Our neighborhoods in 2000, a geography of inequality: Transit use - PDF document

11/8/2013 The Fairmount Corridor Goals: Urban Villages 1. Transit equity 2. TOD mixed housing 3. Jobs & business 4. Green corridor A Sustainable Communities Presentation November 7, 2013 1 Our neighborhoods in 2000, a geography of inequality: • Transit use is 4x regional average, commutes 1hr 15 min. • 90,000 people live within walking distance of line • Median income, $31,300, approx. $17k < state average • 2008-2009, 65-70% foreclosures in Boston were in this area • Runs through the heart of the Mayor’s “Circle of Promise” • HUD Choice & Promise areas. 2 1

11/8/2013 The Vision: Green Transit-Oriented Development Strong, vibrant, diverse 21 st century communities along the corridor. Five Goals: • Strong civic engagement • Transit equity • Mixed-income housing • Living wage jobs • Active green/open spaces 3 2000- Four Corners Action Coalition wins commits for 2 stations 2004- CDCs join; organize along entire corridor= 2 more stations. 20055- FTA Commits $37.5M, State DOT & MBTA commit $135M for 4 new stations, bridges, repairs. 4 2

11/8/2013 Fairmount Organizational Chart Extending the reach to deliver the vision COLLABORATING CDCS • Dorchester Bay EDC • Codman Square NDC • Mattapan CDC • Southwest Boston CDC Fairmount Collaborative: Collaborating CDCs + Real estate • Greater Four Corners development Collaborating CDCs + Action Coalition focus • Greater Four Corners • Project RIGHT (Rebuild Action Coalition and Improve Grove Hall Fairmount • Project RIGHT (Rebuild Together) Greenway and Improve Grove Hall Fairmount • Dudley Street Task Force: Together) Coalition: Neighborhood Initiative Open space • Dudley Street Transit equity • Quincy Geneva Housing and Neighborhood Initiative focus Corporation recreation • Quincy Geneva • Boston Natural Areas focus Housing Corporation Network • Conservation Law • 02136-All Things Hyde Foundation Park BRA Fairmount/Indigo Fairmount/Indigo Fairmount/Indigo Fairmount/Indigo Corridor Progress CDC Greenway Transit Coalition Planning from 2000--2013: 2000 Collaborative Task Force Initiative 2012 2004 2008 • July 17, 2013- 3 stations open at Newmarket, Four Corners, & Talbot; Blue Hill in design. • July 1, 2013- $2 fares to Hyde Park, shorter commutes, and improved access to jobs. • URBAN VILLAGES emerging along the line, • HOUSING: 1,049 housing unit pipeline; 564 units, completed/in construction; 265 units/ pre-development (829 units total). 30 foreclosed properties (79 units), rehabbed and sold. • 8 commercial or mixed use projects , 91,940 sf completed or in development . 40,000 sf retail • Green food hubs: Food Production Small Business Center employing 150 people; Dot. Community Food Coop for Bowdoin Street Business District. • A lush Fairmount Greenway Plan -- open space, bike/walking paths, 6 priority sites & 2 pilot pathways • 2012, the Boston Redevelopment Authority launched “Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative” for TOD priorities; corridor-wide economic development strategies. 4 Working area groups; 2 community wide forums; over 400 involved thus far. 6 3

11/8/2013 July 2013-Four Corners Opening, $2 fares for Fairmount! Gov. Patrick, Mayor Menino, Boston Foundation-$10M Fairmount comm. development 7 2013: Ribbon cutting for Newmarket Station, light industrial “bookend” Newmarket Business District, 13,000 food & light industrial jobs South Bay Center 2,000 retail jobs 8 4

11/8/2013 Fairmount/Indigo CDC Collaborative current/completed efforts TOD - Housing CODMAN SQUARE NDC:  Completed 31-unit Lithgow Residential  Completed Levedo 24 unit mixed use  Completing 157 Washington (AB& W) funded; 24 unit mixed use  City funding commitments for the 54-unit Phase I Washington/ Codman Apartments  4 foreclosed properties; 10 in pipeline DORCHESTER BAY EDC  Completed 50-unit mixed use Dudley Village  Completed 13 unit Uphams West- mixed use rental, 4 homeless  Construction 129 units Quincy Heights HUD CHOICE DUDLEY VILLAGE BEFORE Award winner. $56M project  20 foreclosed properties rehabbed, resold, 57 units. SOUTHWEST BOSTON CDC  Joint venture with Tallon Development on a new mixed-use project at Nott St.  2 foreclosed properties resold (6 units) …AND AFTER 9 DB Dudley Village & Uphams West today: 7 mixed use buildings, 63 units, 6 retail 10 5

