A $100 million redevelopment in Dorchester that includes housing, a food business startup incubator and other improvements will revitalize the Quincy Corridor neighborhood and be the model for future such projects across the city, local and federal officials said.
The Quincy Corridor Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan, fueled by a $20.5 million grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, will completely transform a four-block stretch, according to Jeanne DuBois, executive director of the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp.
"Today marks the start of a new era for your neighborhood," Mayor Thomas M. Menino told the crowd of people yesterday gathered outside the former Pearl Meat factory, which will become an incubator for small food businesses that are expected to create new jobs in the area. "This grant is so important to this neighborhood, it's not just about a building," said Menino. "It's how you build people's opportunities."
The project includes redevelopment of the Woodledge/Morrant Bay HUD housing development into 129 affordable family homes, and a "maker space," to connect residents with high-tech skills.
"All of a sudden you're going to see all this activity," DuBois said. "It's going to feel like more of an urban village."
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said of the five cities nationwide awarded the Choice Neighborhood grant, Boston is the first to implement its plan.
"What we saw was a deep partnership that had been working in this neighborhood for years with a very clear vision of how to bring all the pieces together," Donovan said. "We want to replicate it all over the country."
That vision of a revitalized neighborhood without gentrification and exorbitant home prices, DuBois said, should be followed in other parts of Boston, as well. The plan initially called for more housing units, but it changed once community residents said job-creating facilities, such as the food incubator, were crucial.
"If you really listen to people in the neighborhood, it's about their quality of life," she said.
Menino said the key is to target development both for current and future residents.
"The most important thing is to continue to rebuild these neighborhoods so people can continue to live in them," he said. "It's time for all of us to make sure the results are there for the community. We have to invest in people."
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