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From YouTube: Olmsted Green Home Ownership Phase Ribbon Cutting
Description
Governor Baker, Mayor Walsh, and MassHousing director Chrystal Kornegay gather at Olmsted Green in Mattapan to cut the ribbon for 41 units of affordable housing. Olmsted Green represents a continued effort to rebirth and transform Mattapan by providing housing options for a diverse array of residents.
A
A
Thank
you
all
for
joining
us.
We
are
thrilled
to
be
here.
My
name
is
Jerry
Rappaport
owner
of
New
Boston
fund
I'm
joined
today
by
Governor
Baker,
mayor
Walsh,
crystal
corner
gay
representative
homes,
senator
Chang
Diaz
and
City
Council
President,
Andrea
Campbell,
as
well
as
my
partners
at
Lena,
Park
CDC,
and
the
dedicated
community
advocates
of
the
Boston
State
Hospital
CAC.
A
We
look
forward
to
these
same
amazing
leaders
extending
our
next
groundbreaking
for
a
hundred
rental
units
of
mixed
income
workforce
housing
next
month
on
the
ground.
We
are
standing
on
as
proud
as
we
are
of
this
construction
completion.
We
are
even
prouder
that
these
much-needed
new
homes
are
100%
sold
before
completion
with
16
occupied
and
the
remaining
scheduled
to
be
occupied
over
the
next
60
days.
A
Governor
Baker
and
mayor
walls,
thank
you
for
helping
make
this
happen.
This
project
would
not
have
happened
without
our
many
partners.
They
included
DCAM
mass
housing
with
their
workforce,
Opportunity
Fund,
Sheila
Dillon
and
her
team
at
DND,
nei,
general
contact,
tracting,
icon,
architects,
VHB
engineers,
eastern
bank
and
boston,
private
bank,
Remax
destiny
and
Maloney
properties
are
sales
brokers,
our
Olmstead
green
revival,
equity
investment
team,
our
partners
at
Lena,
Park
CDC,
including
Reverend,
Wright,
Glenn,
Burdick
and
Peter,
Monken,
Beck
and
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
the
CAC.
A
And
they
demonstrated
great
flexibility
and
support,
as
our
development
program
has
evolved,
to
meet
the
changing
marketplace.
Finally,
joining
us
today
are
some
of
our
earliest
residents
and
our
new
homeowners.
It
is
true
what
they
say:
it
takes
a
village
to
build
a
village
to
date,
Lina
New
Boston
has
successfully
completed
the
development
of
287
units
of
housing,
but
we
have
227
more
to
complete
in
July
with
a
recent
mass
works
grant
awarded
in
April,
we'll
be
starting
our
next
phase
of
housing
to
deliver
another
hundred
units
of
mixed
income.
A
B
A
We
are
incredibly
grateful
to
share
this
milestone
with
the
governor
and
mayor.
Both
are
true
champions
for
workforce
and
affordable
housing.
They
get
it.
The
Commonwealth
and
the
city
of
Boston
need
more
mixed
income.
Housing
to
expand
our
workforce,
grow
the
middle
class
and
keep
Massachusetts
competitive
in
the
global
marketplace.
A
In
our
development
of
Olmstead
green,
we
are
committed
to
best
practices
and
excellences
in
all
facets
of
housing
development.
With
the
help
of
our
contractor
nei,
we
have
far
exceeded
our
MBA
utilization
and
workforce
hiring
goals.
We
achieved
55%
MBA,
II,
engagement
and
utilization,
and
we
achieved
a
73%
minority
workforce,
hiring.
A
A
A
He
also
is
the
only
one
who
can
look
better
in
a
charitable
buzzcut
than
Gronk
and
Tom
Brady
I'm,
proud
to
be
a
Harvard
classmate
of
governor
Charlie
Baker,
and
look
forward
to
our
40th
reunion.
My
Republican
and
Democratic
classmates
admire
his
accomplishments
and
values.
