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Thank You for joining us on MAY 3rd ! Our 38th Annual Celebration on Thursday May 3rd brought together hundreds of Urban Edge supporters to celebrate the Endurance and Evolution of Urban Edge. Our keynote speaker was Undersecretary Aaron Gornstein, and Byron Barnett of 7NEWS was our emcee. We gathered under a big tent right here at 1542 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, enjoying delicious hors d'hoeuvres and wonderful music. (Photos will be coming soon.)
Our sincere appreciation goes out to all the supporters and participants of the evening. Your support helps hundreds of families receive vitally needed services from Urban Edge, as we develop and sustain stable, healthy and diverse communities through affordable housing, economic resiliency services, and connecting neighborhood youth with employment opportunities.
Citi Community Development awards $20,000 grant to support Urban Edge’s Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Program The program helps hundreds of homeowners from Boston and the region avoid foreclosure, through in-person counseling and intervention by Urban Edge’s counseling staff working at the agency’s headquarters in Roxbury.
Jamaica Plain / Roxbury rehab construction begins Urban Edge has begun work to rehabilitate 82 units of occupied, multi-family, affordable rental housing in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. Construction started in January 2012 on the historic preservation and green renovation of the 82 of its “Limited Partnership Apartments” within 10 buildings at seven different sites across the two neighborhoods. “This project keeps our promise that all the housing developed and owned by Urban Edge will remain a growing asset to its residents, their neighborhoods and the City of Boston,” Noah Maslan, Urban Edge’s real estate director said in a statement. Less than six months ago Urban Edge completed the green rehabilitation of 103 other rental apartments in Jamaica Plain and Dorchester. The 82 units being renovated are the latest in Urban Edge’s current development pipeline of eight renovation projects planned over the next two to three years. