BCYF Jackson Mann Community Center

Boston Centers for Youth & Families, the Public Facilities Department, the Mayor's Office of Housing, and Boston Public Schools are studying the feasibility of adding housing with a new community center and possibly an elementary school at the Jackson Mann School site in Allston-Brighton. The study tests a range of community center sizes based on the previously completed programming and siting study, as well as a mix of affordable and market-rate housing. View the final study report below:

Housing With Public Assets Study

View the slides from the community meeting held on May 28, 2026: 

Jackson Mann Housing with Public Assets Community Meeting 

RESULTS OF JACKSON MANN SITE SURVEY 

From June 1 through July 10, we asked the Allston-Brighton community: "What do you want the future of the Jackson Mann site to be?"

Thank you to the hundreds of community members who took the survey to help shape the future of the Jackson Mann site. See the results below. 

Survey Results

In 2022 the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department engaged Utile Inc. to work with Boston Centers for Youth and Families (BCYF) to study siting options and programming needs for a new BCYF Center in Allston-Brighton. The study included a public engagement process that gathered public feedback on existing centers, programming goals, and potential sites. The engagement process involved two in-person and two virtual community meetings, polls, Q&A sessions, and an online survey that stayed live the entire length of the study.

BCYF Allston-Brighton Programming and Siting Study

 

The presentations from the community meetings held during the first phase of this study are below:

COMMUNITY MEETING #1

• Community Meeting 1 Presentation 
• Community Meeting 1 Recording

COMMUNITY MEETING #2

• Community Meeting 2 Presentation 

COMMUNITY MEETING #3

• Community Meeting 3 Presentation 

COMMUNITY MEETING #4

• Community Meeting 4 Presentation