Mayor's directive
Approve $104,000 grant for Dorchester burial ground conservation
Last activity May 7, 2026 (5 months ago)
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Introduced
May 4, 2026
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In committee
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Council vote
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Adopted
The City Council suspended the rules and passed a message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant not to exceed $104,000 from the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Cultural Facilities Fund. The Parks and Recreation Department will use the funds for gravestone conservation at Dorchester North Burial Ground in Dorchester. The grant details are in the official record, but the full text is not provided.
Affects Dorchester residents
In Dorchester
Now with the City Council
About Budget & Finance and Parks & Public Space
Compare with the government's own wording
Official title
Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Four Thousand Dollars ($104,000.00) from the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Cultural Facilities Fund Grant program. This grant is awarded to the City of Boston through the Parks and Recreation Department for gravestone conservation in Dorchester North Burying Ground located in the neighborhood of Dorchester.
Timeline
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May 6, 2026
The rules were suspended; the order was passed.
City Council
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).