Go
Charlie
governor
Baker,
his
Governor
Baker
has
focused
the
energy
and
talent
of
the
administration
in
a
remarkable
way
to
create
and
preserve
affordable
housing
throughout
the
Commonwealth.
With
that,
please
welcome
governor
Charles,
D
Baker.
C
Thank
you
very
much,
Jerry
I
think.
Let
me
start
first
of
all
by
extending
my
congratulations
to
the
entire
team.
That's
been
involved
in
this
and
I
was
saying
to
some
of
the
folks
on
the
ride
over
here
that
I
go
back
to
the
1990s,
with
the
redevelopment
of
the
Boston
State
Hospital
property
and
the
CAC,
and
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
the
mid
and
late
90s,
which,
at
this
point
literally
was
30
years
ago.
C
Talking
to
people
about
what
the
programming
model
should
be
for
redevelopment
of
this
particular
area
and
and
each
time
I
have
a
chance
to
come
back
and
either
participate
in
a
groundbreaking
or
ribbon-cutting
or
or
or
a
financing.
I
am
reminded
that
this
process
probably
took
too
long,
but
gave
a
lot
of
people
an
opportunity
to
play
a
major
role
in
determining
what
this
neighborhood
in
this
area
was
going
to
look
like
who
lived
here
and
that
that
was
critical
to
the
success.
C
The
ultimate
success
of
these
initiatives
and
I
certainly
look
forward
to
coming
back
for
the
hundred
units
on
the
mass
works,
grant
I'm,
not
sure
how
I
feel
yet
about
the
other
part.
I
also
I
also
want
to
say
how
much
this
whole
notion
of
putting
vacant
state
property
back
into
productive
use
matters.
C
And-
and
these
are
not.
These
are
properties
that
literally
without
the
attention
that
folks
in
the
private
community,
folks
in
the
local
community
and
folks
in
our
administration.
If
we
weren't
paying
attention
to
these
things,
they
would
just
continue
to
continue
to
sit
there
and
do
nothing
and
that's
just
no
good
for
anybody
and
is
the
largest
property
owner
in
the
Commonwealth
amass.
C
Affordability
that
people
talked
about
earlier
and
two
weeks
ago
we
signed
over
in
Brighton
in
house
house
housing
committee,
chair
I,
was
getting
there
Kevin
Hollins
district
is
my
former
state
rep.
We
signed
the
largest
housing
bond
bill
in
state
history.
1.8
billion
dollars,
with
a
ton
of
capacity
to
put
the
foot
to
work
for
people
here
in
message
and
I
also
want
to
say
how
much
I
hope
and
anticipate
since
I
did
this.
The
last
time
I
stood
in
front
of
a
mic
in
front
of
some
folks
in
the
legislature.
C
We
managed
to
get
our
housing
choice
bill
done
before
the
end
of
the
session,
because
that
one
will
make
it
possible
for
us
to
build
about
135,000
D
and
it's
a
housing
over
the
next
five
or
six
years,
and
the
reason
that
matters
is
we're
just
not
building
enough
housing.
We
built
30,000
new
units
of
housing
like
clockwork
in
the
60
70s
and
80s,
and
in
the
90s,
the
2000s
and
the
2000
teens
the
last
25
years
that
numbers
fall
into
about
twelve
to
fifteen
thousand.
C
So,
for
25
years
we've
been
building
less
than
half
of
the
new
housing
that
we
built
for
30
years
before
that,
and
the
impact
that's
had
on
availability
and
on
price
and
on
demand
has
been
extraordinary
all
in
the
wrong
direction,
and
I
really
think
it's
important
for
us
here
in
the
Commonwealth
to
put
that
housing
bond
bill
to
work,
to
pass
a
legislation
that
makes
it
possible
for
us
to
continue
to
grow
our
housing
stock
because,
as
everybody
I
think,
would
agree.
This
is
a
great
state.
This
is
a
great
city.
