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From YouTube: Fowler Clark Epstein Farm Ribbon Cutting
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Mayor Walsh cuts the ribbon for the newly restored Fowler Clark Epstein Farm. The community is brought together in celebration.
A
A
My
name
is
Natasha
Creighton
I'm,
a
part
of
the
ufi
team
and
I
want
to
extend
a
warm
and
grateful
welcome
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
on
this
day,
like
many
other
days
throughout
our
lifetime,
something
extraordinary
has
happened.
It
is
a
day
we
all
have
selected
to
witness
its
possibilities
from
the
ground.
Up.
A
Many
have
made
this
possible
and
many
more
hands
will
help
this
grow
and
blossom
with
the
knowledge
and
wisdom
of
the
past
and
those
among
us
who
have
gifts
to
share
healing,
to
offer
through
love
and
resilience
and
a
toolkit
to
put
that
change
in
motion.
Let's
keep
it
growing.
Thank
you
and
welcome
and
I
will
see
you
again.
B
The
wonderful
natok
of
Creighton
good
evening,
everyone,
I'm
Kathy,
Cotter,
eatest
I'm
from
historic,
Boston
incorporated
and
I,
have
the
great
honour
of
welcoming
you
all
and
the
many
many
people
who
are
here
tonight
to
the
dedication
of
the
Fowler
Clark,
Epstein
farm
and
I
do
so
on
behalf
of
four
partners:
historic
Boston,
the
Trust
for
Public
Land,
North,
Bennet,
Street
School
and
the
urban
farming
Institute
our
host
tonight.
But
today
we're
going
to
celebrate
the
many
layers
of
history
in
this
community
in
the
history
that
we're
making
today.
B
This
represents
a
3.7
million
dollar
investment
in
historic
preservation,
but
also
in
the
great
charge
of
urban
farming.
This
place
today
goes
from
being
a
historic
farm
to
being
a
modern
21st
century
farm.
That's
going
to
create
jobs
that
is
going
to
train
people
on
how
to
grow
food
and
to
also
distribute
food
from
here
to
places
that
can
foster
good
local
health
environments
and
to
commemorate
this
achievement
before
I.
B
But
there
is
no
one
who
is
more
of
an
advocate
for
farming,
for
preservation
for
a
healthy
City
for
these
kinds
of
transformations,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
folks
to
thank
tonight
but
the
one
that
we
want
to
bring
up
first,
because
he
has
given
us.
So
much
is
mayor,
Martin
Walsh,
the
mayor
came
here
two
years
ago
and
helped
us
when
we
acquired
the
property,
but
since
then
has
done
many
things
both
himself,
but
also
with
the
administration
to
make
this
project
possible.
B
His
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
and
the
Edward
Ingersoll
Brown
fund
gave
us
substantial
sums
of
money
to
help
restore
these
buildings.
We
were
helped
through
the
permitting
processes
and
planning
by
the
BPD
a
and
by
the
Boston
Landmarks
Commission,
and
we
also
received
expert
guidance
and
we
want
to
commend
them
from
the
Boston
inspectional
Services
Department,
in
helping
us
get
through
also
the
zoning
for
agriculture,
as
well
as
the
permitting
for
our
buildings.
C
Thank
You,
Kathy
and
I
want
to
thank
Kathy
and
historic
Boston.
I
wonder
why
I
want
to
thank
all
the
elected
officials
that
are
here
with
us
today,
representative
Russell
Holmes,
who
we
both
took
the
first
picture
with
over
here
I
think
the
any
colony
might
have
been
here
that
day
we
represent
a
Cullinane
Senator
Collins.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
with
us
today.
Tim
McCarthy,
I
appreciate
you
being
here
too.
Tim's
gonna
go
farming
afterwards.
He
has
his
shorts
on
to
go
out
here
and
take
some
he's.
C
I
want
to
thank
Sheila
Dillon
from
the
apartment,
Neighborhood
Development
as
well,
in
Catalina,
sp,
Nia
from
office
of
food
access,
Thank,
You
Catalina
as
well,
and
all
the
people
that
are
here
today
I
want
to
congratulate
the
urban
farming,
Institute
and
Morocco
community
wellness
on
your
new
headquarters
here
and
before
I.
