
too,
and
we're
very
fortunate
to
be
part
of
this
whole
process.
D
The
dream
collaborative
the
architectural
team,
Anthony
Sierra,
we're
also
working
with
our
friends
at
Waypoint,
Matt,
Doyle,
DND,
the
BR
JP
and
the
energy
then
makes
all
this
come
together.
It's
quite
exciting
and
we're
just
happy
to
be
here
and
next
time
you
see
it
we'll
we'll
be
turning
it
over
to
you
for
ya
as
a
finished
product.
Thank
you
very
much.