EDIC Grants Relief to Local Businesses After 202 Years, Eastern Bank to Go
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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 DEALS OF THE EDIC grants After 202 years, Housing$DAY$ relief to local Eastern Bank experts planPG. 3 businesses to go public Lynn’s futureDEALS FOR THE ITEM Steve Krause By Gayla CawleyOF THE ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF LYNN — As small businesses attempt to rebound $ $ from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic Develop- DAY LYNN — In a move that reverses two centuries of LYNN — Local housing experts andPG. developers 3 are ment & Industrial Corporation of Lynn continues to do mutuality, Eastern Bank Thursday told its employ- looking for ways to plan for future development in its part to support their recovery efforts. ees that it intends to go public in the largest such Lynn that would help meet, rather than exacerbate, EDIC/Lynn has awarded almost $600,000 to 81 lo- conversion in banking history, CEO Bob Rivers said the housing needs of city residents. cal businesses in the last three months, with grants Thursday. The virtual panel discussion Wednesday night was ranging from $3,000 to $10,000. Approximately 75 per- Established 202 years ago in Salem, Eastern has moderated by Karina Milchman, chief of housing and cent of the businesses that have received grants are been the oldest and largest mutual bank in the Unit- neighborhood development for theDEALS Metropolitan Area minority- and female-owned, according to EDIC/Lynn ed States. Bob Rivers, who took over as CEO 3½ years Planning Council (MAPC), the entityOF workingTHE with EDIC, A6 EASTERN, A6 $HOUSING,DAY$ A6 PG. 3 Juneteenth Red Rock run Lynn commemorates protestDEALS OF THE freedom group$DAY$ PG. 3 for slaves sets goals By Julian Agyeman and Ko Boone By Elyse Carmosino ASSOCIATED PRESS ITEM STAFF June 19 is celebrated by black Americans LYNN — Saturday’s “Prevent as Juneteenth, marking the date in 1865 that the Cycle” event in Lynn will former slaves were informed of their freedom, try something different from albeit two years after the Emancipation Proc- other recent protests held in lamation. Coming this year at a time of pro- support of the Black Lives Mat- test over the continued police killing of black ter movement. people, it provides an opportunity to look back “Our goal at the end of this at how black Americans were deprived of land is to sit down with represen- ownership and the economic power that it tatives or the police chief and brings. see if we can come to a mutu- Underlying the recent unrest sweeping U.S. al understanding and get some cities over police brutality is a fundamental change, because there is no ex- inequity in wealth, land and power that has cuse when there are community circumscribed black lives since the end of slav- members willing to work within ery in the U.S. the systems that are working The “40 acres and a mule” promised to for- against us,” said the event’s merly enslaved Africans never came to pass. founder, Brianna Castro. There was no redistribution of land, no repara- Castro, 19, said she wanted to tions for the wealth extracted from stolen land hold a community event aimed by stolen labor. at presenting city of cials with An expanded concept of the “black commons” a clear-cut list of asks from — based on shared economic, cultural and dig- Lynn residents. ital resources as well as land — could act as Those who attend the event one means of redress. As professors in urban — to be held at six separate lo- planning and landscape architecture, our re- cations — will be asked to sign search suggests that such a concept could be a petition detailing several de- a part of undoing the racist legacy of chattel mands, which include: For the slavery by encouraging economic development Lynn Police to require all of - and creating communal wealth. cers wear body cameras; for the Land grab Human Rights Commission to The proportion of the United States under be fully staffed and functional; black ownership has actually shrunk over the for the Human Rights Com- last 100 years or so. mission to be responsible for At their peak in 1910, African-American securing a diversity training farmers made up around 14 percent of all U.S. program for all city employees farmers, owning 16 to 19 million acres of land. and for that training to be man- By 2012, black Americans represented just 1.6 datory; for legislation outlawing percent of the farming community, owning 3.6 the chokehold; for mandatory medical aid for detainees; and JUNETEENTH, A5 for clear directives for of cers when using deadly force. In addition, Castro said she hopes to work with city of cials COVID-19 to develop more inclusive school Lynn, Revere report new virus cases. A3 curriculums that also incorpo- Saugus rate nancial literacy courses. Return to schools “driven by health.” A3 “We want to incorporate black history, ethnic studies, activism, Opinion and advocacy into Lynn Public Jourgensen: You and the “Zoom” you. A4 ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Schools, similar to KIPP Acade- my Lynn Collegiate,” said Castro, Sports Nine-week-old Myah, a Jack Russell Terrier/Maltese/Chihuahua mix, who is herself a 2018 graduate Julianna Perry caps off a career gives chase as Ismael Eldjidel-Mercedes, 9, of Lynn, runs through Red of achievements at English. B1 Rock Park on Thursday evening. GOALS, A3 Swampscott Contender drops Select Board Swampscott candidates debate school board bid By David McLellan hosted by The Item and By David McLellan thanked her supporters, ITEM STAFF moderated by Carolina ITEM STAFF but said she made the de- Trujillo. cision to drop out “largely SWAMPSCOTT — The election will be held SWAMPSCOTT — The to focus on my own mental There are three candi- Tuesday, June 30. Swampscott School Com- health. dates vying for two open Candidates were rst mittee “race” is no longer “Trying to balance the seats on the Swampscott given an opportunity to a race. Two candidates are demands of full-time work, Select Board, and none introduce themselves. vying for two open seats, parenting, and homes- are incumbents. Williams grew up in after the third candidate, chooling during this pan- Thursday morning, can- Swampscott, and went Keiko Zoll, dropped out demic has been a struggle. didates Stephen T. Wil- to Swampscott schools, Clockwise from top left, Item Community Re- Thursday morning. This was a decision with liams; Neal Duffy; and just like his children, and lations Director Carolina Trujillo interviews Zoll announced on Face- which I’d been wrestling David Grishman partic- Swampscott Select Board candidates David book that she was end- ipated in a Zoom debate DEBATE, A3 Grishman, Stephen T. Williams and Neal Duffy. ing her campaign, and BID, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 88° VOL. 141, ISSUE 160 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 66° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 TRAVEL......................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 OBITUARIES Tammy Croce Daley, 53 Alfred C. Speranza, 89 1967-2020 Tammy Croce Daley, 53, Alfred C. “Fred” Speranza passed away peacefully in her passed away peacefully June sleep at the Kaplan Family 16, 2020. He was 89 years Hospice House in Danvers, on old. He leaves behind his June 15, 2020. Tammy fought wife, Frances; his daughters a courageous battle with can- Marianne and her husband cer for nine months. Tammy Eric Hartmann, Kathleen lived in Amesbury, and was a Speranza and her husband manager with Stop & Shop. Parker Heath, and Elisa Tammy is survived by her Speranza and Jon Kardon, son, Michael Daley and daugh- and was predeceased by his ter-in-law, Shannon McDon- daughter Laura Speranza. He nough of Melrose; her father also leaves behind his be- loved grandchildren Nicho- Joseph Croce Jr., of Gloucester; FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS her brothers, Dan and Court- las and Emily Hartmann and ney Croce of Ipswich, James of Jackson Heath. He is survived In this April 10, 1961 le photo, President John Gloucester and Jason Ward of by his devoted sister Elena F. Kennedy and his sister, Jean Kennedy Smith, Billerica. She is also survived and Dennis Drislane and their watch an opening day baseball game at Grif th by her grandmother, Claire sons Matthew and Christo- Stadium in Washington. be made to the Kaplan Family pher, and by his nephew John gelist Church in Swampscott. Croce of Wake eld and her He was active in the Italian sister/aunt/friend Gail LeBlanc Hospice House. Speranza. He was the son of the late Mary (Stravato) and Club and other local organi- of Newton, N.H. She leaves be- Service information: By re- quest of the family, burial will John Speranza, and brother zations, and was a member Last surviving hind many cousins, nieces and of the late Joanna Reardon of the Town of Swampscott nephews and good friends. be private. A “Celebration of Life” will be held at a later and Richard Speranza. Finance Committee. He was Tammy was predeceased by a consummate grill-master, a dates. Arrangements were Mr. Speranza was a hard her son, Ryan Corey Daley; her worker, following in his fa- big reader and loved music, made with the PAUL ROGERS sibling of mother, Kathleen Doucette and ther’s footsteps as an expert especially Frank Sinatra. sister, Stacy Conty. Family Funeral Home, 2 Hill- bricklayer and stone mason. The family wishes to express In lieu of owers, gifts may side Ave., Amesbury. He was active in his own con- its deep gratitude to the staff struction business into his of Bertram House, Swamp- JFK dead at 92 80s, and his handiwork will scott, for their compassionate stand as his legacy through- and professional care.