Get
into
my
formal
remarks.
I
just
want
to
take
a
minute.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
voters
of
Boston
for
passing
the
Community
Preservation
Act,
because.
C
Thank
just
take
a
second
to
thank
the
voters
for
passing
that,
because
it's
going
to
come
in
handy
I
also
want
think
captain
Hussein
who's
here
with
us,
Thank
You
captain
feel
great
work
at
Beach.
Op3.
Sorry,
if
I
do
that,
but
right
here
with
what
we're
looking
at
the
community
helps
shape
the
vision
there's
so
many
people
here,
everyone
here
with
us
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
what
you
did
here.
C
I
want
to
thank
the
Trust
for
Public
Land
I
want
to
thank
the
North
Bennet
Street
School,
who
didn't
if
you
didn't
get
a
chance
to
go
in
and
see
the
woodworking
inside
and
one
of
the
fun
facts
on
this
on
the
house
over
here
was
when
they
open
they
stripped
the
wall
inside.
They
realized
that
the
windows
were
bigger
and
they
put
them
back
to
the
original
form.
C
So
when
you
think
about
what
was
here
100
few
hundred
years
ago,
when
you're
looking
at
that
house,
with
the
exception
of
the
BBF
pbft
Box
on
the
side,
it
pretty
much
looks
the
same
and
I'd
say
the
gutters
are
a
little
different
too,
but
other
than
that
you're.
Looking
at
the
same
building,
I
want
to
thank
the
man
up
and
food
fitness
Coalition
for
your
great
help.
We're
grateful
to
get
this
thing
moving
in
2015
with
a
$150,000
contribution
and
a
strong
stamp
of
approval.
The
people
not
giving
up
here
is
really
important.
C
What
we?
What
we?
What
you
see
here
is
history.
What
you
see
here
is
public
health.
What
you
see
here
is
open
space.
Well,
you
see
his
job
training,
community
opportunities
and
it's
all
come
together
in
an
inclusive
model.
This
is
the
oldest
building
in
Mattapan
1786
back
then
it
dates
back
to
Dorchester,
I,
don't
know
what
Dorchester
did,
but
we
lost
my
Nepean
and
Southie
for
some
reason
to
those
neighborhoods.
But
it's
no
surprise
that
man
opinion
went
on
to
declare
itself
independent,
because
this
community
is
full
of
pride.
C
The
history
of
Matapan
is
a
history
of
Boston
strength,
royal
strength
and
urban
strength
and
begin
strength
in
the
strength
of
our
diversity.
This
is
important
to
have.
This
is
a
symbol
of
our
vision
for
Boston's
future,
and
it's
why
we
felt
so
strongly
about
restoring
it.
We
want
to
make
sure
for
the
next
generation
young
people
understand
what
what
our
neighborhoods
were
like
what
would
happen
on
these
streets
and
what
happened
on
the
farms
that
surrounded
this
farm
here.
C
C
They
didn't
have
electricity,
they
didn't
have
running
water,
they
didn't
have,
although
they
didn't
have
a
backhoe
front-end
loader,
they
didn't
have
what
we
have
today.
What
they
had
was
the
hands
their
blood,
their
sweat
to
work
on
these
farms
and
really
work
hard.
So
it's
about
going
back.
I
want
to
thank
just
one
more
time.
C
Thank
you
story,
Boston
and
urban
farm
Institute
in
the
great
neighborhood
of
Mattapan,
for
allowing
us
the
opportunity
to
preserve
this
part
of
our
important
history
of
the
city
of
Boston,
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and,
quite
honestly,
the
beginning
of
our
country.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
B
Thank
You
mayor
Walsh,
it's
important
that
you
be
here
and
we
appreciate
your
support.
