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Mayor's directive

Accept $810,000 grant for Phillips Square upgrade

Last activity July 23, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    July 20, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The Mayor requests Council approval to accept and spend up to $810,000 from the Boston Planning and Development Agency to fund Phillips Square streetscape improvements in the Chinatown area. The grant supports the Boston Transportation Department project to enhance the public space, subject to standard grant administration.

Affects Chinatown residents

In Chinatown-Leather District

Now with the City Council

About Transportation & Streets

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Official title

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant award in the amount not to exceed Eight Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($810,000.00) from the Boston Planning and Development Agency for the Phillips Square Project.

Timeline

  1. July 22, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

    Watch the meeting City video Minutes, July 22, 2026