Projects included in latest spending bill will support accessible infrastructure, life sciences, clean drinking water, childcare, economic development, and more

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) applauded the enactment of a Fiscal Year 2024 government spending bill that includes $10,036,031 in federal Community Project Funding for 11 projects across the Massachusetts 7th Congressional District. These projects will support investments to build a more just and equitable Massachusetts 7th by advancing accessible infrastructure, life sciences, clean drinking water, childcare, economic development, and more.

“In this moment of layered crises for our Commonwealth and country, it’s imperative that we advance policies and budgets that are as intersectional as the challenges our communities face,” said Rep. Pressley. “I’m proud to have secured these critical resources for municipalities and grassroots organizations in the Massachusetts 7th, which will help change the lives of our constituents and continue building the just and equitable district we deserve. Together, we’ll continue delivering for our communities.”

Rep. Pressley championed funding for these projects that will bring life-saving resources to her constituents by promoting the life sciences; investing in clean drinking water, childcare, and early education; modernizing greenspace, school, and roadway infrastructure; supporting young parents; promoting economic development; and more. The projects funded in the current appropriations bill include:

$963,000 for Nubian Square Life Sciences Community Laboratory (Northeastern University)
$959,752 for Tri-Town Water Treatment Plant Project (Town of Randolph)
$500,000 for Brooke House Village Center (2Life Communities)
$922,000 for Managing Trauma in Corrections (Roca, Inc.)
$1,000,000 for Center for Family Well-being (Children’s Services of Roxbury)
$425,000 for Early Education and Child Care Capital Renovations (Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center)
$1,000,000 for Franklin Field Modernization (Boston Housing Authority)
$850,000 for Highland Avenue Streetscape Project (City of Somerville)
$1,666,279 for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Redesign and Renovation (Boston Public Schools)
$250,000 for Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons (Just a Start, Inc.)
$1,500,000 for Young Parenting Living Program Renovations (St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children)

For a description of each project, click here.

In the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill, Rep. Pressley secured nearly $14 million for 15 community projects across the district. In the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill, she secured over $8 million for 10 community projects across the Massachusetts 7th, capping off years of advocacy by the Congresswoman and local leaders. Additional projects are anticipated in the second Fiscal Year 2024 government spending bill.

In January 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Somerville to celebrate the $2.4 million in federal funding she secured to support the community-led transformation of the Clarendon Hill housing community, an ethnically, linguistically and economically diverse neighborhood.