Construction of Dorchester’s first stand-alone community center officially began last Wednesday (Oct. 15), three years after the location in Grove Hall was selected. Elected officials and community members celebrated the center’s planning, viewed building designs, and listened to a DJ play Michael Jackson and Prince on the site’s vacant lot.
Part of the Boston Centers for Youth and Families, the Grove Hall Community Center will be Dorchester’s first full-service city-run center outside of a school building. The building will occupy a city-owned lot that sits across the street from the Grove Hall Library and Senior Center.
“For too long, Dorchester’s BCYF centers have been makeshift, shoehorned into leftover space,” said Mayor Wu. “With today’s groundbreaking, we’re making it clear that every neighborhood deserves a state-of-the-art community center that they can be proud of. It’s time to offer the level of programming that the families of Dorchester and Grove Hall deserve.”…