C
This
is
a
great
neighborhood,
but
we
really
need
a
lot
more
housing
stock
into
production.
If
we're
gonna
deal
with
the
issues
that
people
face
with
respect
to
affordability-
and
the
final
thing
I
just
want
to
say,
is
how
much
we
appreciate
the
collaborative
work
with
Sheila
and
the
mayor's
office
and
everybody
in
the
city
of
Boston.
C
A
Thank
You
governor
I
now
want
to
introduce
the
man
who
has
and
continues
to
accomplish
so
much
for
the
city
of
Boston,
including
putting
forth.
Imagine
Boston
2030
the
first
citywide
plan
that
lays
out
a
thoughtful
innovative
vision
for
the
city
and
the
neighbors
within
it
being
far
ahead
of
the
pace
to
meet
his
goal
of
building
53,000
units
of
affordable
housing
in
Boston
by
2030.
When
he
still
will
be
mayor,
developing.
A
Developing
the
Boston's
neighborhood
holds
an
initiative
to
turn
city-owned
Lots
into
affordable
homes
and
doing
all
that,
while
driving
Boston's,
thriving
economy
from
the
innovation
sector
to
Neighborhood
Development,
most
impressively
mayor
Walsh
has
put
Boston
on
the
global
map,
while
being
an
incredible
advocate
for
the
Boston
community,
allowing
for
neighbors
hoods
to
grow
and
evolve
while
retaining
their
character.
His
commitment
to
inclusive
growth
is
second
to
none.
A
D
Thank
You
Jerry
have
a
good
day.
Everyone
I
appreciate
that
Jerry,
the
only
thing
that
I
don't
have
in
common
you
and
the
governor's
I
didn't
get
into
Harvard.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that.
I
didn't
apply
for
the
press.
I
wonder
why
today's
today
is
obviously
an
exciting
day
and
it
should
be
an
exciting
day
for
this
neighborhood
and
it
goes
back
a
long
way.
I
just
want
to
say
a
few
thank-yous.
D
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
and
his
team
and
crystal
for
really
setting
the
pace
on
housing
around
the
Commonwealth
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
for
the
commitment
for
47
million
dollars
and
the
tax
credits
coming
down.
The
road
I
appreciate
that
as
well
governor,
but
but
but
but
I
do
want
to
I
wanted
to
him
to
governor's
office
as
well
for
the
commitment
they
have
made
to
housing.
I,
don't
forget
all
that
money,
but
we
have
gotten
an
awful
lot
of
money
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
lot
of
money
went
to
housing.
D
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that
to
represent
of
homes
whose
kept
up
this
fight
for
this
piece
of
property.
Right
here
that
goes
all
the
way
back
to
Shirley
Thank
You
representative
for
fighting
the
fight,
and
you
know
every
time
when
I
was
in
the
house
of
Russell.
We
talked
about
this
land
talked
about.
The
importance
of
development
talked
about
the
importance
of
moving
in
Mattapan,
and
he
stayed
true
to
his
word
every
single
day
and
still
has
done
that.
So
thank
you
feel
great
work.
D
The
senate's
on
each
India's
as
well,
you
know
the
governor
talked
about
the
housing
bond
bill
and
I
know
it's
certainly
working
with
you
as
well
as
a
legislator,
and
now,
as
the
mayor,
the
passion
is
about
creating
opportunities
for
people.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
passion
and
commitment,
as
well,
particularly
around
housing
and
I,
know
that
that's
a
big
issue
for
you
and
one
of
the
leaders
in
our
delegation,
the
Senate
side.
So
thank
you
for
your
commitment
as
well.
I.
D
D
I
also
have
a
couple
more
people,
I
want
to
recognize
partners
in
this
business.
One
is
sitting
on
the
stage
to
my
left,
the
president
of
our
City
Council,
who
represents
this
neighborhood
and
understands
the
importance
of
making
sure
as
the
world
is
changing.