We
are
also
really
fortunate
to
have
many
public
officials
who've
been
very
supportive
of
this
project
through
many
different
layers
of
work
that
took
place
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
we'd
like
to
thank
the
Secretary
of
State
William
Galvin
and
the
mass
Historical
Commission
for
generous
allocations
of
historic
tax
credits
which
helped
make
this
project
happen.
B
Our
city,
councilors,
council,
McCarthy
council,
president
Andrea
Campbell,
who
were
there
with
us
every
step
of
the
way
and
outside
the
district
representative,
byron,
rushing
but
inside
this
district
I
want
to
be
I,
want
to
acknowledge
the
strong
support
we
received
on
many
applications
and
support
letters
from
representative
Holmes.
You've
been
there
with
us.
I
know,
you've
been
there
for
many
other
things
too,
but
we
would
like
to
include
representative
Holmes
in
our
program
this
evening
to
say
a
few
words.
D
D
Yes,
we
have
that
anxious
and
that
upset
about
the
fact
that
we
can't
have
the
site
continue
to
believe
to
be
a
blighted
site,
that
we
must
do
something.
The
neighbors
fought
felt
that
this
was
unacceptable
and
it
was,
and
I
can
tell
you
today
what
we've
come
in
these
years.
Sheila's
in
those
five
six
years,
you
have
far
exceeded
anything
I
ever
imagined
so
when
I
walked
through
this
site.
D
When
we
first
came
here
and
knocked
down
some
of
the
walls
and
the
doors
all
you
could
see
was
just
all
the
things
that
you
could
imagine
would
just
be
bad
things
over
a
couple
hundred
years,
but
now
to
have
it
so
that
folks
are
going
to
live
in
each
one
of
these
buildings.
With
now
the
young
adults
are
going
to
teach
in
this
building
we're
gonna
have
training,
we've
come
a
long
way.
D
D
So
when
we
just
walked
through
and
so
and
you
know
when
David
wants
to
come
and
talk
to
me
about
the
crushed
rocks
and
the
things
he
put
into
the
crush
rocks
and
all
the
pavers
that
he's
put
out,
he's,
put
a
lot
of
effort
and
his
team
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout-out
to
ufi,
because
I
can
tell
you
right
now
with
Pat
spence
and
her
team.
I.
Never
thought
again
when
she
was
approached
me
with
the
idea
that
this
was
actually
people
to
look
like
as
well.
D
But
while
I
have
the
mic,
because
I
know
I
have
to
give
it
up,
I
want
to
still
say
we're
not
done
for
all
of
those
who
don't
know,
there
is
still
another
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
we
need.
So
all
the
folks
with
CPA
money
and
other
things.
We
need
a
green
house
over
here
in
the
corner.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
that,
when
winter
comes,
we
can
still
make
this
a
site
that
is
still
productive
even
in
the
winters.
D
Because
of
the
fact
that
we
want
to
make
this
a
year-round
site,
we
want
folks
away
to
come
over,
walk
over,
take
it,
so
they
can
go
from
pulling
some
vegetables
out
of
the
ground
to
put
them
on
their
plate
and
that's
as
like
what
you
see
with
all
the
trucks
today,
so
Thank
You,
mayor,
Thank,
You,
Kathy,
Thank,
You
Pat.
Thank
you,
David,
the
entire
team,
Thank
You
historic
Boston,
as
we
think
about
all
the
efforts
that
that
we've
come
from
I
know
you're
amazed
just
like
I'm
amazed.
D
Thank
you
all
the
electives
as
well
that
as
we
as
Dan
said
he's
the
elected
right
across
the
street.
I
want
to
also
recognize
Candice
silly
who's
here
from
congressman
Capuano
office
and
I
can
and
I
know
the
mayor's
already
done
it.
But
I
can
tell
you
this.
The
small
things
of
making
sure
the
captain
Hussein
and
his
team
I
saw
Cynthia
out.
There
have
been
wonderful
one
of
the
other
things
that
I
can
tell.
D
You
is
my
staff
person
Devin
literally
lives
across
the
street
and
and
he
could
tell
you
as
he
used
to
pull
out
of
this
spot
all
the
time
when
you
think
about
slow
streets?
