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From YouTube: City Contracting Opportunity Fair Kick Off
Description
Mayor Walsh opens the City Contracting Opportunity Fair at the Bruce C. Bolling Building in Roxbury. This event marks the kick off celebration for the cities new Economic Development Center, designed to engage with residents on economic development policy around job growth, business development, place making and community economic development.
A
A
A
A
B
A
Amazing
prosperity
that
our
city
has
we're
in
a
construction
boom
we're
in
an
economic
boom,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
in
every
neighborhood
has
access
to
that.
Today.
We
have
an
opportunity,
Fair,
we're
so
thankful
to
all
the
departments
that
are
here.
Sharing
current
contracting
opportunities.
A
I've
already
heard
a
lot
of
great
connections
being
made
by
businesses
that
are
here
today
in
our
city
Department
and
we're
also
joined
by
the
state
supplier
diversity
office
over
here,
who
also
have
their
own
opportunities
to
share
with
you,
and
we
have
a
partnership
with
a
state
where,
if
you
get
certified
with
us,
you're
also
certified
with
the
state
and
vice
versa.
So
that's
a
really
great
partnership
that
just
became
official
this
week.
A
So
we
want
to
really
celebrate
that
we're
all
working
together
to
make
sure
we
get
you
opportunities
in
your
own
City,
we're
also
joined
by
chief
barrows.
Today,
the
chief
of
Economic
Development
who's
been
a
champion
of
equity
and
inclusion
and
economic
development
for
all,
and
really
this
is
this-
is
his
vision
coming
to
life
and
we're
by
the
mayor
who
has
made
racial
and
economic
equity.
A
A
centerpiece
of
his
administration
from
having
the
first
diversity
office
in
the
city
to
last
week
signing
an
executive
order
for
racial
equity
and
ensuring
that
our
city
departments
are
serving
everyone
in
an
equitable
manner
to
the
creation
of
this
equity
and
inclusion
unit,
with
an
economic
development.
We're
really
at
every
level
partnering
to
make
sure
that
Boston
begins
a
new
chapter
and
that
we
can
partner
with
community
to
make
sure
that
everyone
has
access
to
all
the
greatness.
That
Boston
has
to
offer.
So
without
further
ado,
I'd
like
to
introduce
the
mayor.
B
Thank
you
very
much
sillier,
and
thank
you.
How
about
another
round
of
applause
she's
done
an
amazing
job.
Putting
this
together
today
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
also
want
to
thank
John
barrows
and
his
incredible
team
at
economic
development
who
have
been
working
on
a
whole
bunch
of
different
fronts
here
in
the
city
over
the
last
five
years
in
that
office
has
grown
and
as
that
officers
grown,
we're
trying
to
grow
opportunity
and
expand
opportunities
for
everybody.
B
That's
here,
I
also
want
to
thank
congratulate
jazz,
our
being,
which
is
gonna,
be
opening
here
at
the
bolan
building,
pretty
soon
a
brand
new
jazz
restaurant,
it's
gonna
be
exciting.
We're
gonna
have
here
I
want
to
thank
everyone
from
the
from
the
Economic
Development
Center.
Let
me
just
try
and
sum
this
up
for
you.
Boston
is
right
now,
a
city
that
has
incredible
growth
going
into
it.
In
the
last
five
years,
we've
approved
56
million
square
feet
of
new
development
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
B
We've
gone
through
economic
up
and
down
trends,
and
since
our
history
of
the
city
began
what
we've
realized
now
we're
probably
one
of
the
largest
growth
spurts
in
the
city's
history
right
now
in
Boston
and
what
we're
realizing
and
what
we
realize
for
the
last
bunch
of
years
here
is
that
the
growth
and
all
of
the
opportunity
isn't
being
spread
equally
across
the
city.
There's
there's
people
there's
companies
is
individuals
being
left
out
of
this
opportunity.
The
difference
now
is
the
neighborhood
zambian
left
opportunity.
B
Good
people
want
to
build
here
and
what
we're
doing
with
this
office,
what
we've
done
in
the
administration,
the
last
five
is,
is
try
to
create,
build
up
a
foundation
to
create
opportunities
for
folks
and
when
I
say
that
if
you're
an
individual
and
you
want
to
get
in
the
building
trades,
we
have
programs
to
do
that.
