Summary
The Roxbury Trust Fund Committee Trust will inject $300,000 annually for the next 10 years into the coffers of service providers located in three Roxbury zip codes -- 02119, 02120 and 02121.
The trust has been 14 years in the making. In the early 1990s, Roxbury and Chinatown community activists won concessions from a development consortium that planned to develop Ruggles Center and 1 Lincoln Place. To win support for its plan, the minority-owned Columbia Plaza Associates agreed to donate seed money to community initiatives in Roxbury and Chinatown.[Jeanne Pinado] is joined by four other appointed board members -- Roxbury Neighborhood Council President Bruce Bickerstaff, Rev. Thomas Clark, La Alianza executive director William Rodriguez and Leonard Durant -- who are involved in the civic life of the Roxbury community.See the full content of this document
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New Trust Targets Roxbury Agencies
Two years ago, Roxbury-based La Alianza Hispana employed 52 people. Now, due to funding cuts, the social services provider can only afford to maintain a staff of 38.
Due to a conservative shift in Wash...See the full content of this document
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