His
life
is
changing
as
neighborhoods
are
changing
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
that
we
keep,
we
keep
our
neighborhood
strong
and
the
other
day
we
announced
we
were
gonna,
do
a
master
plan
for
Mattapan,
and
the
master
plan
really
is
to
look
at
the
community
and
how
do
we
advance
Mattapan?
D
How
do
we
work
with
the
community?
That's
here?
How
do
we
spark
our
our
industries
on
Blue
Hill
Ave?
How
do
we
create
opportunities
for
homes?
That's
why
young
people
can
stay
here
and
I
want
to
thank
the
prayer,
and
yesterday
we're
able
to
pass
and
with
the
city
in
the
City
Council
two
days
ago,
actually
Airbnb,
which
is
going
to
preserve
named
community
units
in
our
neighborhoods
and
I,
want
to
thank
the
leader
of
the
boss,
City
Council
Andre
Campbell,.
D
D
Talking
with
me
about
housing
in
front
of
other
mayor's
people
said
my
god,
you
guys
are
on
top
of
it
in
Boston,
even
though
sometimes
we
look
inward
and
say
well
we're
so
far
behind,
we
might
be
not
we're
not
where
we
want
to
be,
but
we're
certainly
a
lot
further
ahead
than
other
cities
across
America.
So
I
want
to
thank
Sheila
and
Ryan,
and
the
entire
team
at
Indy.
D
There's
not
much
more.
I
can
add
this.
This.
This
development
adds
mixed
income
units.
That's
continues
to
bring
stability
to
a
community.
Maybe
stability
is
the
wrong
word.
Maybe
it's
growth
to
a
community
and
allow
people
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
live
here.
This
project
means
that
more
working
families
are
going
to
have
the
opportunity
to
put
their
roots
down
here
in
Mount
up
in
one
of
Boston's.
Great
stories
begins
here,
allowing
allowing
that
opportunity.
D
There's
a
strong
sense
of
community
I
save
an
awful
lot
of
lot
when
you
go
around
the
city
of
Boston
and
I've
had
the
chance
to
the
last
four
and
a
half
years,
and
you
go
to
different
neighborhoods
and
you'll.
Go
to
Charlestown
and
you'll
talk
to
somebody
and
they'll
say
where
you're
from
I'm
from
Ohio
and
you
go
to
Southie,
where
you
from
I
came
from
New
York
or
you
go
to
you
know:
Jamaica
Plain
I
came
from
the
suburbs
or
what
have
you
generally?
D
The
answer
you
get
when
you
ask
somebody
from
out
of
pain
where
you
from
this
in
Mattapan,
because
when
you
think
about
the
home
ownership
and
the
people
that
grew
up
here
live
here,
stay
here,
it's
important
and
that
that
brings
stability
to
a
community
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
this
project
has
sparked
us
in
the
city
to
do
a
master
planning
is
to
really
look
at
the
whole
community.
Beyond
Olmsted.
D
We
talked
about
this
land
for
twenty
thirty
years
now,
forty
years
now
and
we're
seeing
the
development
of
growth
here
now,
it's
it's
important
for
us,
as
Andrea
said
often
and
Timmy
and
Danny
and
Russell.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
rest
of
the
community
is
so
this
is.
This
is
strong
for
our
community.
Now
this
project
happened
with
the
help
of
the
state,
proud
to
also
say
it
helped
them
with
inclusionary
development,
money
and
Housing
Trust
money
from
the
city.
D
We're
going
to
continue
to
use
that
money
to
move
forward
with
to
continue
to
build
housing.
We
are,
we
are
still
in
the
midst.
I
think
you
can
argue
about
historic
housing
shortage
in
the
in
the
Greater
Boston
area
and,
quite
honestly,
it's
across
the
United
States
of
America,
but
with
the
help
of
the
legislature,
passing
a
bond
bill,
1.6
billion
dollars
with
the
help
of
the
Community
Preservation
Act,
passing
by
the
voters
of
Boston.
