Boston Scenes 05-18-2017

Mayor Martin Walsh with MWPC Board of Directors.

(l-r) Dani Monroe, CDO, Partners HealthCare MWPC, Mayor Walsh, and Board President Gail Jackson-Blount

Boston City Council Women (l-r) at-large, Ayanna Pressley, President, Michelle Wu, and Annissa Essaibi George.

MWPC Board member and BWH HR vice president Sabrina Williams and Denise Kaigler, Founder, MDK Brand Management.

Mayor Walsh and long-time partner Laurie Higgins

Investors, politicians, community organizers and project team members gather around the unveiled view of the proposed hotel to be built across from the downtown Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The project, in part, has been to create a new model of unprecedented representation by minority- and women-owned businesses, infusing the Boston economy with a new business diversity. Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Mayor Marty Walsh and Massport CEO Tom Glynn also joined in the celebration of the $550 million, 1000-room hotel.