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...Gordon said that bringing new businesses to Allston would be a focus for Harvard in the next year in addition to the master planning process and officials have already begun work in this area...
...Finale Dessert Company opened a new commercial bakery in a Harvard-owned building in Allston, and is also considering opening a small retail pastry kitchen on the site...
...During the late 1990s, Harvard began a neighborhood planning process, at the request of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, to coordinate the University’s plans for its property in Allston with the community’s needs. In 2004, the series of meetings resulted in the North Allston Neighborhood Strategic Plan, a document that focused on maintaining housing affordability, creating open space, and ensuring greater economic opportunity in the neighborhood...
...Although the University has often spoken broadly about the ways its expansion will revitalize Allston in the long-term, some residents say Harvard’s presence has negatively affected their short-term circumstances...
...lived in the neighborhood, our quality of life has not changed in two years,” said Harvard Allston Task Force member Harry Mattison. “There are vacant Harvard properties all over the neighborhood and there’s a huge construction project going on which has had its rocky moments...