D
Thank
you
with
the
help
of
racing
the
inclusionary
development,
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
continue
to
produce
house
and
what
again
continue
to
produce
affordable
housing.
I,
don't
want
to
correct
Jerry.
You
mentioned
just
one
thing.
He
said
we're
building
53
units
of
affordable
housing
and
I
wish
it
was
that
way,
but
we're
building
53
units
of
housing,
all
kinds
of
housing
and
affordability
is
in
there
and
there's
a
whole
host
of
range
of
housing.
Just
just
so,
people
understand
get
get
an
understanding.
D
D
If
you
didn't
continue
to
push
your
elected
officials
over
the
last
40
years,
regardless
as
they
changed
and
as
new
people
came
in,
you
continue
to
raise
that
by
higher
and
higher
and
higher
if
it
weren't
for
you,
we
might
not
be
standing
here
today
and
looking
at
all
these
beautiful
homes
so
to
the
community
Mattapan.
Thank
you
for
pushing
us.
D
B
B
So
anyway,
like
the
governor
I've
been
around
this
project
a
long
time,
maybe
not
as
long
as
he
has
but
through
my
former
iterations
I
worked
at
urban
edge
and
we
had
a
great
partnership
with
Lena,
Park
and
New
Boston,
fawn
and
work
to
think
about
this
project
at
DHCD
is
undersecretary.
B
You
know,
Jerry
had
his
hand
in
my
pocket,
and
so
we
thought
about
that,
and
one
thing
that
we're
particularly
proud
of
today
is
about
the
homeownership
units
and
for
mass
housing.
Our
contribution
related
to
workforce
and
as
the
market
has
been
changing
in
Boston
we've
been
seeing
a
lot
of
rental
developments
go
up
luxury
developments,
we've
been
subsidizing
some
affordable
stuff,
but,
as
you
all
know,
there's
a
lot
of
pressure
for
folks
that
we
consider
in
the
middle
and
our
contribution
from
mass
housing
through
our
workforce
housing
fund
has
really
helped.
B
It's
really
meant
to
help
keep
diversity,
economic
diversity
in
our
communities
with
the
governor
mass
housing
at
the
time
created
a
hundred
million
dollar
work
force,
housing
initiative
and
today
is
really
special,
not
because
we've
helped
to
make
these
homes
affordable
to
working
families.
But
this
is
our
first
ribbon-cutting
for
a
project
that
we
financed
to
the
work
force,
housing
initiative.
B
We
help
developers
deliver
new
housing,
that's
affordable
to
moderate
income
residents.
We
provide
affordable,
long
term
financing
that
allows
developers
to
build
new
homes
at
prices.
Working
families
can
afford
we're
very
proud
of
the
work
that
we're
doing,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
the
mayor
and
the
governor
to
see
how
we
can
move
forward
with
keeping
our
workforce
housing
initiative
alive.
So,
as
with
everybody
else,
I
want
to,
like
you
know,
I
just
got
this
job
I
think
it's
like
day
137,
and
so
it's
not
stuff
that
I
actually
did.
B
B
E
Good
afternoon
everybody,
and,
as
you
heard,
my
name
is
Sonia
Chang,
Diaz
I
think
we
all
know
each
other,
but
in
case
there's
any
new
faces.
I
know:
we've
all
been
working
on
this,
whether
it's
10
years
30,
40
years
and
and
I
just
you
know,
wanted
to
underscore
something.
Gerry
said
at
the
beginning,
you
have
kind
of
a
tough
crowd
here.
I
thought
it
was
a
great
line.
The
governor
thought
it
was
a
great
line
about.
E
It
has
to
be
said
every
time
again
and
again
what
the
mayor
said
is
so
true,
if
you
didn't
push
us,
it
would
not
have
happened
and
it
wouldn't
keep
happening
to
the
developers
who
are
out
there
in
the
trenches
actually
building
the
stuff
financing
it.
