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Originally built in the 1940's, South Boston's Old Colony Housing Development has been undergoing a makeover since 2011. Mayor Walsh and Boston Housing Authority Administrator Bill McGonagle celebrate the groundbreaking of Phase Three of the redevelopment of Old Colony, which will create 305 new units of affordable housing.
A
A
We
got
a
relatively
brief
speaking
program
this
morning
and
then
we're
gonna
do
a
ceremonial
groundbreaking,
but
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
before
he
introduce
the
mayor,
congressman
Stephen
Lynch,
who
very
much
wanted
to
be
here.
Obviously
he
grew
up
in
this
public
housing
community
and
would
named
it
after
its
mom.
But,
as
you
all
may
know,
there's
a
very,
very
important
vote
on
in
Washington
this
morning
to
avoid
another
government
shutdown
I
have
the.
A
Been
in
close
contact
with
the
congressman
over
the
past
week,
or
so
he
has
been
hearing
from
many
constituents
and
many
of
his
housing
authorities,
including
Brockton
and
Quincy,
to
ensure
that
there
was
no
interruption
of
services
to
our
residents
during
the
past
shutdown.
So
we're
hopeful
that
the
the
government
will
move
on
and
we
will
not
have
a
shutdown
this
time,
but
it
was
critically
important
for
the
congressman
to
be
there
today
to
take
that
important
vote.
A
So
we're
here
today
to
celebrate
the
groundbreaking
of
phase
3
for
the
complete
redevelopment
of
the
Old
Colony
public
housing
community
phase
3
will
include
the
demolition
of
250
80
year-old
public
housing
units
and
in
their
place
we
will
build
305
brand
new,
deeply,
affordable
public
housing
units.
So
not
only
are
we
not
losing
any
deeply
affordable
units
in
this
phase,
we
are
actually
adding
some
units
deeply
affordable
units.
A
In
this
phase
it
represents
a
total
of
150
million
dollar
investment
in
this
public
housing
community,
and,
let
me
say
before
I
introduced
the
mayor
that
we
would
not
be
here
today
for
this
groundbreaking
if
it
were
not
for
the
city's
contribution.
The
mayor's
contribution
of
25
million
dollars
to
the
redeveloped.
B
Thank
You
Billy,
and
let
me
just
not
thank
Billy
and
his
team
at
the
Housing
Authority
for
incredible
work.
I
was
looking
at
pictures
the
other
day
about
it.
When
we
did
the
first
groundbreaking
here
at
Oak,
colony,
I
was
a
head
of
the
building
trades
mark
fortune
was
a
president
who's
still
a
president
back
here
and
I
was
looking
at
the
picture
of
that
that
development
and
it
was
out
of
that
groundbreaking,
came
building
pathways,
which
is
a
pre
apprentice
program
which
we've
put
I.
B
Think
two
hundred
and
almost
three
hundred
people
into
the
building
trades,
kids,
most
majority
90,
plus
percent
kids
of
color
out
of
the
housing
development,
came
out
of
that
that
groundbreaking
here,
the
money
that
was
invested,
Billy
Billy
pushed
there-
was
a
job
training
component
in
that,
in
that
agreement
that
President
Obama
had
put
down
and
Billy
pushed
me,
the
building
trades
to
do
this
and
Trin
win.
Who
is
then
Billy's
chief
of
staff
is
now
at
workforce.
B
Developing
the
city
was
part
of
that
conversation
and
it
really
changed
the
dynamics
of
what
we
want
to
do
as
far
as
inclusion
and
having
people
working
in
the
industry
of
construction.
Since
that
time,
building
pathways
has
aspired
into
operation
exit,
which
is
another
program
we
started
since
it
was
up
in
the
mayor.
So
it's
really
amazing
that
this
project
that
we
hit
today
ground
breaking
ground
on
what
it's
done.
B
So
we
got
money
there,
we've
gotten
some
federal
money
like
Steve
Lynch's
fought
to
get
federal
money
or
other
congressional
delegations
fought
to
get
us
money.
