Word: mattison
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...Harry Mattison, who is a member of the mayor-appointed Harvard Allston Task Force, said that he hopes a deeper discussion of benefits will take place now that the construction of the science complex is almost underway...
...Harry Mattison, who is also a member of the task force, said that he had “tremendous doubts” that the benefits will directly impact the community...
...past, Mattison, along with others in his community, asked the University to establish and fund a kindergarten through eighth grade school and community center instead of making physical improvements to the neighborhood...
...litmus test really is, how many people in this room have had their life improved by this project we’ve been working all year on?” said Task Force member Harry Mattison. “There’s nothing in that agreement that is anywhere close to the kind of community benefits package that is appropriate for this billion-dollar initiative...
...Mattison claimed that Columbia is making a more tangible investment in the community than Harvard is in its expansion. He said that the secondary school to be built by Columbia will enroll an equal number of children who live in the community and children whose parents are affiliated with Columbia. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] He also pointed out that Columbia’s Web site offers an explanation of the expansion in both English and Spanish, while Harvard’s does not. According to a 2007 survey by the Boston Public Health Commission, 8.5 percent of Allston/Brighton residents speak Spanish...