And
it
really
does
take
that
village
and
I'm,
proud
to
just
be
a
small
part
of
that
team.
E
And
within
that
number,
though,
and
I
don't
and
forgive
me
if
I,
if
I
didn't
hear
it,
you
said
it
but
I,
don't
think
you
said
it
with
that
within
that
number
there's
a
number
that
we
are
over
a
quarter
of
the
workforce
on
this
project
is
not
just
people
of
color,
but
people
who
come
from
Matapan
and
Dorchester
zip
codes.
Amazing
awesome
work
and
you
know,
and
to
me
that's
that's
what
makes
in
particular
this
face
so
exciting.
E
That's
gonna
circulate
right
back
into
this
community,
so
I
just
want
to
give
a
special
shout-out
and
thanks
for
really
paying
attention
to
those
numbers
and
driving
them
home
and
I've
said
it
before
ever.
Been
cuttings
and
I'll
continue
to
say
it
again,
because
it's
always
what
has
just
sort
of
bubbles
up
in
my
heart
when
I
want
to
have
the
privilege
of
helping
to
cut
a
ribbon
like
this.
Is
that
you
know
I'm
still
still.
E
F
Thank
You
senator
I
am
so
grateful
to
be
here
this
time
last
time,
I
was
that
the
they
keep
mentioning
I
was
unfortunately
away,
but
I
want
to
begin
where
the
government
of
Mayor
specifically
left
off
with
the
CAC
I,
can
tell
you.
I
had
just
gotten
elected
eight
years
ago,
and
we
were
in
a
meeting
where
we
had
to
be
three
meetings
and
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
captain.
F
Who
was
here
because
b3
has
just
done
an
excellent
job
for
years,
but
b3
at
the
time
would
we
would
have
a
meeting
what
typically
would
have
somewhere
between
250
to
300
people
at
the
meeting
and
mr.
clock
stands
up
in
the
middle
of
the
meeting
and
says
to
me
representative
Holmes,
you
know
I've
known
you,
since
you
were
a
child
and
you
have
Brigham's
right.
He
starts
this
whole
lecture
at
me,
which
was
not
unusual,
but
then
he
says,
but
I
trust.
You
and
I
believe
that
you
guys
have
ignored.
F
What's
happened
at
the
State
Hospital
site,
and
so
of
course
now
you
know
I'm
300
people,
I'm,
just
elected
I'm,
saying
mr.
o'clock,
you
could
have
told
me
this.
You
know
at
any
other
time
right,
I
mean.
Why
would
you
want
to
do
this
now,
and
it
was
just
that
awakening
for
me
that,
yes,
all
these
folks
that
helped
me
get
elected,
but
they
expect
me
to
do
something.
There's
an
expectation
and
the
expectation
is
that
they're
gonna
hold
me
accountable.
So
even
though
mr.
F
Clark
and
I,
you
know
I've
known
each
other,
since
I
was
a
child
like
plays
space
in
his
basement,
once
I
got
elected,
he
says
no,
the
state
hospital
site,
Lena
Park
was
closed
and
it
was
closed
abruptly
without
us,
even
no
one's
going
to
close
right
and
so
and
you
look
at
what
was
happening
to
crews.
What
was
happening
here
literally
for
those
who
don't
know
these
foundations
had
nothing
on
them.
F
And
this
is
true,
so
I
can
say
it
sometimes
I
flicked
the
light
on
in
my
kitchen.
Miss
Graham
sees
them
home
and
calls
and
says:
hey
I
need
you
to
do
something,
and
that
is
truth,
and
so
when,
when,
when
the
mayor
talks
about
how
important
you
are,
it
is
important.
I
know.
Jerry
talks,
often
about
how
close
my
house
is,
but
when
he
may
not
realize
is
how
close
the
Senators
house
is
is
almost
as
equidistant
to
mine.
Obviously
miss
Graham
lives
behind
me.
