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Feasibility commission approves three initial appointees, pauses rest while staff vets nominees
Summary
The Cape Verdean Cultural Center Feasibility Commission approved three initial commissioners and voted to pause further appointments so staff can produce a skills-and-region inventory and return a vetted slate at the next meeting.
The Cape Verdean Cultural Center Feasibility Commission approved three initial appointments and directed staff to develop a skills-and-region inventory to vet the remainder of roughly 19 recommended nominees.
The commission chair opened the Nov. 25 meeting by reiterating the panel’s purpose: to produce recommendations for the legislature on building a Cape Verdean Cultural Center in Boston and to carry out site visits, listening sessions and a feasibility study contract. The chair said the project is timed to ensure Cape Verdean history is represented as the city and nation mark milestone anniversaries.
Why it matters: commissioners said the commission must reflect geographic and sector diversity across Massachusetts — not only Boston. Members repeatedly urged…
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