In 1968 a group of neighbors from Dorchester formed Lena Park Associates to address the pressing housing needs that existed in the burgeoning Black neighborhoods of North Dorchester and Mattapan. The group quickly realized that it had more to do than just address the housing situation. Today the Lena Park Community Development Corporation, now in its 22nd year in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan, provides a range of programs: tutoring and academic advisement, career development and employment counseling, day care, young adult and social development, family advocacy, and youth recreational activities, including a summer camp for children. Most recently Lena Park Development Corporation has rehabilitated a number of housing units throughout the community it serves.