But
where
this
project
is
done
for
the
city
and
was
done
for
so
many
different
aspects
is
absolutely
amazing.
Billy
alluded
to
the
fact
of
of
25
million
dollars
the
25
million
dollars.
That's
in
this
project
is
because
the
sale
of
a
garage
that
we
head
downtown
Boston,
that
was
that
was
crumbling.
I,
went
to
square
a
lot
of
controversy,
which
shouldn't
have
been
around
the
project.
I
get.
B
There
was
hundreds
around
the
shadow,
but
there
should
have
been
as
much
controversy
and
still
some
people
are
still
saying
that
it
was
a
bad
deal.
Was
160
million
dollar
deal
for
the
city
of
Boston
one-time
payment
of
what
twenty
five
million
dollars
is
going
here
to
pay
for
renovating,
affordable
housing
for
people
that
living
at
how
the
development
that
live
in
a
building
that
was
built
before
World
War?
Two,
so
I,
don't
know
how
that's
a
bad
bad
investment.
B
So
what
only
did
we
preserve
the
Boston
Common
for
the
future,
known
as
shadows
we
eliminated?
So
we're
not
gonna
get
into
this
argument
anymore
about
we.
Now
we
have
restrictions
on
how
build
big
buildings
can
go
in
certain
areas
of
the
downtown,
so
Nick
was
instrumental
in
the
house
side.
It's
getting
that
bill
through
the
House
of
Representatives
and
then
and
then
we
got
to
the
Senate
and
moving
on
so
I
want
a
special
mention
to
those
two
elected
officials.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
other
elected
officials
that
are
here.
B
Eddie
Flynn,
who,
since
he's
been
elected,
has
hit
the
ground
running.
Obviously
I
mean
I
talked
about
in
today's
world.
The
politics,
grassroots,
doesn't
seem
to
be
the
the
way
that
people
do
their
business
anymore.
It's
about
issues
and
things
like
that
and
they're
important,
don't
get
me
wrong,
but
Eddie's.
A
grassroots
politician
he's
here
he's
in
his
entire
district
I
wanna
thank
Eddie
Flynn
for
being
here
represented
David
bill.
B
Also
who's
been
in
office
now
for
about
six
weeks
and
is,
is
you
know,
gonna
have
a
big
impact
work
for
Nick,
so
he
understands
the
process
and
and
it's
gonna
have
a
big
impact
on
our
community
and
also
hit
the
ground
running
and
the
newest
member
of
the
boss.
City
Council
is
here
who
made
her
priority
on
her
opening
maiden
speech
on
the
City
Council
floor
building
and
preserving
affordable
housing,
Oh
Thea
garrison.
So
I
want
to
thank
you,
like
the
officials
out
here
today,
I.
B
B
B
B
You
know
we
don't
have
a
housing
plan,
we
don't
have
an
infrastructure
plan,
we
don't
have
an
environment
plan,
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
plans,
but
the
work
that
this
Congress
has
done
in
six
weeks
and
congressman
Lynch
is
part
of
that,
a
big
part
of
that
to
not
only
in
the
first
shot
down
but
avoid
a
second
one
is
I.
Don't
think
people
understand
the
importance
of
what
we
what
was
accomplished?
B
B
We
were
heading
into
what
could
be
a
potentially
financial
crisis
and
we
were
starting
to
have
conversations
in
the
city
in
the
state
will
having
conversations
about
you
know
we're
gonna
have
to
make
investments
to
make
up
the
shortfall
this
money
and
to
have
Congress
making
a
vote
today
on
a
budget
is
so
important
for
our
country
and
so
important
for
the
most
vulnerable.
In
our
country
that
I
commend
them,
because
we
can't
you
know
I'm,
not
talking
about
the
economy
and
the
impact
in
the
economy
and
the
impact
in
the
stock
market.
B
Those
are
all
important
but
I'm,
talking
about
the
impacts
on
human
beings
living
in
housing,
you're
living
with
vouchers
living
in
public
housing
living
with
assistance
living
without
families
that
need
help.