But
if
you're
a
company,
a
subcontractor
there's,
sometimes
it's
really
difficult
to
figure
out.
How
do
you
get
access,
not
just
the
public
jobs
but
the
private
jobs?
How
do
you
what's
gonna
do
HVAC?
B
Well,
you
do
electrician
on
your
plumber
or
you're,
just
general
construction.
How
do
you
get
access
you
own,
a
company?
How
do
you
get
access
to
those
job
and
this
office
is
about
that
this
office
is
about
working
collectively
to
help
people
to
get
there
now
you
might
not
be
big
enough
to
work
on
a
big
project,
but
you're
big
enough.
B
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
opportunities
I
just
want
to
wee
one
of
the
businesses
that
I
hear
there
is
it's
hilly
at
Baker
who
owns
HP,
plumbing
and
heating,
that
their
company
attended
our
pilot
program
last
year
and
came
here
probably
with
no
expectation
saying
I'm
gonna
go,
but
no
one's
gonna
help
me
and
now
that
company
is
working
with
a
contractor
in
our
public
public
works
department.
And
what
happens
is
you
get
a
couple
contracts
and
you
build
up
towards
build
your
capacity
up
towards
getting
bigger
jobs?
B
I
want
to
thank
City,
Council,
Kim
Jane
who's
here
with
us,
because
when
Kim
ran,
when
Kim
ran
for
City,
Councilor
I'd
see
her
own
Ark
indoors,
and
before
that
we
talked
and
Pearl
every
time
you
talk
to
Kim.
It's
still
today,
it's
about
opportunity.
It's
about
building
equity,
it's
about
creating
chances.
B
I'm,
not
standing
here
today,
offering
false
hope.
I'm
standing
here
today
we're
working
towards
making
sure
that
people
have
opportunities.
That's
what
today
is
all
about,
as
we
continue
in
this
incredible
economic
cycle
that
we're
in.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
there's
an
ability
for
companies
to
be
take
advantage
of
some
of
this.
Some
people
have,
and
some
people
haven't-
and
that's
really
what
today
is
all
about
it's
about
creating
pathways.
You
hear
a
lot
about
gentrification
and
Roxbury.
The
way
to
solve
gentrification
in
Roxbury
is
by
building
wealth.
What
does
that
mean?
B
That
means
by
getting
plumbing
a
job
or
having
somebody
who,
as
a
company,
the
opportunity
can
see
contracts
or
private
contracts
and
build
towards
that?
That's
how
we're
gonna
save
our
neighborhood,
we're
not
gonna,
save
it
by
not
building
we're,
not
gonna,
save
it
by
by
all
that,
wouldn't
save
it.
By
giving
people
in
the
neighborhood
opportunity,
buy
the
home
someday.
B
Well,
pay
rent
someday
I'll
be
able
to
do
that
stuff.
Those
are
the
things
that
we
have
to
continue
to
do.
We
want
to
empower
residents
and
businesses
and
people
to
grow
what
they
have
ask
questions,
there's
a
lot
of
people
in
this
room
that
have
answers
to
or
have
ideas
on
how
you
do
that.
These
are
the
companies
that
started
in
town
some
of
them
started
because
their
father
started
the
company
in
the
30s
and
40s
and
50s,
and
they
built
it
up
and
build
it
up
and
build
it
up.
B
Unfortunately,
I
don't
know
what
many
of
us
in
this
room
that
had
a
father
don't
know
coach
Roger
company,
because
mine
didn't
mine,
was
a
laborer
he's
a
laborer
from
Ireland.
He
got
dirty
every
single
day
and
what
he
did
was
he
allowed
me
the
foundation
to
be
able
to
get
an
education
and
then
I
got
you
know
the
rest.
Is
history
whatever
happened,
but
that's
not
the
point.
B
The
point
is
that
we
didn't
I
didn't
have
that
off,
but
I
didn't
have
that
him,
helping
me
how
to
become
a
millionaire,
because
he
didn't
quite
honestly
wasn't
a
millionaire
and
had
no
desire
to
be
a
man
and
he
his
desire,
was
to
pay
his
mortgage
put
food
on
the
table
closing
out
back
and
make
sure
that
we
get
an
education,
so
I
don't
follow
him
into
the
building
tricks
this.
