South End Project Area Committee.

The South End Project Area Committee was chartered by the Boston City Council in 1968 to fulfill federal redevelopment mandates requiring citizen participation in renewal projects. SEPAC was recognized by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, federal government, and city as the official voice of the South End and Lower Roxbury sections of Boston. Primarily, but not solely, concerned with housing and community development, SEPAC was a planning and action organization. SEPAC was the only PAC with veto power over the selection of developers for BRA-owned property and, perhaps, more accurately reflected the low-income and mixed-racial profile of its constituency.