A Solid Foundation for Building A Healthy Community

by Talia Whyte

The Mattapan Community Health Center and the Whittier Street Health Center held groundbreakings for their respective new facilities recently. The new Mattapan center will be located in Mattapan Square, where there is currently a Citizen’s Bank and an open lot, while the Whittier center in Roxbury will open its doors next to the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in January 2012. Whittier and Mattapan have received both federal stimulus and private funding to make their projects possible, which will also help create more construction and medical employment opportunities for residents in the community.

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