What
do
you
want?
He
didn't
want
me
to
be
a
laborer.
He
wanted
me
to
get
going.
B
The
office
I
end
up
being
a
laborer
I
had
to
learn,
but
that
helped
me
in
my
life,
but
we
have
to
create
opportunities
for
people,
those
companies
that
we
talk
about
the
GES
and
the
Amazons
and
all
those
folks
that
the
big
companies
we
see
they
all
work
with
each
other
to
make
sure
that
they
help
continue
to
build
what
they
have.
The
people
here
today
are
your
foundation
they're
the
beginning.
B
You
know
many
of
you
already
started,
but
talk
to
these
people
around
here
as
I
look
out
the
window,
I
see
Walgreens
and
then
I
see
expressions
and
in
between
I
see
one
two
three
four
empty
storefronts
a
year
from
today
with
this
office,
we
want
those
storefronts
to
be
filled.
We
want
this
corner,
this
W
Square
to
be
moving
I
can't
do
it
Kim
Janey
can't
do
it.
B
It's
gonna,
take
all
of
us
working
together
to
help
create
those
opportunities,
and
that's
why
we
here
today
we
created
this
office.
This
office
came
out
of
John
Shaw
Salinas
running
it,
because
we
understood
that
when
we
were
meeting
with
people,
you
know
it
was
companies
from
all
over.
The
country
want
to
move
their
businesses
to
Boston
I
got
500
employees,
I
got
thousand
employees
I'm
a
startup
and
I
got
five
million
dollar
investment
money
and
they
kept
coming
in
one
after
another
after
another
after
another
after
another,
and
that
was
great
great
for
Boston.
B
Don't
expect
it's
not
gonna,
be
something
no
one's
gonna
hand,
you
a
set
of
keys
and
say
to
you
yeah.
This
is
this:
is
your
path
with
a
million
dollars.
It
takes
a
lot
of
hard
work,
but
we
want
to
do
is
make
sure
that
the
city
in
the
state
and
anyone
we
need
to
is
going
to
assist
you
in
getting
there
and
help
you
on
that
path.
So
take
advantage
of
this.
This
is
not
a
one-time
meeting.
B
This
is
an
office
now
in
the
city
of
Boston,
in
economic
development,
whose
sole
role
and
function
is
to
make
sure
that
we
help
people
get
access
to
opportunity.
We
will
do
everything
we
can
in
the
city
side,
but
it's
not
just
about
city
contracts,
it's
about
getting
the
chance
to
work,
maybe
in
the
city
contract
and
then
gwang-hee
your
own
contract
in
the
private
sector
and
build
up
the
opportunity
to
be
successful.
So
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who
came
today.
B
I
want
to
thank
more
importantly,
the
people
that
are
here
today
thank
the
city,
people
in
the
state.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do
appreciate
it,
but
the
people
that
came
today
they're
curious
about.
What's
going
on.
We
have
great
organization
at
Madison
Park
in
the
room
today.
Madison
Park
is
does
buildings
in
this
construction
and
design,
and
they
would
like
to
see
subcontractors
from
the
community
work
on
their
projects,
but
sometimes
their
projects
are
too
big
for
somebody
which
is
the
pickup
truck
and
a
wheelbarrow.
B
They
need
somebody
a
little
more
ability
to
be
able
to
do
something
so
we're
gonna
help
you
create
opportunities
and
create
connections
to
you
and
if
you
have
any
questions
on
any
of
this
stuff
talk
to
somebody
talk
to
them,
follow
up
with
them.
Let
them
know
exactly
what
is
your
do
if
you're
in
here
today,
with
an
idea
that
someday
you
want
to
do
X
whatever?
That
is
talk
to
our
team,
so
you
understand
that.
How
does
it
work
as
you
look
around
you'll
see,
you
know
procurement.
B
What
does
that
mean
be
quite
on
should
I
no
idea
what
the
Sherman
meant
until
I
was
the
state
rep
about
ten
years
and
I
learned
about
it,
so
they
had
a
chance
to
talk
about
it,
police
opportunities
in
the
policing.