That
was
all
that's
gonna,
be
avoided
today
by
the
vote.
The
Congress,
which
is
casting
and
he's
a
big
part
of
that
so
I,
want
to
thank
the
congressman
and
his
staff.
B
This
groundbreaking
is
our
third
groundbreaking
in
the
past
three
weeks
in
the
city
of
Boston
for
public
housing,
we
did
broke
ground
a
couple
weeks
ago
on
West
Newton
and
Rutland
Street
apartments
to
renovate
those
of
units
we
make
broke
ground
on
Linux
Camden
to
renovate
those
units,
and
today
marks
another
phase
of
here
in
all
Colony.
As
we
begin
phase,
three
biliary
talked
about
it.
Well,
how
big
the
building
is.
Oakland
is
one
of
the
oldest
and
largest
housing
authority
developments
in
the
country
in
the
country.
B
It's
located,
obviously
here
in
South
Boston,
and
you
have
waterfront
property
I.
Think
you
between
this
one
and
Maryland
McCormack
are
probably
the
only
two
developments
that
have
waterfront
property
in
the
country.
So
it's
important
that
that
we
want
to
continue
to
preserve
so
the
units
like
this
and
keep
them
affordable
in
2016.
We
were
proud
to
rename
the
homes
in
honor
of
Congress
and
lynches
mother
Anne,
who
is
a
public
housing
advocate,
and
somebody
who
fought
really
hard
for
public
housing.
B
Public
housing
is
good
for
our
city,
as
we
think
about
the
growth
of
our
city
and
what's
happened
in
the
last
five
years.
We've
added
120
thousand
new
jobs,
roughly
50
thousand
new
people,
we're
building
all
kinds
of
new
homes,
and
the
question
always
comes
up.
Are
we
remaining
affordable?
Can
people
that
live
here
and
grew
up
here
stay
here
and
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
do
that?
We're
building
housing
outside
of
public
housing,
but
we're
also
making
sure
that
we
preserve
what
we
have
for
our
public
housing
stock?
So
it's
important.
B
Not
only
do
we
have
public
housing,
but
it's
also
important
to
make
sure
that
there's
good
public
transportation
around
it
that
we
have
grocery
stores
and
shops
open
space,
childcare,
after-school
programs,
workforce
development
programs,
Senator
Collins,
just
grabbing
on
workforce
development
a
minute
ago,
put
a
bug
in
my
ear
about
something
down
the
waterfront.
Those
are
all
things
that
we
have
to
do
and
continue
to
do
to
make
sure
that
that
young
people
have
the
opportunity.
That's
why
building
pathways
was
created.
B
There
are
young
people
that
grew
up
in
public
housing
that
are
working
in
the
building
trades
that
are
on
the
on
the
way
to
building
or
buying
their
own
home
in
a
pathway
out
of
out
of
what
they
want
to
do
and
move
into
independence,
and
that's
really
incredible.
So
this
is
an
exciting
time.
In
our
city,
we
in
the
middle
of
a
building
boom
I
was
just
driving.
I
went
over
to
Chelsea
this
morning
to
speak
at
the
Boys
&
Girls
Club.
On
my
way,
I
went
down.
B
The
street
I
did
cut
down
L
Street
to
some
of
the
street
Southie
electeds
and
I
was
on
the
Summer
Street
Bridge
and
I.
Looked
over
and
I
saw
nine
cranes
in
the
air
and
I
thought
about
the
growth
of
those
opportunities
under
those
cranes
are
gonna,
be
jobs
out
of
those
screens,
gonna
be
opportunities
under
those
cranes,
this
growth
for
our
city.
So
it's
amazing
to
see
what's
happening,
we're
working
on
building
up
to
meet
our
housing
needs
a
housing
goal.
We
started
in
2014.
B
We
put
a
housing
goal
of
53
thousand
units
of
new
housing
in
Boston
by
the
year.
2030
will
up
that
number
to
69
thousand
units
in
new
housing.
We
are
running
into
some
problems.