You
now
see
a
blinking
sign
that
says:
hey
is
20
miles
an
hour.
Those
are
the
types
of
things
that
we
know.
This
community
will
continue
to
build
on.
There's
another
side
rider
on
I
know:
Cathy
gotta
go
but
another
anchor
site
that
then
you're
gonna
see
something
this.
This
incredible
on
is
just
on
the
next
block
the
neighborhood
homes
initiative.
B
E
E
We
got
elected
together
in
2010
and
to
just
hear
his
energy
here
and
the
passion
he
feels
about
his
community
I'm
excited
to
get
to
work
with
him
and
Dan
Colleen,
who
I
know
and
have
worked
with
very
well
too
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
supporting
an
initiative
like
this,
with
all
the
development
going
on
in
the
city
and
that's
great
having
preservation
projects
like
this
and
bringing
open
space.
Maintaining
open
space
for
the
community
is
wonderful
and
I
just
excited
to
represent
this
district.
So
thank
you
all
for
having
me.
B
F
Thank
You
Kathy
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
thank
you
elected
officials
for
being
here
and
for
all
that
you
do
for
the
district
in
Mattapan
every
day
since
1972,
the
Trust
for
Public
Land
has
created
great
parks
and
open
spaces
within
a
10-minute
walk
of
over
eight
million
people
in
America.
Here
in
Boston,
we've
helped
create
the
East
Boston
Greenway
South,
End,
community
gardens
and
parts
of
the
new
ponds
at
Green.
F
But
numbers
are
just
numbers:
I'd
rather
talk
about
people
and
what
land
can
do
for
people
in
our
city,
I
think
about
Glenn,
Lloyd
I,
don't
know
if
Glenn's
here,
but
you
know
I,
think
about
Glenn
and
his
entrepreneurial
vision
for
urban
farms
in
Boston,
I,
think
about
Bobby
and
Ataka,
and
the
ufi
crew
and
their
passion
for
healthy
food
and
healthy
neighborhoods,
I.
Think
of
all
the
stories
yet
to
be
told
from
the
thousands
of
people
that
will
visit,
Fowler,
Clark,
Epstein
farm
and
I
know
deep
down
that
urban
farms
in
Boston
change
lives.
F
Want
to
thank
all
the
staff
and
volunteers
at
the
Trust
for
Public
Land,
who
helped
make
this
happen.
I
want
to
thank
the
hundreds
of
donors.
Large
and
small
I
want
to
thank
Pat
Spence
and
the
great
people
at
ufi
for
your
patience
and
support
as
we
tackle
this
ambitious
idea
of
creating
urban
farms
in
Boston.
Together,
congratulations
to
Kathy
and
their
amazing
team
at
historic
Boston
for
your
vision
and
hard
work
on
this
very
challenging
project.
I.
F
B
Thank
you.
Kevin
funders
to
this
project
come
in
all
shapes
and
sizes,
and
certainly
their
contributions
came
in
every
imaginable
increment
from
the
five
dollar
donation
to
the
$500,000
donation.
As
you
walk
around
the
site
tonight,
you're
going
to
see
green
signs
that
list
out
many
of
the
donors
to
this
project,
both
those
who
gave
money
directly,
but
all
those
who
gave
in-kind
services
or
did
their
work
for
a
highly
discounted
price,
and
for
that
we
are
very
grateful.
B
B
If
you
walk
over
to
that
side
of
the
site,
while
you're
roaming
around
tonight,
you'll
see
another
sign,
that
is
a
graphic
that
presents
a
commemorative
stone
table
that
will
be
placed
there
carved
with
all
the
names
of
donors
sometime
later
this
summer.
But
would
you
please
just
pause
for
a
minute
and
give
an
extra-special
round
of
applause
to
the
people
who
gave
money
to
make
this
project
a
reality
and
make
it
the
quality?
It
is.
B
And
I
will
briefly
state
that
we
should
also
be
very
grateful.