We
have
cadet
program
in
the
fire
opportunities
in
the
fire
department.
If
we
have
veterans
that
are
here,
talk
about
that
and
talk
about
how
do
you?
How
do
you
work
on
that
and
on
the
fight
upon
by
the
way?
It's
not
just
firefighting.
B
We
have
a
whole
bunch
of
employees,
then
on
firefight.
Is
it
a
part
of
the
fire
department,
so
when
you
think
about
that,
don't
think
why
keen
on
a
fight
about
it?
Well,
maybe
you
can't
on
the
fire
department,
but
maybe
you
can
go
working
in
the
in
the
fire
alarm
in
the
maintenance
department
inside
fire
headquarters,
there's
all
kinds
of
jobs
there,
besides
the
fire
department
in
our
schools.
B
What
is
your
passion?
Maybe
there's
young
people
here
that
are
working
towards
getting
their
GED
and
they
might
want
to
be
a
teacher
someday
and
they
have
an
opportunity
to
go
talk
to
schools
about.
What's
the
pathway
to
becoming
a
teacher,
what's
the
pathway
to
becoming
a
counselor
keep
looking
around
the
room
planning
a
development
agency?
What
does
that
mean?
What
what's
take
advantage
of
these
different
amount?
We
have
every
department,
your
libraries
there's
jobs,
that
libraries
there's
jobs
of
parks,
there's
jobs,
that
public
works
as
jobs.
B
The
public
utilities
is
women's
advancement
is
public
health
commission.
We
have
so
much
going
on.
It's
not
just
what
you
think
the
mission
is
ask
questions
about
it
because
you
don't
know:
what's
there
talk
to
these
folks
that
are
here
today,
they
want
to
help
and
that's
gonna
end
by
again.
Just
thank
you
for
being
here.
We
are
focused
throughout
the
whole
city.
We
have
people
that
work
for
the
city
and
their
job
is
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
development
going
on
in
areas
and
building
more
housing
and
doing
all
that
stuff.
B
But
we
also
have
people
working
in
an
opportunity
like
this
today
to
create
chances
and
opportunities.
Somebody.
This
has
never
happened
like
this
before
it's
happened
and
they
said
just
remember.
This
we've
had
job
fairs
before
we've
had
meetings
that
have
talked
about
opportunities
to
get
into
places
before,
but
we've
never
had
such
a
subdivision
of
a
department.
That's
working
on
this
all
the
time.
This
is
the
first
time
that
really
focusing
going
lays
it
down
on
it.
Do
we
want
to
see
positive
outcomes?
B
We
want
to
see
opportunity
50%
of
the
city
of
people
color,
50%
of
the
city
of
white
people.
When
you
go
to
the
white
side,
it's
broken
up
by
a
whole
bunch
of
different
people
from
over
there
in
places
when
you
know
the
people
of
color
sign
spoken
up
by
the
whole
bunch
of
people
for
the
whole
bunch
in
places.
So
when
you
think
about
Bronson,
we
should
be
one
Boston
and
we
all
want
Boston,
but
sometimes
we
think
it
we
get
separated,
but
we
have
to.
We
have
to
fight
to
work
every
single
day.
B
B
B
B
You're
right,
so
one
of
the
things
that
we've
done
from
the
end
of
September
to
today
has
worked
with
the
businesses.
We've
had
more
of
a
presence
out
here
in
the
streets
without
police,
you've
seen
them
out
there
we're
doing
more
investments
in
making
sure
were
cleaning
our
streets
today.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
right
now
we're
going
around
the
neighborhood
and
we're
ticketing
business,
not
business
owners
with
particular
building
owners
who
are
letting
their
businesses
fall
into
disrepair.
B
So
today,
there's
gonna
be
a
bunch
of
owners,
a
bit
of
buildings
that
are
gonna,
be
really
mad
at
me,
which
I
don't
care
about,
and
I
talked
to
my
office
on
my
way
over
here
they
held
off
on
ticketing,
business
or
not
business
owners
on
on
buildings.
The
building
owners
they
held
off.
I
said
no,
no
go
ticket
well
I'm
here,
because
if
they
have
a
problem
with
that
moment,
tell
me
that
they
have
a
problem.
