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From YouTube: Ruggles Street Groundbreaking
Description
The Ruggles Street Redesign Project is a 6 million dollar investment in the Ruggles St. corridor between Tremont and Washington Street. Join in with Mayor Janey for the groundbreaking to kick off the construction process, which will include streetscape improvements, accesible sidewalks, traffic calming measures, lighting upgrades, bicycle accomodations, and tree plantings.
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
parajay
singh,
I'm
the
city
engineer
for
the
city
of
boston,
public
works
department,
and
it
is
my
distinct
pleasure
to
welcome
each
and
every
one
of
you
to
the
ruggle
street
groundbreaking
and
today
I
believe,
you're
in
for
a
very
exciting
time
and
thank
everyone
for
the
wonderful
weather
we
are
having.
So
first
and
first
of
all,
I
would
like
to
recognize
and
thank
our
drummers,
both
with
miss
medina,
lawson
and
jafar.
Muhammad
who's
been
providing
us
with
musical
entertainment
for
today's
groundbreaking.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
B
B
B
A
A
A
Her
passion,
commitment
and
dedication
to
the
residents
of
boston
is
on
display
each
and
every
day,
and
it's
our
pleasure
to
welcome
her
back
to
her
former
district,
a
district
and
neighborhood.
We
know
she
loves
and
cares
about
deeply.
So
please
join
me
in
welcoming
to
the
podium
our
great
mayor
of
the
city
of
boston,
mayor
kim.
C
Janey
good
afternoon,
good
afternoon
what
a
beautiful
beautiful
day
this
is
what
it
is
about.
It
is
about
community,
it
is
about
investment
in
our
community
and
I'm
so
grateful
to
be
here
as
your
mayor.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
Wonderful,
wonderful
introduction
and
all
the
amazing
work
that
you
and
your
team
do.
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
are
joined
by
state
representative
china
tyler,
who
is
here.
C
There
are
so
many
folks
that
I
want
to
name,
and
I
have
to
apologize
right
off
the
bat
if
I
miss
anyone,
but
I
have
some
folks
from
my
team
who
are
important
to
recognize.
We
have
chief
of
civic
engagement,
aisha
miller
is
here.
Please
give
her
a
warm
welcome,
chief
of
housing
and
director
of
neighborhood
development.
Sheila
dillon
is
here.
C
We
also
have
kate
here
from
bha.
Please
give
it
up
for,
and
your
team
who
did,
I
take
a
picture
with
earlier
hey,
so
many
folks,
we've
got
folks
from
public
works
folks
from
transportation,
folks
from
parks,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
folks
from
the
district
7
office
who
will
continue
to
deliver
for
district
7.
As
I
lead
our
great
city
as
mayor,
we
have
kyle
mckayla
and
saina
pierre,
please
wave
your
hands
so
folks
know
who
you
are.
C
C
This
is
a
day
where
we
can
come
together
to
celebrate
the
work
that
we've
already
done
to
celebrate
community
after
devastation
from
covet
19
after
15
months
to
be
here
together
outdoors
with
each
other,
I
think
is
remarkable.
It
has
been
very
difficult.
I
don't
have
to
tell
the
folks
here
how
difficult
covett
has
been
coveted,
certainly
disproportionately
impacted
this
community
in
terms
of
confirmed
cases
and
deaths,
but
here
we
are
still
standing
resilient.
C
We
are
standing
here
because
we
did
the
hard
work
and
we
did
that
hard
work
together.
We
made
sure
that
we
did
everything
necessary
in
terms
of
keeping
our
distance
to
protect
our
loved
ones,
keeping
our
hands
clean,
our
surfaces
clean,
certainly
making
sure
that
we
are
wearing
masks
and
perhaps
most
important
that
we
were
getting
the
life-saving
vaccine.
C
If
there's
anyone
here
today
who
needs
information
about
the
vaccine,
we
have
staff
here
who
can
help,
connect
you
to
appointments,
and
that
is
the
hope
that
we
need
to
continue
to
have
in
our
community
so
that
we
can
have
a
safe
summer,
one
that
we
are
all
protected.