F
Mary
lives
down
the
street,
and
then
you
know
this
property
has
been
something
that
obviously
councillor
Ganci
and
the
former
mayor
went
at
at
about
years
and
years
and
years
and
finally,
we
might
actually
have
a
solution
for
what
to
do
with
those
14
acres
and
finally
come
to
bring
all
of
these
things.
To
close
with
what
mr.
Clarke
said,
and
he
stood
up.
That
day
is
was
that
I've
been
dealing
with
this
for
35
years,
or
so
he
said,
and
at
the
time
when
he
said,
I
never
thought
about
that.
It
might
be
true.
F
He
says
I
don't
want
to
be
dead
before
we
finally
make
a
decision,
and
only
after
that
soon
after
that
he
got
really
ill.
And
probably
why
he's
not
here
today,
but
he
made
sure
during
that
day
to
Marty's
/
the
mayor's
point
that
all
the
folks
on
that
CAC
from
everyone
from
Beverly,
with
all
of
the
help
she
does.
You
were
passionate
about
this
site.
We
need
to
get
this
site
built
out
and
we're
going
to
be
serious
about
it,
and
so
please
don't
take
that
as
something
casual
that
to
be
said.
F
It
is
true
that
the
CAC
and
your
dedication
has
been
phenomenal
as
the
governor
talked
about,
even
when
he
was
in
when
he
was
in
a
different
role
at
a
and
F.
The
next
thing,
I
want
to
say,
is
specifically
to
the
governor.
I
I
can
tell
you,
everyone
else
is
in
your
pocket,
so
I
might
as
well
get
in
it
as
well,
and
the.
F
The
accomplishments
of
what
he's
talking
about
we
have,
he
has
a
black
Advisory
Commission
that
he's
looking
into
that's
gonna,
make
some
announcements
and
now
get
too
far
ahead
up
about
one
of
the
things
they're
thinking
about
is
doing
the
language
that
we've
done
at
the
Omni
Hotel
that
had
really
a
requirement
or
suggestion
that
was
strong.
That
says
that
you
need
to
include
not
just
what
we're
gonna
do
for
jobs
on
these
projects.
You
can
include
us
in
the
equity
piece
of
these
projects
as
well.
F
We
need
to
have
a
if
you
think
about
the
Omni
project.
There
are
millions
of
dollars
invested
from
our
communities
in
South
Boston
in
not
just
South
Boston,
the
new
South
Boston,
and
just
where
do
we
get
those
opportunities?
They
don't
come
often
I've
talked
with
Anthony
and
just
very
supportive
of
just
the
idea
of
not
only
as
he
says,
we're
open
for
business,
but
we
need
to
be
open
for
business
on
many
projects
and
getting
this
language
so
that
we're
no
longer
just
transactional.
F
F
Finally,
out
in
what
saying
I
agree
with
Marty
I
agree
with
the
mayor
about
the
team,
and
that
is,
we
call
Sheila
and
Jerry
called
me
and
said
to
me.
Well
we're
gonna
do
20
projects
here
around
some
ownership
and
some
of
these
foundations
that
really
when
I
say
they
had
Normie,
they
annoyed
me.
This
is
my
ride
home,
seeing
foundations
just
sitting
here
is
something
that
speaks
very
negative
about
in
the
community.
F
When
you
see
10-15
foundations
in
that
I'm
not
built
on
and
and
Jerry
as
we
was
thinking
about
it,
he
says:
well,
Sheila
was
thinking
about
giving
us
a
million.
A
half
were
how
about.
We
just
got
two
million
dollars.
We
can
do
all
41,
however,
that
may
have
worked
out
and
just
Marty
to
you
to
your
team's
effort.
He
worked
with
Gerry.
He
works
with.
F
She
worked
with
Gerry
and
the
team
and
made
it
possible
that
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
ownership
because
we
want
to
not
only
build
wealth
and
Jerry's
and
his
investors
pockets,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
beginning
that
wealth
development
in
our
community
that
stays
Mattapan
to
Marty's
point
I,
I
grew
up.
