Fenway CDC has been working for 37 years to enhance the health, stability and diversity of the Fenway neighborhood. It has scored impressive victories in many areas, including preserving and creating hundreds of affordable homes, training and placing several hundred neighborhood residents and entry-level workers into living-wage jobs, and advancing its visionary Urban Village Plan that is the basis for the current transformation of the stretch of Boylston Street near Fenway Park.
We have a new executive director! Click here to see the announcement letter.
Fenway Community Needs Assessment
As part of our efforts to advocate for expanded community spaces in the neighborhood, the Fenway CDC has begun asking residents what activities and programs they would like to see provided. The idea for expanded community spaces grows out of the Fenway CDC Urban Village Plan (see http://www.fenwaycdc.org/files/urban-village-plan.pdf) which envisions the neighborhood as a model of smart growth where both institutions and residents can thrive. After hearing community members and the Fenway CDC strongly articulate this need in the Urban Village Plan, local developers have pledged to designate space within their buildings for community use. The spaces will be available once the developments are built, which is expected to occur within the next few years.
To express what programs and activities you would like to see in the community center please fill out the nine question online survey at
Take our Link. You may also contact Cassandria, Project Assistant, at the Fenway CDC for a paper copy of the survey at 617-267-4637 ext 16.Fenway CDC is currently seeking a Community Organizing and Planning Associate. This is a 1 year, full-time position through the LISC AmeriCorps Program, which will begin on September 1, 2010. The LISC Americorps member will receive an annual stipend of $18,000, plus a $5,350 educational award & many other benefits. Send resume and cover letter to Sarah at shorsley@fenwaycdc.org by Thursday August 12th by 11pm. For the full position description, see details here.
Fenway CDC's "Starlight Movies"
Senior/Adult Movie Night: Julia and Julia
Friday, August 6th from 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Family Movie Night: Shrek the Third
Saturday, August 7th from 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Location - lot at the corner of Jersey and Boylston streets (where the McDonald's used to be)
If you'd like more info, please contact Cassandria at 617-267-4637x16 or ccampbell@fenwaycdc.org
Partners include:
The Abbey Group
My Summer in the City: A Boston Foundation Funding Initiative
Mission Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Trust
*** Starlight Movies is a community event ***
That means we need your help to make it happen!
We need 20 volunteers for each night, to help set up, greet movie-goers, hand out information and drinks, and clean up.
If you can help out, please contact Cassandria at ccampbell@fenwaycdc.org or (617) 267-4637 x16.