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
are
also
joined
today
by
an
amazing
partner,
and
that
is
kevin
mccaskill,
who
is
over
at
madison
park,
so
we're
here
at
madison
park
development
corporate.
C
We
cannot
forget
a
madison
park
high
school,
that
is
here,
and
they
have
been
amazing,
not
just
in
terms
of
educating
our
young
people,
but
just
being
an
incredible
community
partner.
This
project
is
one
that
really
represents
and
and
symbolizes
the
commitment.
The
commitment
that
the
city
of
boston
has
the
commitment
that
I
have
as
your
mayor
to
this
neighborhood
and
to
making
our
neighborhoods
safe
for
everyone.
C
We,
as,
as
I
stood
on
the
corner
here,
people
are
walking
up,
people
are
driving
up,
people
have
carts
like
my
mom
brings
with
her.
Whenever
she
goes
anywhere.
People
are
on
scooters.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
our
streets
are
safe
for
everyone
who
use
them,
and
that
is
what
true
equity
is
to
make
sure
that
we
can
all
use
our
streets,
and
so
this
is
a
day
of
joy
where
we
will
create
bike
lanes,
making
our
crosswalks
more
accessible.
We
will
have
traffic
calming
measures
to
slow
the
traffic.
C
C
C
C
We
we
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
folks
here,
including
boston-based
artist,
lecturer,
marlon
forrester
and
the
award-winning
boston-based
firm,
studio,
luz
architects
who
are
helping
to
re-imagine
us
this
space,
and
we
see
how
beautiful
this
park
is
already
in
a
place
of
joy
for
not
just
our
children
but
for
everyone
here.
I
also
want
to
recognize
jenny
sabin,
who
is
creating
a
series
of
long-term
art
installations
all
along
the
ruggle
street
corridor.
C
This
is
again
a
beautiful
celebration
and
I
want
to
thank
again
all
the
members
of
my
team,
so
many
folks
too
many
folks
to
name
all
of
the
community
partners
that
are
here
today
and
certainly
all
of
the
residents
who
make
this
work
worthwhile
for
me.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
advocacy
for
your
partnership.
C
I
see
so
many
folks
here,
ms
stephanie,
it's
always
front
and
center
with
her
leadership
here,
sonny,
so
many
folks,
pam
just
so
many
folks,
and
I'm
just
so
grateful
for
your
leadership,
for
your
advocacy
and
for
your
partnership.
This
is
what
is.
This
is
what
it
is
about.
Let's
continue
to
work
together
to
make
sure
we
have
a
strong,
equitable
resilient
community
for
months
and
years
ahead.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
Thank
you
for
your
words
of
pure
inspiration,
leadership
and
continued
support.
Mayor
janie,
our
next
speaker
is
harris
hardiman,
mr
hardiman
was
has
dedicated
his
life
to
empowering
residents
in
this
community,
both
young
and
old,
a
proud
graduate
of
boston,
public
schools
at
age
19.
He
founded
the
greater
boston
step
association,
an
organization
dedicated
to
teaching
traditional
african
american
step
dance
to
students
across
the
commonwealth.
A
He
then
went
on
to
work
at
central
boston,
elder
services
for
17
years,
an
organization
dedicated
to
creating
educational
opportunities
for
older
adults
and
providing
services
for
individuals
with
disabilities,
along
with
volunteering.
His
time
as
the
board
president
of
roxbury
main
streets
harris
is
also
a
partner
in
not
one
but
two
local
businesses,
the
final
touch
with
class
in
nubian
square
and
the
fourth
hill
bar
and
grill
located
on
washington
street.
D
Thank
you
all
right
good
afternoon.
I
think
I
need
to
raise
this
just
a
little
bit
there
we
go
so
we're
going
to
do
a
little
call
and
response.
When
I
say
roxbury,
you
say:
love
roxbury,
roxbury,
one
more
time
when
I
say
roxbury,
you
say:
love,
roxbury,
roxbury,
all
right,
let's
play
follow
the
leader.
