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Dakota Jones, the newest member of HBI’s Board of Directors, is Director of Operations and Senior Diversity Consultant at InOrder Business Development Solutions. The company consults with businesses working with the built environment – developers, construction companies, and institutions – on matters of diversity, equity...

Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2023 operating budget moved The Boston Landmarks Commission out from under management by the City’s Environment Department and into a newly created Office of Historic Preservation. The re-structuring keeps the City’s chief historic preservation regulatory functions within the Environment, Energy and Open Space...

There's been a lot of noise coming from construction at the historic St. James African Orthodox Church in Roxbury this month. The most obvious cause is Olde Mohawk Preservation's replacement of the entire roof of the church building.  More quietly has been the work of...

Historic Boston was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Marcia Myers, 81, a pioneering preservation planner in Boston and a long-serving member of HBI’s Board of Directors.  Marcia was the first director of the Boston Landmarks Commission and, as staff to the Boston...

Over the next two months, Chris Impellizeri of West Roxbury will be juggling three summer internship projects that will help HBI predict the future. Chris is researching models for shared use of former historic church buildings for HBI’s project at St. James African Orthodox Church; modeling...

Sang Won Han, who calls himself “James,” stopped by Historic Boston’s offices this week to pick up a key to the retail space in the historic Hayden Building at 681 Washington Street in Chinatown.  On September 1st, he’ll open Wig World Boston there, a business...