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Kimberly R. Lyle

@kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social
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Affordable housing development. Impact investment. Workforce development. Fearless leader of @dbedc.bsky.social by day. Chaos agent by night. Views are my own (and always evolving). Subscribe: substack.com/@kimberlyrlyle1

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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Thank you National Community Reinvestment Coalition - NCRC for the opportunity to convene in Nashville with other community development practitioners to chart new pathways in a challenging environment. I’m heartened by the resolve of my peers, and encouraged by our unity. #JustEconomy
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Michael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Straight from the horse's mouth:
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I’ve been thinking about how often we lead well—and still hesitate to say, “I did that.” This isn’t about ego. It’s about being honest about what we make possible. Leadership isn’t always loud. Sometimes it looks like results. 📝 New post: You Did That. Say It. open.substack.com/pub/lylekimb...
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Dorchester Bay EDC @dbedc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Dorchester Bay EDC CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social took to Capitol Hill for @justeconomy.bsky.social Hill Day, ensuring that our community's priorities are heard. @markey.senate.gov #JustEconomy
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Dorchester Bay EDC @dbedc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social championing a #JustEconomy at the @justeconomy.bsky.social conference!
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Dorchester Bay EDC @dbedc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social joined fellow MACDC board members and staff in a thoughtful conversation with @massgovernor.bsky.social @maura2.bsky.social Secretary Ed Augustus, and Undersecretary Ashley Stolba on the Commonwealth’s housing and economic challenges and the opportunities ahead.
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Dorchester Bay EDC @dbedc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Stay Tuned: CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social will join Ron Mitchell for @wgbh.org Amplifies: Prioritizing a Solution to the Mass. Housing Crisis, a panel discussion with Luc Schuster of @bosindicators.bsky.social and Michael Kane of MAHT: lnkd.in/eWWbevUT @baystatebanner.bsky.social
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Dorchester Bay EDC @dbedc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Today, DBEDC CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social joined a powerful @wgbh.org panel to tackle one of our most urgent challenges: the Affordable Housing Crisis. The future of housing starts with bold, innovative action. @bosindicators.bsky.social @baystatebanner.bsky.social
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thank you to the Bay State Banner for this coverage on my appointment to the Mass Development board of directors. Looking forward to advancing the mission and building long-term economic resilience across Massachusetts. baystatebanner.com/2025/03/19/i...
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In the news: Kimberly R. Lyle – The Bay State Banner
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Today, @dbedc.bsky.social issued a statement acbout the recent executive order affecting the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund. Read our full statement here.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This is just creepy as hell. I’d never want to work for a company that wants to surveil employees’ day-to-day. People have got to push back on this kinda stuff. apple.news/AZD0QR0kmQmu...
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Bosses Don’t Need a ‘What Did You Do’ Email. They’re Already Tracking You. — The Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk’s email to federal employees prompted angst, but lots of employers use technology for continuous feedback on worker performance
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Dorchester Bay EDC @dbedc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
DBEDC is proud to announce that CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social has been appointed to the MassDevelopment Board of Directors following its merger with MA Growth Capital Corporation. Read more: www.dbedc.org/blog/dbedc-c...
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DBEDC CEO Kimberly R. Lyle joins MassDevelopment Board
(Boston, MA) Governor Maura Healey has appointed Kimberly R. Lyle, CEO of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC), to the board of MassDevelopment. Lyle, who previously served on the b...
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It poses no question at all. The answer is obvious. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/c...
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Trump’s Funding Freeze Raises a New Question: Is the Government’s Word Good?
Companies that get federal grants or loans usually sign a legally binding agreement and depend on getting reimbursed. The new administration has upended that expectation.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Boston firm lays off over 1,000 after USAID cuts www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
