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Sunday December 9, associates from Kensington Investment Company, Grand Circle Travel, and the Lewis Family Foundation hosted a special Holiday Party for families at the BCYF Shelburne Center in Roxbury. Ms. Alfreda R. Harris, founder of the Shelburne Center, and Administrative Coordinator Dianne Galloway welcomed associates for an afternoon full of activities for the 15Read more

The Lewis Family Foundation, The BASE hosted nearly 400 community residents, local business leaders, educators and student-athletes under a massive heated tent for a festive evening of BBQ, dancing, games and raffle prizes. Guests were treated to a sneak preview of the state-of-the-art facility, which will include expanded space for year-round baseball and softball trainingRead more

Grand Circle Travel/Overseas Adventure Travel was named one of “Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®.” The National Association for Business Resources surveyed nominated businesses across the Greater Boston region to select companies which have distinguished themselves with the most innovative and thoughtful approaches to human resources and employee enrichment. Organizations are assessed based onRead more

Grand Circle Cruise Lines has been named the #2 Small-ship Ocean Cruise Line in the world in the 2018 World’s Best Awards from Travel + Leisure magazine. Each year, Travel + Leisure asks it readers to rate cruise ship experiences based on cabins, facilities, food, service, itineraries, destinations, excursions, and value. For the small-ship oceanRead more

Sara Amiro Jones, Manager, Legal Affairs, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Jim O’Brien Leadership Award. Since 2015, this award has recognized an employee who willingly shares with his or her colleagues to help them grow and develop, and challenges team members to take one more step than they thought they could. AccordingRead more

Roxbury native, artist, and Assistant Director of MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships Ekua Holmes recently launched The Roxbury Sunflower Project. A project aimed at bringing beauty, and color to Roxbury through community sun-flower planting. With the help of community leaders and volunteers throughout the Roxbury area, Ekua set out to plant at leastRead more

Over 30 Kensington Investment Company associates and family members participated in our 3rd Annual Rebuild Day at All Dorchester Sports & Leadership (ADSL) on April 28.  In keeping with National Volunteer week and Grand Circle’s 24th annual Rebuilding Day, KIC joined hundreds of volunteers in Boston and thousands of volunteers in service projects across theRead more

The Kensington has been rated the #1 property nationwide in the annual “Elite 1% List,” the pinnacle of the J Turner ORA™ Power Ranking. The eco-conscious apartment community in downtown Boston has now held the top spot since 2015. In a dinner at the Boston restaurant Moo on February 5, Joseph Turner, founder of J.Read more