Excerpt from Local Government and Community Autonomy in East Boston
In addition, while the apac, lch, and the Local Advisory Coun cils had been moving, prior to the introduction of the CDC, toward greater cooperation with one another in dealing with community issues and had made some gains, these gains were achieved with the per mission of the mayor. In contrast, ebnc, while cooperating with these organizations, had created a life of its own, having vested con trol in a board responsible to its membership. For this reason, the CDC, as the offspring of ebnc, has the inherent potential to be more reflective of the wishes of the neighborhood than any of the other ex isting organizations described. However, these other groups had achieved momentum, even if only in terms of longevity in some ln stances, and because they did not fully understand the community-based economic development concept, they tended to see the CDC in terms of what it might or might not contribute to their effort, rather than what they could contribute to the CDC.
Leadership roles, as well, had been established prior to the CDC the ebnc subcommittee dominated the issue of airport containment, and of noise and air and water pollution produced by the airport, as well as occupying itself with the airport’s expansion plans and its pur chase oi neighborhood homes; the Recreation, Master Planning, and Land Use Advisory Council monitored all open-space issues, including waterfront development; apac concerned itself with services, partien larly to the elderly, and educational programs; Little City Hall also concerned itself with transportation issues and served as the link be tween East Boston residents and the city administration, particularly the city departments.
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