10/17/2026
Bulletin Newspapers and the Norwood Record
October 15, 2026
Jackson Mann second survey results
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By Jeff Sullivan
The City of Boston announced last week it released the results of the second survey on the Jackson Mann Community Center in Allston.
The city is hosting a meeting to go over the data on Oct. 27, the details of which can be found on the city’s website for the community center at https://gvimes.link/jackmannproj
The data from the release shows much the same main question as the first survey results, discussed in August – https://gvimes.link/jcksnmnncvrgaug
The biggest question is whether or not to leave space for a school. The Jackson Mann Community Center is falling apart right now as you read, but the Jackson Mann K-8 and Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing were so bad that they closed down several years ago.
Since the closure of the schools and several announcements of closure for the community center – which faced severe community pushback, being the only community center in District 9, which houses almost 80,000 people, the Jackson Mann has been limping along. But the city has so far kept its promise to re build the site.
The two surveys are looking to hone in on what to actually build there. Back in the spring, the city held meetings and showed several configurations with four main components and differing levels of each, with the community center being the only component in each configuration. The other three, housing/ affordable housing, a school, and commercial/retail were switched around.
Charlesview awards over $1M
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On October 8, 2026, members of the Charlesview Inc. Board of Director’s and staff were joined for breakfast by more than 70 people including Representative Kevin Honan, Senator Will Brownsberger, Alex Rocha from City Council President Liz Breadon’s office, friends, and the staffs of 29 organizations to celebrate the 13th annual Rabbi Abraham Halbfinger and Charlesview Community Fund awards. This year the fund awarded over $1M in grants to organizations who provide essential and enriching services and programs for residents in Allston/Brighton.
Annual awards are given out at a breakfast to provide staffs the opportunity to get to know one another, network and potentially collaborate on new ideas and programs to address unmet needs in the community.
Speaking to the awardees Board Chair, Bill Rosenberg, continued to remind us that “money in the bank does no one any good” and likened Charlesview’s funds to” a lump of coal, that by itself doesn’t do anyone any good. However, when you put it in a furnace it generates energy and power. Now you must convert our coal/money into power that benefits the Allston/Brighton Community.”
The organizations funded provide services to all ages in Allston/ Brighton and address food and hygiene insecurity, participatory arts and music, support for Immigrant families, health and nutrition classes, increased socialization opportunities for marginalized members of our community, substance use recovery support, and support for the staffs that do this very difficult work each and every day.
