Community Fetes Opening of New Black-Owned Hotel

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"I think we had to prove to the capital and financing folks that this is viable and they should invest," said developer Kirk Sykes, one of the development's owners. "The community and the mayor always believed in this."

"We have to help keep the door to opportunity open," said [Thomas Menino]. "As you look at this area, watch how it changes over the next five years. But an important part of that is that it hires people in the community."

"We expect to have a new gateway to Roxbury on a hill called Crosstown," said Boston Redevelopment Authority Director Mark Maloney. "We expect to be down the street soon cutting another ribbon."

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Community Fetes Opening of New Black-Owned Hotel

The new Hampton Inn & Suites at the corner of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue is one of just three dozen hotels in the United States majority...

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