I
can
tell
you
what
street
what
Street
I
didn't
moved
on
with
another
Matapan
Street
to
the
move
to
the
street
that
I
moved
on
now
in
Mattapan.
F
That
is
exactly
who
we
are
I
asked
Mary
what
she
been
she's
been
there
for
40
some-odd
years.
That
really
is
who
we
are
and
we
will
all
dedicate
it
to
the
community.
So
Gerry
says:
I
live
across
the
street.
I.
Won't
just
remind
you,
I'm,
not
the
only
one
who
lives
in
this
neighborhood.
The
mayor
lives
just
down
the
street.
F
The
council
of
lives
literally
just
down
the
street,
and
we
all
are
committed.
As
so.
It's
not
just
me.
It
is
the
council
president
who
I
have
the
honor
of
representing
as
well.
She
lives
here
in
Mattapan.
She
is
dedicated
to
this
effort
as
well,
and
she's
been
an
absolute
strong
partner
city
council
president
aundrea
Campbell.
G
Thank
You,
repens
and
I'm
gonna
be
quick
so
that
we
can
get
this
cut
and
go
on
and
Jerry
is
like
come
on.
So
I
also
want
to
thank
the
governor
and
the
mayor
for
the
partnership
crystal
senator
chang-diaz
and
rep
Holmes.
You
know
I'm
the
newbie
I'm,
the
new
elected
but
I.
This
is
a
partnership
and
this
does
take
a
village
and
it
takes
a
lot
of
work,
a
lot
of
calls
I'm,
Chief
Dylan.
Thank
you
and
councillor
Yancey.
Thank
you
for
your
advocacy.
G
Obviously,
he
held
this
seat
before
I
did,
and
so
it
took
years
to
make
things
happen,
and
so
I
stand
on
his
shoulders
as
well
the
CAC
and
the
work
that
they
do
every
single
day.
Thank
you
for
your
advocacy
and
I'll
just
say
you
know:
I
live
in
Mattapan
with
my
beautiful
son,
Alexander
who's
over
there
somewhere
and
my
husband,
and
we
love
Matapan,
and
we
see
this
community
as
a
rich,
vibrant
community.
We
often
don't
get
the
media
covering
the
great
vibrant
awesome
things
that
are
happening
in
this
neighborhood.
G
So
thank
the
me
for
being
here
and
covering
this,
because
this
is
a
big
deal
and
and
and
quickly
a
cheek,
Dylan
and
I
were
talking
about
well.
This
is
great.
We
have
more
work
to
do
for
other
parts
of
Mattapan
and
other
parts
of
Dorchester
as
well
to
make
sure
that
folks
have
access
to
housing,
access
to
homeownership
opportunities,
access
to
wealth
and
building
wealth,
and
this
is
also
reminding
me
that
we
have
to
do
more
work
when
it
comes
to
our
housing
authorities
and
shifting
folks
out
of
those
spaces
into
places
like
this.
G
A
Well,
thank
you.
Rep
Holmes
I
know
that
every
time
secretary
ash
knows
you're
on
the
phone.
He
knows
you're
asking
for
monies.
Are
you
Disney
I
know
you
need?
We
got
to
get
them
47
units
none
into
the
end,
so
we're
gonna
the
hundred
units
it's
going
to
be
in
August,
the
47
units
and
another
40
homeownership
will
be
next
March.
A
As
you
know,
it's
taking
40
years
to
resurrect
Boston,
State
Hospital
site
and
we're
close
to
the
finish
line.
Let's
get
there
Rep
Holmes,
you
are
an
all-star
and
I'll.
Follow
you
to
wherever
you
tell
me.
I
I
will
tell
you
that
Reverend
Wright
with
wishes
that
he
was
here.
He
has
been
a
true
leader
and
supporter
of
this
project,
a.