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Isabel Ravenna @theravennareport.com · 13/02/2025
Protesters outside of a Tesla dealership in Boston, MA.
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City of Boston @boston.gov · 10/02/2025
Saturday, February 15 is the last day to vote in Boston’s Participatory Budgeting initiative. It only takes a couple of minutes to help decide how Boston will invest $2 million in community-driven projects across the City. Go to boston.gov/participate to learn about proposed projects and vote.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Handing over every environmental department to the fossil fuel industry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands
Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public land
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 13/02/2025
DOGE access to the DOE information technology system is unacceptable. We must keep Elon Musk and his minions away from our most sensitive nuclear weapons information. I am demanding answers from Secretary Wright. www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...
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Democratic US lawmakers ask Energy Department about any DOGE access to nuclear data
Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers pressed the secretary of energy on Wednesday whether members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have access to classified information on nuclear weapons, saying nuclear secrets need to be tightly safeguarded.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 13/02/2025
Yesterday, the richest man in the world fired hundreds of workers who support America’s small businesses. After being rescinded last week, pink slips were reissued this morning. DOGE doesn't 'measure twice, cut once' they cut twice, then cut again. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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DOGE order triggers firings at SBA of employees prematurely fired Friday
Federal workers who mistakenly got termination notices last week got real ones Tuesday just hours after the president’s executive order.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
It’s disturbing, but at the same time ppl will recognize this is not longer a legitimate institution. Artists and art lovers will always find genuine artistic expression and they’ll make spaces for it to live. An institution is not what makes art art.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/02/2025
This is what they mean when they said they wanted to "run the United States like a business"--strip it of everything of value and make off with the money.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
He is. Please fight.
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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Very sad news. Danielle was a lovely person and a powerful voice for the Haitian diaspora in Boston and far beyond.
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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Danielle Legros Georges, who moved to Boston from Haiti with her parents at age 6 and became Boston's Poet Laureate under Mayor Walsh, died of cancer on Feb. 11 at her Dorchester home. www.dotnews.com/2025/bostons...
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
And harder at that!!!!!
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elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall
Alt: elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In case you're wondering what state AGs do, my office recently returned: 💸 $50k to a consumer whose house was damaged during a solar panel installation 💸 $480 to a consumer charged by a gym they didn't even belong to 💸 $590 to a consumer charged for a sprinkler system they declined installation for
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Jesse Kanson-Benanav @jessekb.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Still in awe this AM about what @burhanazeem.bsky.social @councillorsiddiqui.bsky.social @marcgov.bsky.social, their 5 other allies on the Cambridge City Council, and the pro-homes advocates at A Better Cambridge have achieved. www.cambridgeday.com/2025/02/10/i...
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In landmark zoning reform, Cambridge votes to legalize four-story multifamily homes citywide - Cambridge Day
As expected, eight out of nine councillors supported bans on single- and two-family zones, dubbed “exclusionary zoning,” to address a housing affordability crisis.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I’m not sure why anyone thinks this administration is going to respect the rule of law when they’ve made it clear they absolutely will not.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Congratulations! This a phenomenal win!
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 10/02/2025
Trump's attack on NIH funding is a reckless attack on science, innovation, and the people who depend on them. It will gut critical research, kill jobs, and put lives at risk—especially in the #MA7, a global hub for cutting-edge research. My full statement:
“This is a reckless attack on science, innovation, and the generations of people who stand to benefit from NIH investments in our collective public health. As a global hub for higher education and cutting-edge research, this will be especially harmful for the Massachusetts 7th and will quite literally rob people of their lives, threaten thousands of jobs, and curtail the progress we’ve made in improving health outcomes.