The
neighborhood
saying
that
with
overdevelop,
so
I
need
some
help
there
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
keep
our
neighborhoods
thriving
and
healthy,
and
so
everyone
can
stay
in
them.
So
I
look
forward
to
it.
B
We're
committed
to
preserving,
affordable
housing
and
improving
quality
of
life,
and
now
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston,
Housing
Authority
again
in
beacon
communities
for
working
together
on
this
long
term.
Plan
in
all
Colony
I
want
to
thank
the
Department
of
Housing
Community
Development
for
your
partnership
and
investments
in
this
project.
In
these
projects,
not
just
this
one
but
throughout
the
city,
I
want
to
thank
mass
Housing,
Finance
Agency
for
their
for
their
investments
in
their
their
help
as
well.
B
B
So
just
at
the
end,
the
day,
this
stays
a
happy
day
today's
a
happy
day
because
in
Congress
they're
doing
something
that
is
the
right
thing
to
do
and
passing
legislation
that
will
keep
our
government
open
and
keep
us
moving
forward
in
here
in
Boston
we're
breaking
ground
on
something
that
we
started
probably
about
10
years
ago.
That
Billy
started
10
years
ago
inciting
the
next
phase
of
a
great
development
here
in
this
community.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
A
And
if
I
could
briefly
congressman,
Lynch
and
I
have
a
great
deal
in
common.
Obviously,
we
both
grew
up
in
public
housing
and
so
parson
and
large
Irish
Catholic
families,
but
recently
I
discovered
that
we
have
something
else
in
common
I,
frequently
bump
into
the
congressman
up
and
stop
and
shop
on
Broadway
on
early
on
Friday
evenings,
with
both
of
us
pushing
a
shopping
cart
around
so
I
want
everyone
to
know
the
congressman,
Lynch
and
I
our
husbands
and
fathers
that
do
the
grocery
shop.
A
Our
next
speaker
is
someone
that
has
been
part
of
this
partnership
at
all
colony
since
the
very
beginning,
roughly
about
ten
years
ago,
when
we
did
the
first
groundbreaking
I'm
delighted
to
introduce
the
former
executive
director,
but
she's
going
to
stay
active,
particularly
in
ensuring
that
the
Tierney
son
remains
a
vibrant
community
space.
Someone
that
I
worked
with
at
the
Housing
Authority
too
many
years
ago
for
us
to
talk
about
I.
Think
but
please
a
warm
welcome
for
my
friend
p.m.
good.
B
C
Good
morning
and
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
to
celebrate
the
next
groundbreaking
for
Phase
three,
we
are
very
excited
to
be
working
on
the
redevelopment
of
the
anti
M
Lynch
homes
at
Oak.
County
I
want
to
thank
the
BHA,
the
residents
DHCD
mass
housing
HUD
in
various
city
of
departments,
for
helping
us
make
this
next
phase
of
reality.
C
C
Mentioned
before
I
won
thank
congressman,
Stephen
Lynch,
State,
Senator,
Nick
Collins,
who
I'm
amazed.
He
still
takes
my
calls.
I
call
him
all
the
time
state
representative,
David,
Beal
city,
councilors,
Ed,
Flynn
and
Michael
Flaherty
and
most
of
all
mayor
Walsh
I
also
want
to
recognize.
As
someone
one
of
the
previous
speakers
did
councillor
garrison.
Thank
you
very
much
for
coming
here.
We're
happy
to
give
you
a
tour.
C
Honorable
clear
that
phase
three
is
happening
because
of
the
mayor's
commitment
to
Old
Colony,
as
the
federal
government
pulled
back
from
its
commitment
to
fund
the
redevelopment
of
seriously
distressed
public
housing.
The
mayor
stepped
in
and,
as
has
been
mentioned,
allocated
funds
from
the
sale
of
the
Winthrop
Street
Garage.
The
allocation
of
those
dollars
are
a
critical
component
of
the
financing
of
this
phase.
Mayor
again,
thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
create
and
preserve.
C
C
Darcy
has
been
shepherding
this
effort
from
the
very
beginning.