D
What
is
it
like
to
follow
a
leader?
Well,
you
will
never
know
if
you
are
one
until
you
have
traveled
in
the
footsteps
of
those
who
have
created
the
path,
because
they've
been
pushed
forward
by
the
hands
of
those
who
need
them
the
most
and
now
fall
now
folks
in
roxbury
and
all
over
boston
have
pushed
mayor
kim
janey
on
this
path
to
help
reconstruct
the
roads
that
lead
to
the
heart
of
one
of
our
greatest
cities.
D
We
are
here
because
the
people
of
roxbury
and
all
of
district
7
have
pushed
her
forward
to
this
position
because
they
need
a
voice
that
would
speak
up
for
the
entire
community
as
one
her
advocacy
was
not
her
voice
alone.
It
was
the
true
meaning
of
a
pluribus
unum
out
of
many
one,
one
voice
for
roxbury
and
now
one
voice
for
the
city
of
boston.
D
My
name
is
haris
hardaway,
I'm
a
business
owner
in
roxbury
co-owner,
with
my
family
of
a
beautiful
men
and
women's
boutique
in
nubian
square
called
final
touch.
I
volunteered
in
these
streets
worked
in
new
being
square
for
more
than
fifteen
years,
I
went
to
high
school
in
district
seven
and
grew
grew
closer
to
my
culture
as
an
african-american
man
who
rode
the
same.
Buses
and
trains
walked
the
roads
at
night
and
saw
the
beautiful
scene
that
is
roxbury
and
what
we
call
roxbury
love.
D
It
means
we
love
you
with
the
blood
of
our
ancestors
and
the
hope
of
our
of
equal
opportunities
in
the
city.
That
was
not
always
ours,
but
now
we
are
represented
by
a
mayor
who
is
a
black
woman,
a
mother,
a
history
maker,
a
scholar
and
a
true
defender
of
making
it
better
for
all
of
us.
That's
why
we're
here
today
to
witness
her
not
just
talking
about
making
it
better,
but
helping
the
residents
of
this
area
improve
their
quality
of
life.
D
I
volunteer
on
the
board
of
roxbury
main
streets,
an
organization
funded
through
grants,
federal
funding
and
the
city
of
boston.
Let
me
tell
you
our
work
in
new
being
square,
isn't
just
about
business.
It's
about
family.
My
parents
grew
up
here
and
so
did
kim
janey.
We
were
always
taught
giving
back,
isn't
a
duty,
it's
an
opportunity
gifted
to
us
by
god
to
to
much
is
given
much
is
expected.
D
So
mayor
janie
now
was
not
the
mayor,
then
she
was
counselor
janie.
When
I
first
got
the
chance
to
work
with
her
from
the
start.
She
was
always
supportive
if
it
wasn't
her
chief
of
staff.
It
was
her
personally
who
would
say
if
you
need
anything
we're
here
for
you.
She
hosted
events
before
the
pandemic
to
help
businesses
in
the
square
get
folks
to
buy
local.
D
She
checked
in
to
see
what
the
residents
and
the
businesses
felt
about
new
projects
to
make
sure
she
heard
all
their
voices
during
the
quarantine,
and
even
now
she
works
to
ensure
that
we
have
ppe,
even
when
it's
scarce
she
supported
fundraisers,
made
sure
her
staff
were
at
our
weekly
neighborhood
response
team
meetings.
Here
in
the
square
she
brought
city
hall
to
roxbury
through
public
city
council
hearings
about
education,
black
lives
matter,
strategic
master,
planning,
support
to
local
businesses
and
co-sports
co-sponsored,
joint
efforts
with
other
counselors
state
legislators
and
municipal
departments.
D
On
so
much
more,
you
see
when
we
speak
about
our
leaders,
it
shouldn't
be
hard
to
itemize
their
success.
That
list
of
accomplishments
can't
just
be
bullet
points
on
paper.
They
have
to
be
road
signs
for
the
future
leaders
and
communities
to
follow
them.
