The Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) welcomed Boston Globe columnist and editor Jeneé Osterheldt to its April meeting to talk on the theme of building resilience and community in Mattapan. Osterheldt, a senior assistant managing editor for culture, talent, and development, appeared at the online meeting to detail her work in the Globe series of columns entitled ‘A
Tania Fernandes Anderson, who chairs the City Council’s Ways & Means Committee, told members of the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) early this month that the city bureaucracy moves too slowly in distributing funds and the Main Streets model does not work in Black and Brown communities. She suggested that some other type of program replace the model in communities
A California-based developer ran aground last week in proposing a 48-unit affordable housing apartment project off Blue Hill Avenue as community members stridently pushed back on the plan as they have on at least three others for the property over the last four years. The site at 1471 Blue Hill Ave. sits on a steep incline at the convergence of the avenue with Woodhaven and
The Mattapan Square Main Streets has been revived with new leadership that is going to canvass the community to re-imagine and re-brand the area for businesses and residents. With Black Fridays and Small Business Saturdays in mind, many have dreams that one day the business corridor in Mattapan Square will be teeming with shoppers and holiday cheer, and officials at Main
Hundreds gathered at Walker Playground, also called Norfolk Park, in Mattapan on Thursday, June 30, to celebrate the official opening of the complete renovation of the park and the basketball courts. The renovations have been in the works and on the drawing board since 2018, but the official end of construction was celebrated Thursday during Mayor Michelle Wu’s Mattapan Coffee