Kimberly R. Lyle
@kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social
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).
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Courage in Leadership: Lessons from a Year of Staying True
Reflections on integrity, resilience, and the power of values-based decisions in challenging times
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This year has been one of the persistent challenges, and it has prompted me to reflect deeply on the burdens and responsibilities of leadership. As I close out 2024 and look ahead to 2025, one word keeps standing out to me: courage.
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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
I’m heartened by the resolve of my peers, and encouraged by our unity. #JustEconomy
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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
I’m heartened by the resolve of my peers, and encouraged by our unity. #JustEconomy
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Straight from the horse's mouth:
May 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Straight from the horse's mouth:
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.
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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...
May 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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...
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 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
#JustEconomy
March 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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
#JustEconomy
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CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social championing a #JustEconomy at the @justeconomy.bsky.social conference!
March 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CEO @kimberlyrlyle.bsky.social championing a #JustEconomy at the @justeconomy.bsky.social conference!
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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.
April 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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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
@baystatebanner.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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
@baystatebanner.bsky.social
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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
@bosindicators.bsky.social @baystatebanner.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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
@bosindicators.bsky.social @baystatebanner.bsky.social
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.
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Looking forward to advancing the mission and building long-term economic resilience across Massachusetts.
baystatebanner.com/2025/03/19/i...
In the news: Kimberly R. Lyle – The Bay State Banner
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March 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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...
Looking forward to advancing the mission and building long-term economic resilience across Massachusetts.
baystatebanner.com/2025/03/19/i...
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.
DBEDC acknowledges President Trump’s recent executive order affecting the CDFI Fund. As a home-grown CDC & certified CDFI serving local neighborhoods for over 45 years we remain steadfast in our commitment to our local community regardless of this administrative action.
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Executive Order Targeting the CDFI Fund
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation acknowledges President Trump’s recent executive order affecting the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. As a home-grown Community ...
www.dbedc.org
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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.
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.
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People have got to push back on this kinda stuff.
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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
apple.news
March 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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...
People have got to push back on this kinda stuff.
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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...
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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February 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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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Protesters outside of a Tesla dealership in Boston, MA.
February 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Protesters outside of a Tesla dealership in Boston, MA.
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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.
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.
February 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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.
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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Handing over every environmental department to the fossil fuel industry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Handing over every environmental department to the fossil fuel industry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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...
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.
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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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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.
www.politico.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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.
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.
There something about this that feels deeply sinister. Trying to control artistic expression while he goes about breaking everything else is a new layer of profoundly disturbing stuff.
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New Kennedy Center board elects Trump chair, fires Rutter as president
President Trump’s refashioned board of trustees voted him chairman and replaced the Kennedy Center’s president Deborah Rutter with Trump ally Richard Grenell.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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.
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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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.
With Musk and DOGE, does it feel like the US has been taken over by private equity?
Has private equity ever made anything better?
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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.
He is.
Please fight.
Please fight.
RFK Jr. is disqualified, dangerous, and cannot be given the power to make critical health care decisions for millions of Americans.
I'm headed to the floor to put up a fight against his nomination.
I'm headed to the floor to put up a fight against his nomination.
February 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
He is.
Please fight.
Please fight.
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Very sad news. Danielle was a lovely person and a powerful voice for the Haitian diaspora in Boston and far beyond.
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...
February 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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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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...
February 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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...