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...Harvard’s expansion in Allston—during the past year the University has orchestrated the opening of a free ice-skating rink in a former Volkswagen dealership and the disbursing of community development grants to organizations like the Fishing Academy, which sponsors fishing trips for Allston youths. Harvard has also recently leased empty office space from its large real estate holdings in the neighborhood to an environmental nonprofit...
Faust has reiterated her commitment to maintaining an open line of communication with the Allston community and met with members of the Harvard Allston Task Force over breakfast in February...
...Many Allston residents said they appreciated the University’s efforts thus far to develop the community, but there remains a lingering sense that Harvard should improve the transparency of the planning process to demonstrate its receptiveness to the community’s concerns...
...think there isn’t much of a relationship right now,” Allston resident Harry Mattison said. “If you’re going to have a partnership there has to be honest, open, and frequent dialogue—right now it’s certainly not frequent. That’s where we need to start...
While community members have faulted the University for not being particularly transparent about its plans for future development and the state of its finances, interviews also reflected a sense of optimism that the appointment of the Allston Work Team—a group created shortly after the University announced that it would halt construction indefinitely on the Allston Science Complex and charged with recommending strategies for Harvard’s expansion into Allston—signals a turning point in the University’s on-going relationship with Allston...