There's
four
nonprofits
working
on
this
with
four
boards
of
directors
who
gave
a
lot
of
support
to
this
effort
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
thank
all
of
them
for
for
being
as
supportive
and
generous
as
they
have
been,
and
on
that
note,
I
have
the
great
pleasure
of
introducing
one
of
my
board
members
chase.
B
Garris
is
a
relatively
new
member
of
HB
eyes
boards
board,
but
he
also
brings
to
our
table
not
just
an
interest
in
historic
preservation
and
the
city
and
what
preservation
can
do
here,
but
he
also
has
a
background
in
urban
farming
and
he
knows
exactly
what's
going
on
here
in
the
synthesis
of
these
two
priorities.
So
I
would
like
to
welcome
chase
to
the
podium
to
introduce
himself
and
tell
you
about
HB
eyes
work
here.
G
This,
the
comeback
of
this
property
for
use
as
an
urban
farm,
is
a
great
example
of
how
the
preservation
of
historic
buildings
and
the
cultivation
of
our
urban
lands
benefit
our
neighborhoods.
This
project
has
been
a
labor
of
love
for
hbi,
but
we
couldn't
have
done
it
without
all
of
you.
We
are
grateful
to
Mayor
Walsh
for
his
support
and
contributions
and
for
his
leadership
and
can-do
spirit.
We
thank
our
donors
for
the
great
generosity
and
confidence
in
our
work.
G
We
are
grateful
for
the
excellent
work
of
our
project
team
I
want
to
thank
our
wonderful
partners,
urban
farming,
Institute,
North,
Bennett,
Street
School
and
the
Trust
for
Public
Land,
who
worked
selflessly
to
deliver
a
high-quality
creative
project
for
this
unique
and
well-loved
place,
and
at
last
but
not
least,
we
are
so
grateful
for
the
strength
of
this
neighborhood.
It
was
neighbors
who
came
together
to
protect
this
property
as
a
Boston
landmark
in
2005
and
the
same
enthusiasm
and
neighborhood
pride
was
part
of
the
planning
of
this
project.
G
B
Thank
You
chase
very
much:
we've
acknowledged
David
Hurst
and
one
cannot
acknowledge
David
Hurst
enough,
but
we
also
had
a
contractor
on
our
building
and
I
know
that
Michael
Mon
is
probably
leaning
against
the
fence
in
the
back
and
trying
to
get
off
site
and
out
of
here
as
quickly
as
possible.
But
mr.
humility
needs
to
be
acknowledged
because
he
delivered
an
amazing
product
project.
Here.
B
B
B
B
Okay,
well
they're
all
coming
out
for
her
photos.
Let
me
just
tell
you
that
three
years
ago,
Pat
called
me
up
and
said
you
know,
there's
this
old
farm
in
my
neighborhood
that
I'd
really
love
to
talk
to
you
guys
about,
and
it
all
started
there
and
it's
amazing
even
to
me
to
think
about
what
has
transpired
from
one
phone
call.
B
H
Thank
you
Bear
Walsh
and
our
elected
officials
and
our
friends
and
our
neighbors.
It
was
very
important
for
you
to
see
everybody,
because
this
is
these
are
the
peaks
of
people
that
you
will
see
all
the
time
here
and
working
at
our
other
seven
farm
sites.
It's
a
community.
It's
a
family.
We
live
here.
We
work
here,
natok
and
Bobby
actually
live
on
the
premises.
Welcome
to
the
home
of
the
urban
farming
Institute.
H
Our
motto
is
very
important
to
us:
we
don't
just
grow
food,
we
grow
people,
my
grandparents
came
from
Jamaica
to
Boston.
They
grew
food,
vegetables
and
fruit
in
their
backyard
in
Roxbury
on
Holland
Street.
They
pickled
canned
and
dried
what
they
grew,
raise
your
hands.
If
you
had
parents
or
grandparents
that
grew
food
in
the
community,
we
at
ufi
are
not
inventing
something
new.
We
are
following
in
the
traditions
of
our
elders
and
self-sufficiently.
H
H
So
we
thank
our
wonderful
neighbors
in
Mattapan
who
have
always
supported
us.