11/8/2013 Codman Square NDC’s 157 Washington St. Four Corners Stop; 24 coop units, 2 retail-- Dorchester Arts Collaborative (DB SB loan) 11 CDC Collaborative – current, future efforts TOD - Commercial CODMAN SQUARE NDC:  Tax credits awarded for 24-unit mixed use Levedo Motors project (Talbot Avenue station)  Mixed use at 157Washington St.  Future Talbot Commons - 30,000 sf commercial SOUTHWEST BOSTON CDC  5,000 sf commercial in 16 unit mixed use  Riverside Theatre Works to bid & redevelop the 259 Q Lewis Chemical property at Fairmount Station DORCHESTER BAY EDC  Sustainable artisan Collaborative at 259 Quincy St.  Pearl Meats – 196-214 Quincy St – (owned); commercial multi-business food production center.  195 Bowdoin- Dorchester Community Food Coop  $6.9M in 120 small business loans = 750 JOBS Pearl Meats before 12 6

11/8/2013 Project of Nuestra DBEDC Dorchester Bay EDC Dorchester Bay EDC & Quincy Geneva CDC 13 HUD Choice $20.5M award 2012 to Quincy Heights & Quincy Corridor, one of five U.S. HUD Choice Neighborhoods grants, to the City of Boston, DBEDC, Project RIGHT, DSNI. $12.5M for construction, $3M for resident services, and $3M for “critical community improvements” like the Pearl job center. Then senator Kerry HUD Secretary Shawn Donovan with long awaiting residents 14 7

11/8/2013 Quincy Heights Apartments, 129 units, 80 rehab, 49 new construction. 15 Before demolition spring 2013 16 8

11/8/2013 Quincy St. after demolition, site prep 17 Bornstein & Pearl Small Business Food Production Center (probably the Pearl Center): • $788K award from Federal OCS; • $1.5M State of MA • $2.7M LISC/PNC Bank New Markets Tax Credits • $2.7M City of Boston HUD 108 loan • $2.3M Boston Community Capital acquisition, predevelopment, & construction loan; • $400K LISC line of credit • $500K DBEDC investment of its own capital. 18 • Construction started June, 2013 9

11/8/2013 30-50 small businesses & 80-150 jobs in 3 years. 19 New Agreements on Jobs for local people : DBay, Quincy Geneva, Project RIGHT, and DSNI sign agreement on Subs & worker jobs: • 51% local, 51% minority, 15% women. • 30% minimum MBE sub-contractors (actual 66%) • 10% minimum female sub-contractors (actual 14%) Mass Minority Contractors Assoc. signs agreement with MACDC’s Boston CDCs: • Ditto on above requirements. 20 10

11/8/2013 SMALL BUSINESS LENDING since1995) : Religious capital, Calvert Found. CDFI capital $1M; <$150K/loan SBA Micro lender $500-$50K/loan SBA 7-A Comm. Advantage lender<$250K SBA 504 Lender <$5M default rate 7% 61% Start-ups; 71% minority businseses. 118 direct or packaged small business loans totaling $6M >700 jobs. Teranga, (Senagalese Restaurant) start up loan. Opening 2 nd site next year. Fairmount Corridor Loans in June & July: 1) $338K SBA 504 to T-Cognition, 25 jobs 2) $100K to Fairmount Grille in Hyde Park 3) $10K to Dorchester Arts Collaborative 21 191-195 Bowdoin St.- EPA $200K grant Future Dorchester Community Food Coop 22 11

11/8/2013 Sustainability Guild Intl. temporary “food hub” space at Bowdoin St, building coop members, healthy food events. Photos by Renato A.D. Riccioni Sustainability Guild Intl 23 Foreclosed properties: In our renovation efforts 2008-2012, DB: -purchased 20 properties -sold 19; (1 stayed rental) -kept 57 families in affordable housing; -generated 110 jobs. - worked with crime watch & Boston PD & ISD, who closed 2 major drug depots. 24 12

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11/8/2013 Youth on the move: DB Youth Force won $9.2M for after school jobs, 2012; $19M in 2013 30 private sector jobs; 1 of top MA youth organizing groups DB Re-Entry: 5 years; 386 people; 175 jobs; 6% recidivism rate; 2012-40 ex-offenders got jobs; partners BPD, HOC; Hope to add 5 more CDCs 27 Fairmount Greenway - Fairmount Greenway Task Force • Greenway Task Force organized in 2008 • Ten Task Force organizations signed an MOU to promote accountability • Community inventories of potential Greenway parcels completed in September 2009. • EPA identified priority sites for remediation • Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge completed a community driven design concept plan 2010. • 8 Charettes to review inventories, priorities. 28 14

11/8/2013 Fairmount Greenway Task Force: - 400 people ID 161 parcels -prioritize 61 parcels -EPA helps ID priority sites for clean up. -select 6 priority sites -ask City for designation. -select 2 pilot segments for bikeway/walkway 29 Private Funding 30 15