People's Assembly Demands $11 Million Community Fund from The Blackstone Group
11 July 2008 - 4:39pm
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by Jason Pramas
BOSTON/Roxbury - Concerned about a rising tide of economic and social ills, over 100 local activists and advocates filled the hall at the First Church of Roxbury in John Eliot Square on Tuesday evening to watch representatives of grassroots organizations and labor unions testify to a panel of community leaders about the need for corporate landowners to do more to help Boston's neighborhoods thrive.