B
We
tickle
them
because
the
awnings
falling
down
in
the
in
the
green
thing
over
their
doors
about
to
fall
off
and
the
signs
about
the
fall
of
the
building
and
it
looks
like
it
looks
like
it
looks
like
that.
You
know
they
might
be
living
somewhere
else,
and
this
is
not
what
their
backyard
looks
like
I
can
guarantee
it
over
the
front
of
their
store,
so
we're
up
there
today,
working
us
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
work
on
task
force
all
year,
long
I
also
just
just
so.
You
know.
B
If
there's
people
out
there,
listen
the
guys
at
hang
and
the
people
are
hanging
on
the
street.
There
aren't
friends,
there
are
family,
there
are
brothers,
there
are
sisters,
there
are
cousins.
You
know
we
also
have
programs,
so
we
can
help
them
get
into
program.
So
if
we
know
people
on
the
street
that
are
hanging
out
drinking
out
of
a
brown
bag
or
out
there,
you
know
we
we
twist
we
send
in
counselors
to
talk
to
them.
B
B
If
you
know
people
that
are
willing
to
go
into
treatment
for
drugs
and
alcohol,
let's
try
and
help
them,
because
it
is
the
disease
and
none
of
them
woke
up
deciding
when
they
were
little
boys
that
the
girls
they
wanted
to
hang
in
front
of
the
bank
and
drink
out
of
a
brown
paper
bag,
it's
disease
of
progression,
so
we
have
to
work
to
make
work
with
them
to
try
and
get
them
off
the
corner.
So
some
of
that
has
to
be
helped
with
us
too.
B
The
cops
can
push
him
and
pull
them
and
move
them,
and
this
man
that's
fine.
The
problem
goes
away
in
the
square
for
five
minutes,
but
the
problem
goes
to
Ponk
and
the
problem
goes
to
the
alley
and
the
problem
goes
down
to
orchard
gardens.
The
problem
goes
into
all
the
schools:
don't
we
get
the
calls
we
got
to
do
more
than
just
push
them
from
one
corner,
the
other.
Yes,.
B
Yep,
the
question
is:
if
you
didn't
hear
about
affordable
housing,
the
city
of
Boston,
even
though
a
lot
of
people
it's
hard
because
there's
so
much
need
for
housing,
we're
probably
the
most
aggressive
city
in
the
country
when
it
comes
to
building
affordable
housing
in
the
last
five
years
would
build
more
affordable
housing
in
the
last
five
years
than
any
other
period.
In
the
entry
of
our
city.
There's
proposals
all
over
the
place
that
we
want
to
build
housing.
My
one
of
my
suggestions
is
you
go
to
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
Agency
table.
B
They
should
have
a
list
of
housing
proposals
that
are
under
in
the
dark
upper
being
built,
we're
working
with
organizations
like
Madison
Park,
we're
working
with
organizations
in
housing
organization.
We
have
we
put
out
or
pieces
of
city-owned
property
out
to
bid
and
we're
getting
back
feedback
on
that
and
on
those
four
pieces
they're
in
this
area.
Hopefully
a
component
that
will
be
affordable,
housing.
It's
a
comp,
it's
really
hard
because
we
were
building
it
as
much
as
we
can.
The
city's
made
a
major
investment
in
housing.
The
state
has
made
some
investments
last
year.
B
They
did
some
great
stuff
with,
with,
with
the
bond
bill,
we'll
get
some
money
from
them,
so
we
just
got
to
continue
to
build
more
housing.
I
mean
the
need
is
faster
than
the
need
for
housing
is
growing
faster
than
the
factors
we
can
build
it
now.
What
happens
is
people
are
coming
in
and
real
estate
people
come
in
in
their
buying
homes,
they're
buying
them
in
Roxbury?
B
That's
why
I
said
before
when
I
started
didn't
think
about
this
ten
years
ago,
nobody
was
building
anything
in
Roxbury,
Dorchester,
High,
Park
Mattapan,
ten
years
later,
people
buying
property
in
Roxbury
door,
chime
a
tap
in
and
they're
buying,
because
they
see
something
special
that
the
neighbor
saw
here
for
years
and
there's
not
to
buy
it.
So
we
have
to
build
more
housing
and
we're
building
a
lot.
We
have
to
build
more.
