Mayor's directive

Authorize $75,000 East Boston grant for older adults

Last activity March 19, 2026 (6 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    March 12, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council approved accepting and expending a $75,000 grant awarded by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, earmarked for East Boston. The grant will be administered by the Age Strong Commission to fund programs for older adults in East Boston. The mayor introduced this order on March 12, 2026, and the council passed it on March 18, 2026.

Affects Older adults in East Boston

In East Boston

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Official title

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26-Earmark - East Boston, awarded by MA Office of Travel & Tourism to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund older adult programs in the East Boston neighborhood.

Timeline

  1. March 18, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).