UNLR Local Youth Achievers Program

Thanks to the New England Grassroots Fund and the Boston Foundation, UNLR continues into its second year of offering summer jobs for Boston youth.

The program focuses on agriculture, leadership and entrepreneurship training as well as health/wellness, and environmental Justice.

Each week, youth learn to grow vegetables, plan neighborhood events, attend workshops on health, wellness and the environment. The Young Leaders help run the weekly marketplace selling books to raise funds for the community center and sell vegetables that they have worked all summer to grow.  Additionally, young leaders engaged in partnership with ACE discussing important topics around Food Justice. 

To involve your young person in our 2010 Summer Youth Achievers Program, call 857-318-1049 or email us at avillageatwork@gmail.com.

UNLR Future Community Center Has New Face

Nov. 6, 2010

So, Exciting! The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) Annual Service Day selected 90 Windsor Street as their 2010 service day project. Also assisted by the Boston Architectural College (BAC), design students, volunteers, and local youth helped to give a new face to the future community center site. Installments of murals representing neighborhood desires for the use of the space and an information kiosk directly in front to allow for displays of historical neighborhood information as well as neighborhood activities, and project updates. A Banner and color flags were installed along Melnea Cass Blvd. as well to invite folks to share the vision for the future site of the Cultural Agri-Arts Center and an involved and thriving neighborhood.

The project finale will include another window installation on what is currently the front side of the building and a portable kiosk that can be used at local events.

Thanks NOMA and BAC for your continued committment!