A new report released Wednesday laid out a multi-pronged strategy for revitalizing Roxbury’s Nubian Square and recommends Boston’s Office of Economic Development take the lead role.
The report, published by The American City Coalition, suggested that current residents and businesses could benefit from alternative policing methods, better access to parking and more market-rate housing in the renamed business district formerly known as Dudley Square.
Christine Araujo, the coalition’s executive director, said the report is intended to inform conversations around the square — one of the last remaining frontiers of development in the city.
“It cannot be left to chance. It’s got to be thoughtful, it’s got to be focused,” Araujo said of the forthcoming development. “We thought that it might help to inform future decision-making if we did a market analysis, especially since we’re expecting new residents and new retail in the square.”
Araujo said the OED is best positioned to lead to effort.
