The Boston Landmarks Commission has voted to make a Mattapan quarry a pending landmark in the city of Boston. The quarry is the source of an ancient volcanic stone prized for its banded maroon color and ideal qualities for making stone tools.
Boston and its neighborhoods are historic for certain, but rarely does the city have an opportunity to place landmark status on a site dating back before the Egyptian pyramids or England’s Stonehenge. That is exactly what is being considered right now at the Boston Landmarks Commission for the Massachusetts Tribe’s Mattapan Rhyolite Quarry – a curious site in a busy urban
Mayor Kim Janey today announced a new $5 million Emergency Foreclosure Prevention Fund is now open for eligible residents to apply for funding. The Fund is aimed at helping Boston homeowners who are at high risk of foreclosure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including job loss, reduced income, or needed unpaid time off due to health issues related to the pandemic.
Mayor Kim Janey today joined Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) and residents for the grand opening of the Call Carolina homeownership project. The more than $3.8 million transit-oriented homeownership development created eight new mixed-income homes in Jamaica Plain. The development of the new homes is part of the City of Boston’s Neighborhood Housing Initiative.