Dorchester Food Pantries
Dorchester Bay
October 29, 2025
What's happening at Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation?
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation works collaboratively with residents, businesses, and our many partners toward our shared goal of a stronger, healthier, and more financially viable place to live and work.
Through our real estate development, community engagement, and economic development efforts we strive to build stronger neighborhoods and foster opportunity. Visit us in Dorchester – come share in our work!
Providing affordable housing and commercial space that enables residents to remain and thrive.
Providing loans to small businsses in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, Roslindale, and Roxbury.
Supporting the residents of our buildings and advocating for our community’s needs.
4-Part Small Business
Management Program
Wednesday, October 4th
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Small Business Workshop:
Small Business Management Program
Tuesday, August 29th
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
The achievements of the first graduating class of the Connected Communities Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program are monumental – and Dorchester Bay is a co-founding partner!
Participants (including Dorchester Bay residents!) have been working hard over the past five years, completing hundreds of financial coaching sessions and earning thousands of dollars in program savings deposits towards their financial goals.
SNAP reductions will hit households across our neighborhoods this November. For many families, that means stretching groceries further than possible.
If you or someone you love needs support, there are free groceries, prepared meals, and mobile food resources available throughout Dorchester, South Boston, and Roxbury. No questions asked.
Dorchester Bay is working with partners to keep food access strong. We’ll continue to share resources as more become available.
➡️Visit the link in bio for a full list of #foodbank locations and hours.
📢 Rally to Protect SNAP Funding
🗓 Tuesday, Oct. 28 | 12–1 p.m.
📍 Massachusetts State House Steps (24 Beacon Street, Boston)
Across Massachusetts, more than 1 million people rely on SNAP each month to keep food on the table. Because of the ongoing federal shutdown, those benefits are in jeopardy. Without immediate action, families could lose access to food starting November 1.
Join @projectbread at the State House tomorrow to call for immediate funding for November SNAP.
🥣Our newest loan recipient Manjarrie Saha, creator of Pariva Yogurt Bites, is on the path to becoming a household name! Pariva began as a home kitchen operation and now shines on Whole Foods shelves and in the Boston Globe.
🌟Manjarrie`s delicious, from-scratch yogurt bites blend flavors like Tandoori and Za’atar. Keep an eye out for where Pariva goes next!
#WomensBusinessMonth #WomenOwnedBusiness #Smallbusiness
