The closure follows other shutdowns in Mattapan, Hyde Park and a separate Roxbury location. The trend is raising concerns that Boston's communities of color are losing important access to health care.
Officials in Governor Maura Healey's administration said late Monday that the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex will begin serving as a temporary overflow shelter for families starting on Wednesday, with space to hold up to 400 people.
A Walgreens location in Roxbury will remain open until the end of the month, a small victory for an ongoing community-led movement to stop store closures in Boston’s communities of color.
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