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Look Inside You'll find it in the Boston Public Library catalog, on Amazon, the New York Public library system and where books are sold. The city is growing There were 3,733 new housing units were built in Boston in 2018 as part of Mayor Walsh’s Housing plan to build 69,000 new housing units by 2030, 16,000 of which would be income-restricted. Education: Boston has so far maintained steady growth in overall enrollment. Total college and university enrollment in Boston rose by 13,340 (eight percent) between 2009 and 2017, with undergraduate enrollment increasing by 3,538 (three percent) and graduate enrollment increasing by 10,554 (twenty percent). Forecasts: Short-term national and regional forecasts suggest strong economic growth will continue for the city. However, there is some uncertainty surrounding the tight labor market and low unemployment levels. Continued job growth will depend on the ability of the region’s housing market to accommodate new population. source:The Mayor's office New ! Blacks in Boston Research Report Released. (click to view) The NAACP will hold its national convention in Boston 10,000 or more will visit the NAACP 111th National Convention next year when NAACP members arrive for a week of meetings and activities. The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. The Boston NAACP branch held a historic 100th year observation of it's Niagara Movement roots. Meetings held in Boston 100 years ago helped create the NAACP organization. Download a keepsake copy of the program book from the 2007 centennial celebration held at Faneuil Hall. Black Construction Businesses Drive Black Boston's Wealth Creation Black Tech has yet to make any kind of dent in the wealth creation pastures of Black Boston. Roxbury holds down the center of African American culture in New England and the Dudley Square Nubian Square Block is a busy intersection of transit, construction development and public education policy management. Black builders have arrived and they are winning! Cruz Companies will build affordable housing in Dudley Nubian Square The proposed project in the video has resulted in a $100 million dollar deal. Sixty percent of the budget is designated for competitive Black-owned companies and minority developers who construct buildings. The CRUZ Companies win is a WIN WN for residents as well. A plan for creating two buildings with 150 housing units was selected. According to the BayState Banner newspaper report, 50 units of rental housing is priced at 30 to 50 percent of Area Median Income. In today's dollars a family of three would need to make $30,600 to $51,000 for rent rate eligibility. Another 100 condo units will be sold. Fifty condos are priced at 70 and 80 percent AMI levels. A family of three would pay $217,000 to $257,000 in today's dollars to own a condo at the property. 50 housing units will be sold at market rate prices where the sky is the limit. 270 parking spaces are planned for the property. Black Boston gentrification has been a tornado wiping out Black and brown people who have been there for years. The rent is too damn high in Boston. Kudos to the City of Boston and to BECMA, the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts for working in equity participation practices. Look here to view the Boston Affordable Housing Income Limit Charts. Dudley Square Business Owners meet in Strategy Sessions It has been recorded to video. Black business owners are having a hard time making ends meet in the heart of Roxbury, a center of African American culture. Listen and watch the conversation. Research Study: African American Parents earn $25 to answer questions. CLICK TO START Learn More. Parents must identify as African-American (Black American) and have a child between the ages of 4 and 12. Research study groups are recruiting Black people and offering compensation for your time. Researchers in Boston's medical and social science communities are inviting African Americans and Blacks to participate with current research projects. Volunteers we recruit are compensated for their time. National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research lacks Black participation and Black researchers lack the funding they need Therefore, outcomes will continue to lack perfection for Blacks, until more Blacks are involved as primary researchers or become volunteer participants in the funded research. Place Advertisements view options Black-owned Boston Architect and Construction Firms Score Big Wins. Black Boston Community GDP exceeds the $2B level It was a good year for black-owned architecture and construction industry firms in 2018. Now, the trend continues in 2019 as recent parcel developments have been awarded by the City of Boston. This is a good deal for trade skilled electricians, cleaners, plumbers, brick masons and greenspace makers. The share-the-wealth plan is starting to materialize in Boston as a small group of black-owned firms have been winning big deals. Remember 2011, when the Black Boston Community GDP was $2B. That will be surpassed by 2020, no doubt! Black Boston scores political wins The Black Political Revolution has been Televised and Boston's black political community took a bow for the successful election of Ayanna Pressley to Congress for District Seven that hovers over Harvard University, The Museum of Fine Arts, MIT, Northeastern Unversiity, Berklee College of Music, Cambridge, Somerville, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Randolph and very interesting parts of Boston. Rachael Rollins is the new District Attorney-elect for Black Boston and Suffolk County. Ayanna Pressley, Rachael Rollins Both women are experienced African American professionals who know their way, but they have been blessed by invisible forces active in Greater Boston's Black Twitter, Black Facebook, Black Instagram & Black produced Social Media channels surrounding them, but they may not know that. This explains why. When media analysts credit demographic trends that show more and more people of color in the voting population, they miss the native breeze powering Blacks to electoral wins because it is silent and electronic. This whispering impact can be traced to the problem Blacks in Boston solved for themselves when they were feeling isolated while living and working here. They solved a collective personal problem while Boston power brokers ignored them. The Only One in the Room Syndrome Got Fixed Five years ago, m...