Mayor's directive

Accept $50,000 grant for South End seniors

Last activity March 19, 2026 (6 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    March 12, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council passed an order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism for FY26 earmark funds. Administered by the Age Strong Commission, the grant would fund older adult programs in the South End neighborhood and be used consistent with the award’s purpose.

Affects older adults

In South End

Now with the City Council

About Health & Human Services

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Official title

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26-Earmark - South End, awarded by MA Office of Travel & Tourism to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund older adult programs in the South End 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).