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	Planning Initiatives:
	1. Boston College Institutional Master Plan ...
	2. Harvard Allston Campus Planning and Institutional Master Plan Harvard University is currently planning its expansion in North Allston, an area of Boston across the Charles River fr...
	3. North Allston Strategic Planning Framework In 2004 the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) completed a strategic planning process in the North Allston Neighborh...
	4. North Allston-Brighton Community-Wide Plan (CWP) The North Allston-Brighton Community-Wide Plan (known hereafter as CWP) is intended to augment, re-evaluate where necess...

	Development Projects:
	1. 1047 Commonwealth Avenue
	2. 150 Chestnut Hill Ave
	3. 156 Lincoln Street
	4. 17-23 Greylock Road
	5. 9 Gardner Street
	6. 9-23 Griggs Street
	7. Boston College IMP - 10 Year Plan
	8. Boston College St. Clement's Hall Renovation
	9. Boston University Phase II Residences
	10. Charlesview Redevelopment
	11. District 9 at 61 North Beacon Street
	12. Genzyme Phase II Expansion
	13. Genzyme Phase III Expansion
	14. Harvard - Allston - Phase 1B of Master Plan Underg
	15. Harvard Allston Campus Master Plan Amendment
	16. Harvard Science Complex
	17. Hult Business School IMP + Addition
	18. Lowe's Brighton
	19. Penniman Square on the Park
	20. St. Elizabeth's Hospital IMP
	21. Wingate at Brighton

	Jobs and Community Services Programs:
	1. ALLSTON/BRIGHTON APAC -- After School Care
	2. ALLSTON/BRIGHTON RESOURCE CENTER --
	3. COMMONWEALTH TENANTS' ASSOCIATION -- After School Tutoring
	4. CRITTENTON HASTINGS HOUSE -- Alternative Education Program
	5. CRITTENTON WOMEN'S UNION --
	6. D.E.A.F. INC. --
	7. JACKSON/MANN COMMUNITY CENTER -- After School Tutoring
	8. JACKSON/MANN COMMUNITY CENTER --
	9. JACKSON/MANN COMMUNITY CENTER -- Boston Youth Connection
	10. MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS/Allston & --
	11. VERONICA B. SMITH MULTI-SERVICE CENTER --
	12. WEST END HOUSE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB -- Project Learn

	Maps: Go to: www.mapjunction.com/BRA for the Boston Atlas main web site.
	1. Allston Village
	2. Brighton Center/Oak Square
	3. Cleveland Circle
	4. Commonwealth Avenue/Boston University
	5. North Allston

	Publications:      Click here to search all publications
	1. 207 The Neighborhood of Allston/Brighton in Boston  1985
	2. 321 Allston/Brighton Neighborhood Profile, 1985  1988
	3. 388 Business Patterns in Brighton Center   1990
	4. 418 Allston/Brighton Population & Housing Profile, 1990 STF 1  1991
	5. 438 Allston/Brighton Planning District STF 1 1980-1990  1992
	6. 474 Allston/Brighton 1990 Census of Population & Housi  1993
	7. 578 Allston-Brighton - 2000 Census of Population and Housing  2003 - PDF
	8. SF1data8 PD 8: Allston/Brighton  2002 - PDF

	Links:
	1. Town Online (Transcript Newspapers)
	2. Allston Village
	3. Brighton Allston Historical Society
	4. Brighton Main Streets