@dbedc.bsky.social
Building affordable housing, supporting small businesses, providing job training and placement, and engaging residents and community members. https://www.dbedc.org/
🎉This August we're celebrating the creativity and impact of Black-owned businesses in our community.
This isn't a one-month commitment. Backing Black-owned businesses is what we do year-round.
Tag your favorite Black-owned business!
#BlackBusinessMonth
🎉This August we're celebrating the creativity and impact of Black-owned businesses in our community.
This isn't a one-month commitment. Backing Black-owned businesses is what we do year-round.
Tag your favorite Black-owned business!
#BlackBusinessMonth
Looking for free resources as a renter, homebuyer, or homeowner? Join @mahahome.bsky.social for their Community Action for Homeownership event on Tuesday, July 15th at 6 PM at the Reggie Lewis Center.
mahahome.org/civicrm/even...
Congratulations to Roxbury's own Duane Osborn, owner of DEO Enterprises and one of the newest recipients of a small business loan from DBEDC!
We believe in investing in the growth of talented entrepreneurs like him. Check out DEO enterprises: deoenterprises.com.
On June 28, DBEDC marked a major milestone: the graduation of the first two cohorts of HubHustle, our new, hands-on business accelerator for early-stage entrepreneurs and small contractors in construction. Each graduate walked away with capital and a stronger foundation!
30.06.2025 19:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"It's incumbent upon every single person in this state to take the housing crisis seriously."
In this compelling @wgbh.org panel, CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social calls on every single person in MA to be part of the solution to our housing crisis. Watch the panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hi7...
Director of Real Estate Susan Chu joined
@lynch.house.gov and national leaders at the Federal Affordable and Public Housing Forum to call for federal action to increase funding for public housing, preserve and modernize existing housing, expand rental assistance, and other urgent priorities.
Director of Real Estate Susan Chu joined @lynch.house.gov
and national leaders at the Federal Affordable and Public Housing Forum to call for federal action to increase funding for public housing, preserve and modernize existing housing, expand rental assistance, and other urgent priorities.
Watch: CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social testifying at the State House—calling on the Commonwealth to invest boldly in CDFIs, technical assistance, and microlending—key pillars of a thriving small business ecosystem.
Watch her testimony at 1:59:19:
malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...
Director of Real Estate Susan Chu will join this panel on action steps that can be taken at the federal level to support affordable housing. Register: nhsmass.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/Fed...
@lynch.house.gov @cleaver.house.gov @jkriesberg.bsky.social @massinc.bsky.social @poahcommunities.bsky.social
Congratulations to Upham's Corner Main Street and the Uphams Corner Safety Task Force for successfully advocating for these sidewalk repairs! Community-led advocacy can create lasting change!
www.dotnews.com/2025/repairs...
DBEDC is proud to sponsor this Juneteenth event at the State House.
@kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social
Congratulations to longtime DBEDC board member and Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Board Chair Philip Hillman on receiving the Massachusetts Housing Partnership Housing Hero Award!
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Congratulations to our HubHustle microbusiness cohort member Raquel Semedo on this feature in the
@dotnews.bsky.social!
@billforry.bsky.social
dotnews.com/2025/portugu...
Watch Now: CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social joined a powerful
@wgbh.org panel to tackle one of our most urgent challenges: the Affordable Housing Crisis. Thank you @bosindicators.bsky.social @baystatebanner.bsky.social MA Alliance of HUD Tenants www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hi7...
Thank you to @massgovernor.bsky.social for including DBEDC in your FY25 Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program!
With this funding, we’re continuing to empower local micro-enterprises!
www.mass.gov/news/healey-...
Thank you to everyone who joined DBEDC & WORC² for our Job Training & Resource Fair, and a special thank you to all of our vendors!
@mbta.com
@projectplace.bsky.social
@communityengagement.boston.gov
@publichealth.boston.gov
🚀 Our 2024 Impact Report is here!
Read it now → dbedcimpact.org
Dorchester Bay was built for moments like this—when the road is uncertain, and bold action is the only way forward. Join us. Share the report. Come to an event. Get involved in our work now.
Ready to level up your career?
Join us next Wednesday at our Job Training & Resource Fair!
RSVP here: formstack.io/3085C
@mbta.com @projectplace.bsky.social @communityengagement.boston.gov @publichealth.boston.gov
We are aware and concerned about the impacts of the recent closure of the Roxbury and Dorchester locations of the Daily Table, whose unique model of providing affordable groceries played an important role in preventing food insecurity and reducing food waste. Short thread:
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Small Business Month continues this week with a variety of events and workshops supporting small business owners and entrepreneurs across Boston’s neighborhoods!
Stay tuned as we share more #SmallBusinessMonth events throughout the month!
DBEDC is honored to be featured in this @forbes.com article on how CDFIs fill a critical gap in our economy.
Huge thank you to AAACDFI for spotlighting the vital work of CDFIs like DBEDC and ACE!
@oppfinance.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/lenwoo...
DBEDC is excited to announce our partnership with
@agestrong.boston.gov under their Expanding Engagement Grant Program! Our programming centers the interests and needs of older adults in our community, promoting healthy aging in place and continued connection with their community.
We're thrilled to share that the @baystatebanner.bsky.social newspaper has spotlighted DBEDC's new HubHustle Collective, our two 8-week business development cohorts designed for early-stage entrepreneurs!
baystatebanner.com/2025/05/07/d...
Today DBEDC celebrated receiving funding from the
@boston.gov Equitable Emissions Investment Fund to install solar panels on nine of our affordable buildings - a crucial step in our path to fully decarbonizing our buildings!
OMG, OKAY, IT’S HAPPENING!!! EVERYBODY STAY CALM. EVERYBODY STAY CALM 😱😄
The Civic Summit is BACK, Boston! 🚨
#CivicSummit #Boston #BeTheChange #Boston250 #CivicSummit2025 #BostonCivicSummit2025
Today, DBEDC CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social joined a powerful @wgbh.org panel to tackle one of our most urgent challenges: the Affordable Housing Crisis. The future of housing starts with bold, innovative action.
@bosindicators.bsky.social @baystatebanner.bsky.social
Congratulations to our newest microbusiness loan client, Arly Nguyen, owner of Honest Event Rentals - "a woman and AAPI-led tabletop rental company dedicated to helping reduce event waste and preserve our planet with honest products for the Greater Boston Area."
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Stay Tuned: CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social will join Ron Mitchell for @wgbh.org Amplifies: Prioritizing a Solution to the Mass. Housing Crisis, a panel discussion with Luc Schuster of @bosindicators.bsky.social and Michael Kane of MAHT: lnkd.in/eWWbevUT
@baystatebanner.bsky.social
CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social joined fellow MACDC board members and staff in a thoughtful conversation with @massgovernor.bsky.social @maura2.bsky.social Secretary Ed Augustus, and Undersecretary Ashley Stolba on the Commonwealth’s housing and economic challenges and the opportunities ahead.
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