Roxbury Strategic Master Plan

Roxbury Master Plan Oversight Committee Members

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Summary and Goals

The Roxbury Strategic Master Plan, is a strategic planning agenda that will provide a framework to guide change and economic growth for the next ten to twenty years in Roxbury. The plan seeks to provide a high quality physical environment that is attractive, safe, and convenient for residents and visitors. It is a plan that values education and job readiness at all levels and that gives residents choices in how they participate in the civic, cultural, and economic life of the community. The plan encourages businesses that are environmentally sensitive to public health, conserve resources, and put the concept of environmental justice into practice.

The theme that emerged from the public process is the commitment to build upon the area’s many assets to develop a strong and united Roxbury at “the Heart of the City.” Roxbury is poised to enhance the quality of life of its residents by sharing in the educational, cultural, natural resources and infrastructure of the City, and connecting to the economic success of the metropolitan Boston area.

The Strategic Master Plan will provide structure and guidance to current and future development efforts in this neighborhood. It includes achievable standards and specific short- and long-term implementation strategies which will facilitate the development of thriving commercial centers, provide for a wide variety of housing types, foster continued diversity in its resident population, support an efficient and effective transportation network resulting in an affordable and decent quality of life.

The specific details of the plan have been shaped in a series of focus group meetings, Community Working Group meetings and neighborhood-wide public workshops attended by residents, representatives from community organizations, area institutions, city agencies, and elected officials. The plan reflects a synthesis and prioritization of issues, objectives and strategies expressed by the participants of the workshops combined with the analysis of existing conditions and trends affecting the region and the neighborhood.

Read the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Here

The Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee meets every 1st Monday of the month. For more information, please see the documents below and for meeting recaps and updates, please go to the Past Public Meetings section below.

Join, Engage and Take Action

Join: Join the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee, and/or a Project Review Committee (PRC)
To take a more active role in the overseeing of public parcel disposition in the Nubian Square area, please consider joining the RSMPOC or a PRC.

RSMPOC Nomination Form
RSMPOC members are charged with advising the implementation of the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan and PLAN: Nubian Square initiatives by providing a holistic view on issues including economic development, workforce opportunities, and housing. At this time the nominations for the RSMPOC are closed. Please check back for further updates.

PRC Nomination Form
PRC members are tasked with evaluating the development submissions solicited from the request for proposals of publicly-owned parcels within Nubian Square.
At this time nominations for the Crescent Parcel are Open.

Engage: Attend public meetings. Ask questions. Invite neighbors, Roxbury civic groups and organizations, businesses, abutters or other community affiliates to public meetings.
Meetings typically include updates from developers and BPDA staff. During these meetings the RSMPOC and community members have the opportunity to ask questions and provide comments on upcoming development. To learn more about the rules and format of these meetings please read the Rules of Engagement

Take Action: Review and comment on projects, developments, and the planning initiatives.
Materials for the parcels overseen by the RSMPOC can be found in the Projects Under Review section below

Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Committee Members

Catherine Hardaway
Charlotte Nelson
Dorothea Jones
Frank Williams
Frederick Fairfield
Lorraine Payne Wheeler
Marisa Luse
Nefertiti Lawrence
Norman Stembridge
Steven Godfrey
Sue Sullivan
True-See Allah
Valeda Britton

Ex-Officio Members
State Senator Sonia ChangDiaz
State Representative Liz Miranda
State Representative Chyna Tyler
City Councilor Kim Janey

Projects Under Review

RFPs:

P3:
DRAFT RFP (9.10.21) | PRC Nomination Form

Malcolm X:
Draft RFP

Crescent:
RFP
Final RFP

Note: The original recording of this meeting captured the Spanish interpreter audio, and the Haitian Creole slides. For clarity we re-recorded our presentation in English and have transcribed the Question and Answer Portion of the meeting to the best of our ability.

Crescent Development Proposals:
Trinity Financial and Madison Park Development Corporation | Planning Office of Urban Affairs and J. Garland Enterprises | Onyx Group
Crescent Development Community Q&As:
Cass Crossing | Drexel Village | Trinity-Madison

BPDA Projects Under Development

Madison Tropical Parcel 10:
Upcoming meeting: TBD

Bartlett Place - Lot D, Lot F2, Lot F4, Phase 3
Upcoming meeting: TBD

135 Dudley
Upcoming meeting: TBD

2147 Washington
Upcoming meeting: TBD

Other BPDA Roxbury development project updates can be found by searching the Development Review page. Click the name of the project to get an overview of the proposal and where it is in the BPDA planning process.

DND Development Projects
40-50 Warren
75-81 Dudley

For more information on submitted proposals and selected developer, please visit DND's site.