The NDC of Grove Hall is the developer of the 2001 $13.5 million Grove Hall Mecca Mall. The Mall is home to the first supermarket in Grove Hall in over twenty years. The NDCGH has also helped to create approximately 470 jobs for community residents and attract more than $21 million in economic development projects and programs to the Grove Hall area. Other agency highlights include:

• 1988: Completed a $1.2 million rehabilitation project, providing 12 unites of affordable housing and four commercial units in Grove Hall
• 1988: Sponsored the development of 48 units of Veterans Housing: Hartford Manor and the VBC Apartments
• 1989: Recruited the first full service bank to return to Grove Hall
• 1993-1994: Assisted the City of Boston in a $430,000 capital improvement project along Blue Hill Avenue
• 1998: Assisted Grove Hall businesses in obtaining over $180,000 in funding to improve storefront facades
• 1999: Successfully brought the Main Streets concept to Grove Hall
• Has provided leadership development and organizing assistance to the Blue Hill Task Force since 1994
• Developer of millions of dollars in housing for first-time home buyers and co-sponsor of 72 units of affordable rental housing
• Coordinates and facilitates ongoing workshops to inform residents and business owners of future development activities and opportunities in Grove Hall area