Patrick adopts inclusive approach

Deval L. Patrick, a Democratic candidate for governor, plans to open a satellite office in the Grove Hall section of Dorchester this afternoon, seeking to reach out to a community that he said seems to have ``checked out of political and civic life."

``It leaves people feeling as if they count," Patrick said yesterday. ``This is a community that in some ways represents that phenomenon of people across the state who are left out and left back by politics as usual."

Patrick's main headquarters is Charlestown. The other two Democrats running for governor, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly and Christopher F. Gabrieli, have main offices in downtown Boston.

Corey Welford, a spokesman for Reilly, said his candidate has also reached out to inner-city communities: ``Tom Reilly needs no introduction to the people of Dorchester. He has a record for fighting on their side that his opponents simply can't manage."

Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, the GOP nominee for governor, opened a satellite office in East Boston last month. Ron Bell, Patrick's deputy campaign manager, will handle operations at the office, organizing outreach efforts, meetings, and the staff members and volunteers who will be stationed there. Bell, founder of Dunk the Vote, a voting advocacy group that has registered about 35,000 black, Latino, and Asian voters in Massachusetts, said opening an office on Warren Street is crucial because it gives residents there who may have felt neglected by state government the opportunity to participate.

``We're coming in early, we're working hard," Bell said. ``The community can see that we're not taking them for granted."

Patrick, his wife Diane, local officials, and hundreds of residents are expected to attend the grand opening today at 3 p.m.

Russell Nichols can be reached at rnichols@globe.com.