We
have
to
continue
to
build
housing
and
one
other
thing.
Well,
I
have
an
audience.
B
We
also
need
support
and
enable
the
groups,
because
sometimes
you
come
in
with
a
proposal
for
housing.
If
you
know
I,
don't
want
that,
my
bad
god
it
has
to
go
somewhere.
So
it
seems
like
you
either
take
it
in
your
backyard
or
we
don't
have
it.
We
all
that
so
I
need
help
from
the
community
on
that
one
I
hear
it
every
day.
You
know
we
want
more
housing
and
okay,
we're
gonna,
put
a
50
unit.
Housing
built
building
on
you
know,
does
it's
too
big?
B
B
We
have
a
couple
committees
here
in
Roxbury
that
are
Pro
moving
some
development
and
we
have
some
some
folks
that
just
don't
want
to
build
anything
you
have
to
build,
but
we
have
to
try
and
build
where
we're,
not
gentrifying,
and
it's
it's
a
complicated,
it's
a
very
tricky
way
and
if
we
figure
it
out
we'll
be
with
one
of
the
first
cities
in
the
world
to
figure
this
out
in
the
world,
because
it's
happening
all
over
the
place,
but
we
need
to
be
able
to
build
and
we
need
support
on
that.
Yes,.
B
I
hate
to
do
this.
Mental
health
services
are
at
the
state
and
I,
don't
like
I'm,
not
deflecting,
but
the
Mental
Health
Service
at
the
stake.
We
have
services
in
the
city,
but
we
don't
provide.
We
don't
provide
mental
health
services,
those
those
are
provided
by
the
department.
Mental
health
of
the
state
then
have
facilities
that
are
around
the
state.
We
do
talk
to
the
state
and
partner
with
the
state.
B
We
do
have
counseling
trying
to
identify
folks
that
that
have
mental
health
and
substance
and
try
and
get
them
into
programming,
but
a
lot
of
those
programs
that
infrastructure
at
the
state
the
city
doesn't
do
that.
We
do
individual
homelessness.
We
that's
us.
So
if
you
see
an
individual
person,
homelessness
treat
that's.
We
do
that
job,
that's
our
job!
That's
our
responsibility.
They
try
and
get
them
off
the
street,
get
them
into
permanent
housing.
It's
been
in
launcher
housing.
If
we
have
a
family,
that's
homeless,
we
work
with
the
state.
B
The
state
has
the
Family
Shelter
system,
we
work
with
the
state
and
try
and
get
people
into
programming,
but
when
it
comes
to
mental
health,
it
really
is
the
state
and
what
we
have
to
do
is
just
you
can.
Let
us
know:
Public
Health,
us
here,
probably
Co
Commission.
Do
you
go
to
them?
You
talk
to
them
on
situation,
you're,
seeing
we
will
contact
the
state,
but
it's
it.
That's
a
state
run
process.
We
have
no
jurisdiction
oversight,
funding
ability
any
of
that
over
that
stuff.
B
B
B
B
Then
the
shutdown
happened
we
haven't,
announced
it
yet
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
announce
it
soon.
We'll
look,
we're
gonna
have
significant
section.
8
vouchers
will
be
falling
when
you
think
of
the
super
affordable
housing.
When
you
think
about
like
public
housing
that
money
used
to
come
from
the
federal
government,
we
still
get
some
money
from
the
federal
government,
but
we're
not
getting
anywhere
near
what
we
need
to
get
to
keep
up
with
the
supply.
B
I
think
I'll
waiting
lists,
I
know
if
the
housing
is
already
is
here,
I
think
our
waiting
list
for
public
housing
is
40,000
new
people
now
they're
from
all
over.
We
can't
get
preference
to
Boston
residents,
it's
just
against
the
law,
it's
against
the
federal
law,
but
but
but
we
need
that.
We
need
a
federal
housing
policy
to
make
investments
back
in
the
community.
B
We're
working
on
that
I
went
down
to
Washington
I
was
down
there.
Two
weeks
ago,
I
sat
down
with
congressman
Jim
McGovern
from
Worcester
who's
on
the
Appropriations
Committee
I
sat
down
with
which
he
nails
off
as
these
ways
and
means
he's.
