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Jan 11

Congratulations to the winners of the CanShare Raffle Baskets!

Last month, the Boston City Council held a fundraiser for CanShare, which works to improve equitable access to nutritious food and collect funds to support health incentive programs.

Jan 11

City Council honors lifelong City workers

During this week’s Council meeting, Councilor McCarthy recognized husband and wife James Gillooly and Maureen Murphy as they both get ready to retire from their work for the City of Boston this month.

Jan 11

City Council welcomes Councilor Althea Garrison

This week kicked off the first City Council meeting of this year, which included the swearing in of At-Large City Councilor Althea Garrison.

Jan 10

Mayor Walsh's 2019 legislative agenda

In January 2019, Mayor Walsh announced four legislative packages the City of Boston will be submitting to the Massachusetts Legislature: Housing Security and Economic Mobility, Environment and...

Jan 10

Demolition Delay application: 8 Argyle Street, Dorchester

The application is to demolish a church structure at 8 Argyle Street (aka 500 Talbot Avenue) in Dorchester.

Jan 10

Health and public safety legislative agenda announced for 2019

The legislative package focuses on improving health and safety outcomes for communities in Boston, and across the Commonwealth.

Jan 9

Mayor joins statewide coalition to announce 2019 education equity legislative agenda

The coalition of partners is led by legislators, cities, towns, teachers, students, and advocates who are joining together in proposing one comprehensive education finance bill.

Jan 9

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A year of tackling the small stuff through bash weeks

What started as a development exercise has become a larger effort at the Digital Team.

Jan 8

2019 environment and transportation legislative agenda announced

This is the second of four legislative packages the City of Boston will be submitting to the Massachusetts Legislature.

Jan 8

Mayor to file legislation establishing Boston Fire Department cadet program

The effort underscores the need to curb a national trend of underrepresentation of women in fire suppression services.

Jan 7

Mayor Walsh announces 2019 housing security, economic mobility legislative agenda

The 15-bill housing security and economic mobility package promotes equity, opportunity, and resilience.

Jan 2

Cybersecurity resolutions for 2019

Don't just promise to exercise more, eat healthier, and be better with money in 2019. Pledge to take these quick and easy steps to protect your online life too!

Dec 31

Goal setting in 2019

This month, we look at how to create goals effectively to start the year strong.

Dec 27

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First Night 2019 in Boston

First Night festivities will take place in the City of Boston on Monday, December 31, in the Back Bay as well as on the waterfront.

Dec 21

Call to artists: reimagine City Hall

In honor of Boston City Hall’s 50th anniversary, we are looking for out-of-the-box ideas to reimagine City Hall.

Dec 21

New voices heard at Tobin BOSFoodLove Coalition meeting

On December 10, the third BOSFoodLove Coalition Meeting was held at the Tobin K-8 School. There was an exciting new voice in the room: a student from Boston Latin School.

Dec 21

Lots of insights gained at Umana BOSFoodLove coalition meeting

On November 29, teachers, family members, and lunch monitors from Otis Elementary and the Mario Umana Academy gathered in the Umana auditorium to discuss the topic of the night: school food.

Dec 20

Demolition Delay application: 123-125 Centre Street, Dorchester

The application is to demolish a residential structure at 123-125 Centre Street in Dorchester.

Dec 20

Workforce Development annual report outlines results and new initiatives

More than 100 community organizations provided workforce development programming to Boston residents.

Dec 20

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Reflecting on a busy, and changing, City of Boston

As we say goodbye to 2018, we’re looking back on some big Digital Team projects from the last few months of the year.

Dec 19

Natalia Urtubey, Celina Barrios-Millner appointed to Economic leadership positions

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the appointments of Natalia Urtubey as Director of Small Business, and Celina Barrios-Millner as Director of Equity and Inclusion in the Mayor's Office of...

Dec 19

Grubstreet, C3 picked to operate cultural spaces in Seaport District

The selection of GrubStreet and C3 follows a public and transparent process to select civic or cultural users to activate available spaces in ways that serve a diverse population.