About Us
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
Grove Hall Neighborhood Development Corporation (Grove Hall NDC) was founded in 1984 when business and community leaders came together to create the organization and to enable residents and business owners to become involved in planning the redevelopment of the Blue Hill Avenue Corrider and the Grove Hall area. As a result of the organization's comprehensive and inclusive approach to involving residents and business owners in the economic revitalization and rebuilding of their community, the NDCGH played a critically important role in shaping the redevelopment of the neighborhood by focusing on:
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Organizing, education, and advocation on behalf of community residents for proposed changes in their neighborhood
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Working with Community, Civic, and Business leaders to renegotiate the development of affordable home owndership opportunities; and
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Providing small business loans to local businesses to stimulate economic growth
Utilizing the momentum of these early victories, the Grove Hall NDC purchased and developed affordable housing and commercial properties as the cornerstone of an inclusive, community-focused, economic renaissance. Since these early days, the Grove Hall NDC has brought more than $50 million in economic development projects and programs to the Grove Hall area and has helped to create approximately 700 jobs to community residents in the process.
Virginia Morrison
Muhammad
Grove Hall NDC
Executive Director
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Grove Hall NDC is the developer of the 2001 $13.5 million Grove Hall Mecca Mall. The Mall is home to the first supermarket in over twenty years. Grove Hall NDC has also helped to create approximately 470 jobs for the community residents and attracted more than $21 million in economic development projects and programs to the Grove Hall area.
Other Agency Highlights Include:
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1988: Completed a $1.2 million rehabilitation project, providing 12 units of affordable housing and four commercial unites in Grove Hall
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1988: Sponsored the development of 48 units of Veterans Housing: Hartford Manor and the VBC Apartments
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1989: Recruited the first full service bank to return to Grove Hall
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1993-1994: Assisted the City of Boston in a $430,000 capital improvement project along Blue Hill Avenue
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1998: Assisted Grove Hall businesses in obtaining over $180,000 in funding to improve storefront facades
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1999: Successfully brought the Main Streets concept to Grove Hall
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Has provided leadership development and organizing assistance to the Blue Hill Task Force since 1994
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Developer of millions of dollars in housing for first-time home buyers and co-sponsor of 72 units of affordable rental housing
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Coordinates and facilitates ongoing workshops to inform residents and business owners of future development activities and opportunities in the Grove Hall area
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2001: Completion of a $13.5 million retail center which utilized over 73% of black workers and resulted in over 470 jobs during and after construction.
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2020: Brought the first ever drive-in move theater to Roxbury.
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2021: During COVID-19 aided in community safety by distributing masks, gloves and hand sanitizer to thousands of residents.
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Cleaned, free-of-charge, local churches.
Reginald Nunnally
Board Chairman
Latifah Ziyad
Director
Minister Randy Muhammad
Director
Ralph Browne the 3rd
Director
Joyce Stanley
Director
Eddy Chrispin
Director
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Consultants
Diane Wilkerson
Economic Development
Harold Raymond
Housing Specialist
Advisors
Patricia Bonner-DuVal, M.Ed.
Education Consultant
Eva Mitchell, M.Ed.
Education Consultant
Wesley Williams, Jr., M.Ed.
Technology
Staff
Tania Anderson
Executive Assistant
Shahidah Muhammad
Administrative Assistant
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