 

"My team and I are talking to hospitals and institutions that stand to be impacted imminently here in the Massachusetts 7th. I can’t emphasize enough the harm this would cause and urge the Administration to immediately change course.”
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
New Strain of Bird Flu in Nevada Reveals a Concerning Mutation www.sciencealert.com/new-strain-o...
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New Strain of Bird Flu in Nevada Reveals a Concerning Mutation
An emerging strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has spilled over from wild birds to dairy cows in the state of Nevada, and officials at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and some scienti...
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Developers are worried about future affordable housing projects in the Berkshires amid uncertainty about federal policy www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/a...
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Developers are worried about future affordable housing projects in the Berkshires amid uncertainty about federal policy
After President Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on Canadian imports, including lumber, and briefly froze federal funding last week, developers in the Berkshires are worried that the development of
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/01/2025
it's like AOC is the only person who is expressing an actual emotion here
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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
You are not overreacting. Don’t trust anyone who tries to tell you otherwise.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 24/01/2025
Next Thursday, RFK Jr. will sit before our Senate HELP Committee. We cannot allow America’s already broken health care system to be run by someone so dangerous and unqualified.
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Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Forcing employees to snitch on each other is the type of dangerous tactic you see from authoritarian governments. And it leaves people of color, women, LGBTQIA+ folks, and those with disabilities further at risk. Shameful.
A screenshot of an email by Trump administration to agency employees at which they warn that they could face repercussions if they do not report on co-workers who work in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility positions that might have gone unnoticed by government supervisors.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/01/2025
The Secretary of Defense has to be ready to go 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.   Pete Hegseth has exercised terrible judgement with alcohol, and we cannot trust him with our national security.   I hope my Republican colleagues are thinking hard about the choice in front of them.
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Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov · 22/01/2025
A cold advisory has been declared in @boston.gov through Thursday! Stay safe: Dress in layers, limit time spent outside, and check on your neighbors. For cold weather tips and resources visit boston.gov/cold. 📸Leslie Jones ca. 1930
Frozen icicles on Brewer Fountain in Boston Common circa 1930. Photo courtesy of BPL Leslie Jones collection.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2025
AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 23/01/2025
Trump's rollback of DEI initiatives are an affront to all of us.   It is a FACT that systemic oppression codified in our laws & budgets has harmed women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ & disabled folks, & many others.   Diversity is our strength & everyone in America deserves to thrive.w

"The Trump Administration's harmful executive orders rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are an affront to all of us. Diversity is our strength and everyone who calls this country home deserves to thrive.
 
“These programs and the dedicated employees who administer them are deeply necessary to ensure government works for everyone in America, which is why I worked closely with the Biden-Harris Administration and then-Ranking Member Raskin to center equity and justice in every administrative policy decision across federal agencies.
 
“It is a fact that systemic oppression codified in our laws and budgets has harmed women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ people, those with disabilities and other underserved communities in this country.
 
“Rather than advance cruel and callous policies that undermine progress, I invite Republicans to change course and work with us in advancing legislation that actually helps people from all walks of life."
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Purdue Pharma & the Sacklers' greed led to the devastation of countless families impacted by our opioid crisis. We can't bring back loved ones lost, but I'm proud to announce my office has helped secure a $7.4 billion settlement to hold those who fueled this crisis accountable.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This is absolutely phenomenal!!!!
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
As a believer and woman of deep faith, I'm compelled to see the humanity in everyone. Someone's political party, immigration status, gender, or sexuality shouldn't determine if they deserve compassion. Bishop Budde showed courage in naming that and we are all called to be such an example.
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Charles Starrett (not the Durango Kid) @cstarrett.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Social media can be a great preparation for, but not a replacement of, calling our senators and representative. We have to let them know what we care about through direct communication: phone calls, letters, and talking with them face-to-face.
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Shawn Schillberg @shawnst.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Thank you to @edmarkey.bsky.social, @warren.senate.gov, @wutrain.bsky.social and everyone else who participated in the Massachusetts call to action Zoom tonight. I couldn't stay for the whole call, but I hope this is just the first of many.
Zoom stills of Senator Ed Marley, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, MA AG Andrea Campbell, and Reproductive Equity Now's Rebecca Hard Holder.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I could not be more over it and we're only three days in.
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Henry Santana @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Today or tomorrow! The Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement (MOLA) is partnering with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) to host two VIRTUAL Know Your Rights trainings designed for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals & community members. Register below docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A flyer from the mayor‘s office of LGBTQIA+ advancement & MCAD about their virtual trainings on 1/22 and 1/23. 
The flyer reads join us for a virtual training to deepen your understanding of civil rights under Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws. This session will focus on employment, housing and public accommodations with an emphasis on issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.
Topics will include protections for all legally recognized categories, practical steps for addressing discrimination and a comprehensive list of available resources RSVP required to receive the Zoom link.
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Kimberly R. Lyle @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
“Although we are in a dark and dangerous place right now, we will not — we cannot — succumb to fear and despair,” ...“What we are experiencing now will not last.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/20/m...
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‘We are a beloved community.’ Boston’s MLK Breakfast offers ‘counter narrative’ to Trump on inauguration day. - The Boston Globe
This year’s event served as a repudiation of Trump as speakers urged others to continue work on protecting civil rights.
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