In
Worcester,
two
powerful
people
I
met
with
Ayana
on
her
office
about
making
sure
that
we
can
get
some
knocks
back
on
the
budget,
so
we
can
get
some
some
targeted
investments
in
our
community,
but
most
of
that
housing
issue
until
the
federal
government
takes
it
serious.
B
That's
why
that's
what
it
seems
like
what
kind
of
we're
falling
behind
here,
because
we
don't
have
a
partner
there,
so
we
can
weaken.
If
we
had
a
federal
partner,
we
would
be
building
probably
table
amount
of
housing
and
renovating
w
minor
renovations
that
we're
doing
in
the
city
right
now,
and
it's
not
just
the
Boston
problem.
This
meeting
we
have,
we
could
close
our
eyes
open
our
eyes
and
be
in
Atlanta
and
have
the
same
conversation.
We
could
go
to
New
York
and
have
the
same
conversation.
B
We
go
to
San
Francisco
Seattle
Miami,
wherever
we
could
have
died
out,
Dallas
the
same
exact
conversation
the
mayor's
have
with
all
with
people
from
their
communities.
It's
the
same
issue
and
again
I
think
that
when
you're
talking
to
elected
officials,
when
you're
talking
to
look
at
officials,
including
the
man,
talk
about
opportunity
and
inclusion,
talk
about
access
to
housing
talk
about
access
to
job.
Every
time
you
see
somebody
your
friend
me,
whoever
it
is
Kim
you
say
to
us:
where
is
it?
B
We
need
inclusion,
an
opportunity,
we
need
jobs,
we
need
housing,
we
so
the
more
we
hear
this
and
the
more
people
hear
this
the
more
it
helps
us.
We
have
some
good
legislation
at
the
Statehouse
that
helps
with
displacement
fully
fund
the
CPA,
making
sure
that,
if
you're
75
years
old,
you
can't
be
evicted
from
your
home.
If
somebody
comes
in
and
buys,
we
have
all
these
bills
at
the
Statehouse.
B
We
all
support
them,
but
we
need
to
legislate
you
to
know
these
bills
are
important
because
if
they
don't
support
these
bills-
and
we
start
seeing
women
and
men
that
have
75
years
old
being
kicked
out.
Well,
what
chance
do
they
have
at
least
you'd
be
a
younger?
You
can
find
a
couch
to
sleep
on,
but
we
get
we
a
75,
there's
no
couch,
so
we
have
to
figure
all
that
stuff
out.
B
So
I
would
just
keep
talking
about
that
and,
as
far
as
the
contract
stuff
go
over
to
procurement
talk
to
them
about
about
how
do
you
access
those
contracts
you
might?
They
might
tell
you?
Well,
you
can't
access
them
now,
but
you
got
to
do
this
this
this
and
they'll
help
OC.
You
know
so
just
stay
connected,
so
I'm
getting
pulled
because
I
think
I
spoke
too
long.
I
just
want
to
thank
I
want
to
thank
Selina
for
her
great
work.
I
want
to
thank
John
barrows,
he's
incredible
work.
B
John
comes
from
the
neighborhood
he's
right
up
Dudley.
If
you
go
further
up
the
UPS
tote
and
I'm
from
the
Kim's
from
down
the
street
Kim's
doing
an
incredible
job.
This
today
is
not
a
political
day.
Today
is
about
creating
opportunity
and
access.
That's
what
today's
about?
No,
it
really
shouldn't
be
actually
aiming
in
speech.
It
should
be
it's
about
about.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
people
that
come
in
here
that
are
saying
they're
not
gonna,
do
anything
for
me?
Leave
here
with
mom
might
be
okay
and
come
back
again
say
wow.
A
Thank
you
everyone,
and,
on
the
note
of
that
last
question,
we
have
a
panel
starting
at
11
a.m.
here.
Will
your
well
you'll
hear
about
best
practices
from
our
city
departments
and
ok
and
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
is
here
for
your
housing
questions
they're
over
there
near
the
beginning
of
the
exhibit
Donald's
right
there
put
his
hand
up,
so
we
have
a
panel
starting
at
11:00,
where
we'll
hear
best
practices
from
a
business
that
was
successful
along
with
Department.
They
can
tell
you
what
works.