I
also
want
to
recognize
the
architectural
team,
Waypoint
KL,
a
new
ecology,
niche
engineering,
Nixon
Peabody,
Cranshaw
construction,
our
beacon
team,
including
baking
concepts,
others
from
our
Development
Department
accounting,
community
engagement,
compliance
asset
management
and
our
amazing
on-site
property
management
and
operations
team.
So
thank
you.
C
C
Really
want
to
thank
her
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today,
so
thank
you.
So
all
of
us
know
that
South
Boston
is
undergoing
a
tremendous
change.
Just
look
around
you,
let
alone
at
the
waterfront,
so
I
applaud
the
commitment
of
the
BHA,
the
city
in
the
state
to
redevelop
and
maintain
Old
Colony
as
quality,
affordable
housing
into
the
future.
C
Affordable,
safe,
healthy
housing
is
the
foundation
for
economic
mobility,
but
programs
that
address
social
and
emotional
learning
in
the
needs
of
the
entire
family,
including
realistic
goal
setting
financial
literacy,
mentoring,
family
stability,
education
leading
to
employment
are
crucial
to
the
overall
health
of
this
community.
That's
why
the
work
that
we
in
our
partners,
ABCD
Head,
Start,
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
doc,
Wayne
and
empath
the
work
that
they
do
at
this
Center
are
so
critically
important.
So
again,
thank
you
for
coming.
A
Thank
You
Pam
the
mayor's
mentioned
mark
fortune
I,
would
like
to
also
recognize
mark.
The
president
of
the
building
trades
marks
here
somewhere
mark
is
also
a
member
of
the
BSA
monitoring
committee
mark.
Where
are
you
I
know?
He
has
some
exciting.
Where
is
he
in
the
back?
There
is,
and
I
would
also
like
to
this.
Work
will
be
done
under
a
project
labor
agreement,
the
entire
workforce
will
be
union
labor,
so.
A
A
A
She's
she's
running
a
fever,
she's
got
a
sore
throat
and
she,
sir
I,
think
I'm
working
too
hard
could
be
it,
but
she
certainly
needs
some
time
off
to
rest
and
recuperate
so
and
without
any
further
ado,
I'm
delighted
that
Bobby
is
agreed
to
speak
today
on
behalf
of
the
residents
we
were
hoping,
Phyllis
was
gonna,
but
she
had
a
conflict
and
it
turned
out
the
conflict
wasn't
a
conflict,
so
I
certainly
want
to
recognize
Phyllis
for
her
leadership.
Here.
A
D
D
It
was
a
stressful
situation
for
everyone
to
move
and
then
in
the
in
the
move
we
chose
when
we
move
away
coming
back
home,
we
chose
to
come
back
to
salty
to
Oakland,
because
that's
where
my
roots
are,
let's
see
and
we
moved
back
to
Oklahoma
due
to
the
healthier
living
and
the
new
construction
of
the
homes.
When
we
moved
back,
it
was
like
we're
living
in
the
country,
but
we're
living
still
living
in
the
city.
It
was
so
quiet
and
peaceful.
D
It's
just
quick
in
closing
I'd
like
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his
support
and
his
contributions
to
this
phase,
25
million
dollars
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
the
people
that
live
here
to
work
and
go
building
pathways.
We
appreciate
yes,
the
boy
and
in
closing
thank
bill,
McGonagall
administrative
eh-eh.
Damn
gloom
in
the
beaten
communions
for
calling
for
energy
efficient
and
healthier
communities
to
call
home
I'm
looking
forth
in
completion
of
phase
3
and
a
hopefully
Facebook.
Thank
you.
A
Alright,
that
wraps
up
the
formal
part,
we
will
do
a
ceremonial
groundbreaking.
We
have
a
great
big
toy
out
there,
earthmover
of
some
kind,
and
we
got
some
shovels
and
there'll
be
a
photo
op.
So
please
join
us
outside
and
after
that,
there's
refreshments
here
you're
welcome
to
come
back
and
thank
you
all
for
coming.