by nextBRA Team | Jul 14, 2016 | Project Progress: Discovery
We’re wrapping up the learning phase for this project and we’ve covered quite a lot of ground: Over 80 conversations with BRA employees, Boston residents, members of the media, city employees, and neighborhood advocates (with a few still on our calendars in the coming...
by nextBRA Team | Jul 6, 2016 | Project Progress: Discovery
We held workshops with a range of people within the BRA to dig deeper into how the organization functions and into how it works with its many stakeholders. We heard some really meaningful and inspiring reasons why people work at the BRA (below): But we...
by nextBRA Team | Jun 27, 2016 | Project Progress: Discovery
Living in the South End in the early 90’s shaped my initial idea of the BRA. Conversations on gentrification and rent increases throughout the apartment building I lived in remain vivid in my mind, and although my family and I moved to Los Angeles, Boston always felt...
by nextBRA Team | Jun 22, 2016 | Project Progress: Discovery
At this point we’ve met with stakeholders across the spectrum, including several dozen staff members of the BRA itself: Above: Chatting with Gary Uter, a BRA project manager Boston developers and architects: Above: Lee from Continuum, talking with David...
by nextBRA Team | Jun 15, 2016 | Project Progress: Discovery
We are currently in the midst of learning and analysis where we conduct in-context learning to understand values, perceptions and experiences of internal and external stakeholders of the BRA. In this stage of the project, we want to better understand inside-out and...
by nextBRA Team | Jun 15, 2016 | Project Progress: Discovery
The week before last we officially kicked off the project with the entire core and extended teams. Everyone came to our new offices at 21 Drydock, relinquished their cellphones and participated in an engaging afternoon. After going around the room to introduce...