In
this
case,
it's
not
just
road
signs.
Mayor
kim
janey
has
actually
helped
us
build
new
roads
together
to
a
new
future
for
roxbury
and
the
city
of
boston.
It's
not
just
about
how
many
times
you
tell
people
to
shop,
local,
it's
about
being
local,
and
that
is
one
attribute.
D
D
A
Thank
you
harris
now.
I
would
like
to
introduce
ashley
rose
and
danielle
butterfly
ruffin,
who
will
recite
a
poem
and
a
song,
miss
rose
has
received
countless
accolades,
including
urban
music
award
poet
of
the
year
and
city
of
boston's
extraordinary
woman
of
the
year.
Ashley
is
currently
a
poet
in
residence
at
suffolk
university.
A
E
Thank
you,
mayor
janie,
along
with
being
a
poet
in
residence,
I'm
a
restorative
justice
specialist,
and
I
have
to
thank
you.
Two
years
ago,
you
sat
in
my
circle
at
the
trotter,
with
the
fifth
graders
that
changed
their
life.
This
was
prior
to
you
being
the
mayor,
so
know
that
I
know
your
love
of
the
children,
israel
and
I'm
honored
to
pen
and
write
this
black
joy
poem
for
you.
F
G
E
They
say
joy
cometh
in
the
morning,
but
that's
only
if
you
could
keep
the
faith
through
the
night.
It's
the
lows
taken
with
the
highs
it's
finding
flight
after
fall,
it's
the
high
hypotenuse
of
hope
between
the
peaks
and
the
valleys.
It's
the
ability
to
soar
over
the
storm,
it's
learning
to
dance
with
both
dusk
and
dawn.
It's
putting
joy
on
the
black
market,
it's
being
black
enough,
bold
enough,
brave
enough
to
paint
the
yellow,
brick
road.
So
we
ain't
going
to
kansas,
but
we
bringing
the
cush
people
home.
E
E
It's
a
brother's
head
nod
in
handshake
and
in
decades
of
beef,
joy
is
healing
after
harm.
It's
the
embrace
after
abandonment.
Joy
is
trusting
your
discernment.
It's
the
essence
of
forgiveness.
Joy
is
swallowing
your
pride
in
taking
a
little
bit
of
acceptance.
It's
learning
to
thrive
instead
of
survive.
Joy
is
holding
on
to
life.
It's
that
teen,
who
rethinks
suicide.
E
G
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
now.
I
would
like
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
further
thank
some
of
our
key
people
who
helped
make
this
project
a
reality
today,
first
and
foremost,
zack
bossman
zach.
Can
you
raise
your
hand
zach's
the
chief
design
engineer
for
the
public
works
department
and
the
project
manager
for
this
project?
Zag
knows
this
neighborhood
very
well,
a
graduate
of
northeastern
university.
A
I
want
to
also
thank
joe
johnson,
caroline
radish
and
chuck
gregory
of
the
consulting
firm
of
gpi,
who
designed
the
project
danny
moy
danny.
Are
you
here
running
way
back
over
there
he's
with
public
works,
he's
going
to
oversee
the
construction
and
make
sure
that
this
is
one
of
the
most
spectacular
projects
we
have
ever
done,
mccourt
construction,
who
is
going
to
do
the
actual
construction
and
last
but
not
least,
public
works
owned
robert
lewis
and
chris
coakley
for
helping
bring
this
thing
together
today
and
couldn't
have
done
anything
without
the
mayor's
staff.
A
And
now,
let's
get
to
the
purpose
here
at
now,
the
moment
we've
all
been
waiting
for.
I
would
like
to
invite
some
of
our
honored
guests
to
join
mayor
jenny
for
the
ceremonial
groundbreaking.
The
groundbreaking
is
just
over
there,
so
if
the
following
folks
can
join
the
mayor
state
representative
miss
tyler
leslie
reed
robert
george
harris
hardaway
dwayne
osmond,
who
is
a
local
business
owner
zach
bosmatt
robert
lewis,
mike
vance
and
ramirez
poguero.