The University also pledged to use some of its newly acquired land in Boston for affordable housing. In 1997, Harvard came under fire for secretly purchasing 52 acres in Allston. Yesterday Grogan said this land will be used, at least in part, to benefit area residents.
"We anticipate, pending discussions with neighbors and the city of Boston, that some of that land will be used for affordable housing," he said.
A Good Neighbor
But he also said one goal of Harvard's initiative is to improve the institution's image in the community.
"Part of it is doing more, and part of it is making visible what we're already doing," he said.
Grogan said depictions of Harvard as "an occupying army or pestilence on the community," are misleading.
"The stuff that you hear at a rally or city council meeting...is wrong," he said. "It's a caricature."
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