Proposal submitted to the department of housing and urban development in response to rfp 265-74, reference asa 1-c, submitted by the city of Boston.
Published: 1974
Language: eng
Subjects: Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Better Communities Act.; Boston Mayors Housing Improvement Program.; Capital investments -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Neighborhoods.; Columbia Point Task Force, Boston (Mass.); Community development -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Grant Applications -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Community Development.; Grove Hall, Boston (Mass.); Lena Park Community Service Center, Boston (Mass.); Little City Halls, Boston (Mass.); Revenue sharing -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Description: ...a grant application seeking funds to develop a program to help the mayor and other chief executives prepare for community development revenue sharing under the Better Communities Act; discusses Boston's housing and community development needs and its experience with categorical grant-in-aid programs; reviews future urban renewal needs and capital improvements in various neighborhoods; presents background on the Better Communities Act and its implications; includes the plan, its organization and staffing and prior and current experience; brief information on the Mayor's Housing Improvement Program, neighborhood housing services, the Columbia Point Task Force, district planning program, Little City Halls, Grove Hall shopping area improvement, Lena Park Community Service Center, Shore Plaza (East Boston) 1975-1985 Plan Seminars, subsidized housing study, triple-decker study, the Parkman Center for Urban Affairs and the use of consultants; includes resumes of Paul Parks, Rajaram Siddharth, G. Lawrence Langford, Julie M. Hastings, Jonathan C. Dopkeen, Emily C. Lloyd, Peter Scarpignato, Frederick P. Salvucci, and David Carl Niklaus; gives cost estimates of the proposal and includes letters of endorsement; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...