THE APRIL MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FORUM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
will provide an opportunity to continue the discussion about neighbors saving neighborhoods, a
Community-Based approach to Vacant and Abandoned Housing. We'll begin with
A SPECIAL SHOWING OF A PRIZE WINNING DOCUMENTARY,
HOLDING GROUND, THE REBIRTH OF DUDLEY STREET
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013 ***** 7:00 P.M.
LASALLE BRANCH LIBRARY (3232 W ARDMORE TRAIL SB)
The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) is a nonprofit community-based planning and organizing entity rooted in the Roxbury/North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. DSNI's
approach to neighborhood revitalization is comprehensive including
economic, human, physical, and environmental growth. It was formed in
1984 when residents of the Dudley Street area came together out of fear
and anger to revive their neighborhood that was devastated by arson, disinvestment, neglect and redlining practices, and protect it from outside speculators.
approach to neighborhood revitalization is comprehensive including
economic, human, physical, and environmental growth. It was formed in
1984 when residents of the Dudley Street area came together out of fear
and anger to revive their neighborhood that was devastated by arson, disinvestment, neglect and redlining practices, and protect it from outside speculators.
DSNI's major
accomplishment has been, and continues to be, organizing and empowering
the residents of the Dudley Street neighborhood to create a shared
vision of the neighborhood prioritizing development without displacement
and bringing it to reality by creating strategic partnerships with
individuals and organizations in the private, government, and nonprofit
sectors. That shared vision first emerged from a community-wide process
conducted initially in 1987 that resulted in a resident-developed,
comprehensive revitalization plan.
