Neighborhood Associations In Dorchester

Last month, a news report by WBZ-TV, the local CBS affiliate in Boston, highlighted the civic engagement of many Dorchester residents. Civic engagement occurs in several ways, such as neighborhood associations. A partial list:

• Annapolis Neighborhood Association
• Ashmont Adams Neighborhood Association
• Ashmont Hill Association
• Clam Point Civic Association
• Codman Square Neighborhood Council
• Columbia Washington Street Neighborhood Association
• Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI)
• Eastman Elder Neighborhood Association
• Fields Corner Civic Association
• Five Streets Neighborhood Association
• Florida Corridor Neighborhood Association
• Friends Of Peabody Square
• Greater Bowdoin Geneva Neighborhood Association
• Greater Hartford Street Neighborhood Monthly Association Meeting
• Hancock Street Civic Association
• John W. McCormack Civic Association
• Jones Hill Civic Association
• Lower Mills Civic Association
• Meetinghouse Hill Civic Association
• Peabody Slope Neighborhood Association
• Popes Hill Neighborhood Association
• St. Marks Area Civic Association
• Tuttle/Hartland Neighborhood Watch
• United Neighborhood Association
• Vietnamese American Civic Association (VACA)
• Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID)

Some civic engagement is organized by issues, such as Dorchester Is Not For Sale and Boomerang Bags Boston. To find more groups, browse our Resident Resources page and the Neighborhood Guide by My Dorchester.