Boston planning officials approved a new hybrid building prototype in Boston’s Newmarket district and $200,000 that Harvard University will donate to local organizations as community benefits associated with its institutional projects in Allston.
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, financial institutions announced new or renewed big commitments to underserved communities. Will they stick by those pledges despite changing political winds?
As he assumes the powers of Boston’s new planning czar, BPDA Director James Arthur Jemison II is paying special attention to the future of downtown zoning and managing a looming development boom in Charlestown.
The development team behind one of the first big life sciences projects in eastern Somerville says it has secured support from a key neighborhood group as it pursues entitlement for its project.
Six Massachusetts health maintenance organizations (HMOs) provided more than $188 million in community benefits for state residents in fiscal year 2017, according to reports from the office of Attorney General Maura Healey.
