Homeowners move into last phase of 15-year, $120M project

By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent

New homeowners are moving into the final phase of a major, 15-year-long city redevelopment project that has breathed new life to an area of Roxbury once plagued by abandoned and aging homes, vacant lots and gang violence.

The multi-stage project coordinated by the city housing authority was funded through $120-million in public and private investment, including a $30-million federal HOPE VI grant. The undertaking which began in the mid-1990s has rebuilt 500-plus rental and owner housing units on three sites in the old Orchard Park public housing development known presently as Orchard Gardens, Orchard Commons and Twenty at Luma, city housing officials said.

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