School Desk Diaries: Hyde Square Teens vs. TD Garden

Tristan Cimini is a former producer for WGBH News’ K-12 Education Desk. She produces the School Desk Diaries and contributes reporting to WGBH’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Prior to coming to WGBH, Cimini worked with WNYC, WBUR, and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from Oberlin College.

October 05, 2017

Updated July 31, 2023

Whether it was their intention or not, one group of Boston teenagers with the Hyde Square Task Force added an impressive line to their resumes this summer. They exposed TD Garden’s failure to comply with a 1993 requirement to raise money for city recreation centers. We hear the teen sleuths explain how they did it and their goal of raising money to build a youth center in Hyde Square. In July, TD Garden agreed to pay $1.6 million to build a rec center in Jamaica Plain.

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