Wu: Widett Circle Recovery Campus Idea Not ‘Feasible’
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was cool Monday to the idea that Widett Circle could be used as a recovery campus to help address persistent drug use and homelessness in the nearby “Mass & Cass” area.
Bigger Role For Police in Wu’s New Mass. and Cass Plan
Boston police would be granted the ability to take down tents at Mass. and Cass., under Mayor Michelle Wu’s plans for a new approach to address the homeless encampments in an area that’s the center of the state’s opioid epidemic.
Groups Pitch Widett Circle to Take Pressure off Mass and Cass
Leaders of the South End Forum, which represents neighborhood associations in Boston’s South End, and the Newmarket Business Improvement District unveiled a proposal that would stand up dozens of temporary cabins that could support residents through various steps of recovery.
Wu Claims Major Progress at Mass. and Cass
While the confluence of homelessness and substance use in Boston’s “Mass. and Cass” area persists, Mayor Michelle Wu argued Monday that conditions on the ground have improved dramatically in the year since she took office.
Wu Calls for Regional Help to Build 1K Homes for Homeless
The path forward on Boston’s high-profile and seemingly-intractable homeless encampment in the South End, Mayor Michelle Wu said, relies on getting Beacon Hill to take on a more active role.
The Next Challenge at Mass & Cass: Follow-Through
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Wu and her team deserve credit for first pouring so much effort into outreach at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. But Beacon Hill and business owners need to step up to help build longer-term solutions.
Boston Makes Final Push to Clear Mass & Cass Encampment
Workers started removing the last tents Wednesday morning from a once-sprawling homeless encampment at a Boston intersection known as Mass & Cass.
These Real Estate Turkeys Should Be Toast
State and local officials have been kind to us this year, producing a bumper crop of overcooked ideas, from sitting on billions of federal relief dollars to pushing for a return of rent control.
Boston Will Start Clearing Mass. and Cass Encampment Today
Officials in Boston are beginning to clear a sprawling homeless camp, citing a crisis of opioid addiction there.
Janey Applauded for Action on Mass. & Cass Encampments
The city of Boston and the Baker administration will partner on a centralized command structure to respond to the worsening addiction and homelessness crisis anchored in the area known as “Mass. and Cass.”
Talks at Highest Levels on Boston’s ‘Humanitarian Crisis’
Gov. Charlie Baker said his administration has had a “number of conversations” with city officials about ways the state might be able to help the crisis at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.
Mayoral Candidates Talk ‘Mass and Cass’ Solutions
The six candidates running for mayor of Boston met for the second time this week in a forum hosted by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday where they honed in on criminal justice, substance abuse disorder, mental health, and homelessness.
Newmarket Creates Thorny Questions
Boston officials have embarked on an effort to rezone the Newmarket industrial district amid a boom in demand for distribution and biomanufacturing space. But they face a difficult balancing act as they do so.
Boston’s Last Industrial Remnant Emerges
In 21st century Boston, real estate values defy gravity and displacement pressures spread throughout the city – even in gritty Newmarket as long-time industrial tenants wonder whether rent hikes will force them to leave if life science uses start making inroads.
At a ‘Breaking Point,’ Newmarket Businesses Seek to Form BID
Property owners in Boston’s Newmarket neighborhood are proposing a business improvement district to provide new security and sanitation services and private transit shuttles to the area, which has become an epicenter of the region’s opioid abuse crisis.
