Secretary Castro and Mayor Walsh Celebrate Revitalization of Dorchester's Quincy Corridor

HUD Secretary Julián Castro joins Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, residents and community partners to cut the ribbon on Quincy Heights housing development.

HUD Secretary Julián Castro (center) and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh had the opportunity to talk to food truck vendors at the Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Facility during the Secretary's recent visit.

HUD Secretary Julián Castro joined city of Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation and the Dorchester community to cut the ribbon on the Quincy Heights housing development. Through the HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant, the City, working alongside community partners, re-developed and transformed Quincy Heights, formerly known as the Woodledge/Morrant Bay housing development, into affordable 129 units. Overall, through $20.5 million in total provided by HUD, the Choice Neighborhood Initiative has leveraged another $83.2 million in private and public funds for commercial and residential development and public facilities to revitalize Dorchester's Quincy Corridor.

Following the ribbon cutting ceremony Secretary Castro had the opportunity to visit the Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Center and visit with local food vendors. As part of the transformation of the Quincy Street area, Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation worked in partnership with CropCircle Kitchen (now Common Wealth Kitchen) to renovate the former Pearl Meat Factory into a 35,000 square-foot, multi-tenant, food production facility, known as the Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Small Business Center. The development supports more than 50 food production businesses and has created more than 80 new jobs in its first three years of operation.

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