by Kimberly R. Lyle | Oct 16, 2018 | Awards & Recognition, Community Development, Economic Development, News, Press
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Perry B. Newman, [email protected], (617) 533-9551 Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation Awards Small Business Technical Assistance Grant to Dorchester Bay EDC Financial support bolsters underserved and disadvantaged small businesses...
by Kimberly R. Lyle | Oct 15, 2018 | Awards & Recognition, Community Development, Economic Development, News, Press
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTANDER BANK AWARDS $225,000 TO DORCHESTER BAY EDC INNOVATION LENDING PROGRAM New Contribution Will Fund Small Business Engagement and Loan Servicing BOSTON, Massachusetts — Santander Bank announced that it has awarded a three-year grant in the...
by Kimberly R. Lyle | Sep 4, 2018 | Community Development, Economic Development, News, Press, Real Estate, Special Events
DORCHESTER, Massachusetts, September 4, 2018 – For the past decade, solar power has been largely inaccessible to low– and moderate-income families. To address this disparity, Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC) has partnered with Resonant Energy, a...
by Kimberly R. Lyle | May 16, 2018 | Community Development, Economic Development, News, Special Events
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation Launches Small Business Growth Strategy, Innovation Lending BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 16, 2018 – Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation announced its Innovation Lending platform — an ambitious and high impact...
by Kimberly R. Lyle | Apr 29, 2018 | News, Special Events
Reminisce about “Dorchester Then and Now: Community for All,” and join us in honoring local publisher and lifelong Dorchester resident Ed Forry, and the president and CEO of the New England Council, James Brett at Dorchester Bay EDC’s 39th annual fundraiser on...
by Kimberly R. Lyle | Mar 27, 2018 | Economic Development, News
The Dorchester Bay Small Business Assistance Center will close out March with three new loans. Dorchester Bay loaned $116,000 in U.S. Small Business Administration startup and growth capital to local businesses. The investments will help to create more than 60 living...
by Kimberly R. Lyle | Mar 27, 2018 | Civic Engagement, Resident Services & Community Organizing
Columbia Road residents celebrated Women’s History Month and Saint Patrick’s Day during the March Columbia Road Social Hour. Adela Esparza, a long-time Columbia Road resident, started the monthly social gathering in 2017. Inspired by a fondness for hosting...
by dbedcadmin | Nov 15, 2017 | Civic Engagement, Community Development, Donor Spotlight, Economic Development, News
Desirée Baynes has had a front-row seat to the revitalization of Dorchester neighborhoods that had once been written off by investors and the City. She moved to Jones Hill in the 1980s, and when the economy hit crisis levels in the early 90s, Desirée has seen...
by Kimberly R. Lyle | Sep 20, 2017 | Community Development, Economic Development, News, Real Estate
DORCHESTER, Mass., September 19, 2017 – A job fair organized by the Fairmount Job Referral Network attracted more than 100 prospective applicants to the Bornstein and Pearl Food Production Center. Stone & Skillet, a new tenant at Dorchester Bay’s economic...
by dbedcadmin | Sep 20, 2017 | Civic Engagement, Economic Development, News, Resident Services & Community Organizing, Youth Development
BOSTON, Mass., September 19, 2017 – Activists from the Dorchester Bay Youth Force testified against a teen sub-minimum wage at a hearing on raising the minimum wage in Massachusetts. Ashley Delva and Jeysaun Gants challenged business groups that advocate for lower...
