Reflecting back on 2022, it was a year of continued relationship building with our community and important milestones in making the Dorchester Bay City (DBC) project – and its economic, environmental and equity benefits a reality.
Members of the Accordia team participate in the August Harbor Point meeting to provide an update to residents on the Dorchester Bay City Project..
From our earliest days of sharing an initial vision for DBC, we have prioritized engaging the community, listening to and learning from their feedback, and continuously improving the project. We continued that trend in 2022; to date we have held more than 500 meetings with residents, elected officials, non-profits and community members. We couldn’t be more grateful for the time and energy the community has invested in helping us create an outstanding project at this terrific site.
We’ve learned so much by listening to the neighborhood. Our new site plans reflects the input on the city, state, and community levels.
Adjustments include:
Affordable housing has now been boosted to 20%: 391 units will be affordable at 70% of the area median income (AMI).
Open and green space has expanded: Nearly a quarter of the Project’s 36 acres will now be open green or open space designed to achieve several goals including inclusivity, accessibility, resiliency, and safety.
Resiliency and sustainability improvements: By working with the Department of Conservation & Recreation, the city of Boston and other agencies, we’ve revised our plans to maximize resiliency; this includes raising the Project site to address the risk of sea level rise, planting more than 1000 trees to reduce heat island effects and investments in community resiliency projects.
Transportation improvements: Accordia has committed to providing nearly $37 million of offsite transportation contributions associated with DBC. The project will catalyze a number of multi-modal infrastructure projects prioritized by the community.
“There aren’t many places like this in the city of Boston,” Accordia co-managing partner Kirk Sykes told the Boston Globe. The project reflects multiple careful decisions designed to maximize the location and its benefits in terms of economic opportunity, housing, open space and resiliency.
Look forward to continuing the dialogue with our community in 2023, with a goal of moving this project forward and bringing its benefits to the community.