We
are
eternally
grateful
and
I
also
want
to
say
everybody.
That's
here
today,
those
that
might
not
be
able
to
hear
me.
This
is
your
home.
We
share
it
with
everybody,
it's
not
just
ours.
We
thank
the
team
at
historic,
Boston,
the
trust
Republic
land
in
the
North
Bennett
Street
School.
We
thank
our
DG
and,
of
course,
David
Harris.
We
all
shared
a
vision
and,
amazingly,
we
are
now
living
it
and
eating
from
it.
H
Did
you
see
the
collard
greens
and
kale
over
there
thanks
to
Baraka
community
wellness,
our
partner
and
soon-to-be
tenant?
We
also
salute
all
of
our
local
Matapan
partners.
All
of
our
local
businesses
have
partnered
with
us
at
well
as
well,
and
our
friends
I
have
to
say
at
the
Cooper
Center
in
Roxbury
it
was
our
former
home,
so
we
have
to
give
deference
and
thank
them
for
housing
us
for
the
last
three
or
four
years.
H
Thanks
to
the
mass
department
of
agricultural
resources,
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
think
I
saw
Sheila,
Sheila
Dillon's
here
Sheila's
in
the
house,
let's
thanks
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
and
all
of
our
funders
who
made
our
mission
and
the
farm
a
possibility
and
deepest
deepest
thanks
for
the
people
that
truly
make
it
possible
the
soul
of
the
organization,
and
it's
the
folks
that
you
see
behind
me.
They
are
the
organization
they're
here
to
work
with
their
wonderful
skills
of
farming.
To
basically
help
us
heal
our
community.
H
Bring
our
community
together
learn
how
to
take
care
of
each
other
and
I.
Don't
know
if
you
can
feel
it.
Can
you
kind
of
feel
the
power
here?
Can
you
kind
of
feel
it
it's
a
nice
place
to
hang
out
and
sit.
We
felt
it
the
first
time
we
got
here
as
well.
So
again
we
present
to
you
a
healing
land
landscape
as
well.
You
can
grow
food
in
your
backyard
in
a
community
garden
in
a
windowsill
on
your
porch,
and
to
do
that,
you
can
visit
us
for
our
workshops.
H
H
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
all
the
folks
that
are
around
here
are
all
master.
Chefs
I
swear
the
twelve
master
chefs.
So
if
you
see
a
vegetable,
you
don't
know
they'll,
let
you
know
how
to
cook
it
as
well.
We
have
a
wonderful
teaching
kitchen
behind
us.
We
will
be
utilizing
that
and
making
sure
that
we're
preparing
food
from
all
cultures
as
well,
so
that's
really
exciting.
For
us.
We
will
also
have
space
that
will
be
available
for
the
community
as
well.
This
is
your
place.
H
This
is
your
home
and,
lastly,
I'm
going
to
echo
what
state
Rep
Holmes
said
as
well.
If
you
yeah
okay,
he
says
where's
my
money,
okay,
okay,
that
was
quick,
that's
a
quick
way
to
say
it.
But
if
you
look
in
the
back
there's
just
kind
of
a
vacant
lot,
that's
the
state
of
the
heart
art
greenhouse
and
what
we
want
to
do
there
at
least
twenty
schools.
In
this
area.
H
So
please,
for
those
in
the
audience,
help
us
make
that
state
of
the
art
greenhouse
a
possibility.
This
is
also
where
our
farm
manager
and
farm
training
manager
will
be
doing
all
the
research
and
development
coming
up
with
new
ways
to
grow
things.
These
are
master
farmers
behind
me.
They're
amazing.
Give
him
a
round
of
applause.
H
So
in
closing,
I
thank
all
of
our
funders
again
that
made
all
of
this
possible.
Many
of
them
are
here
today
and
I'm,
just
so
joyful
and
happy
that
all
of
you
are
here
with
us
as
well,
and
so
in
closing,
remember
the
motto
that
actually
came
from
Bobby
Walker
right
there
we
don't
just
grow
food.
We
grow
people.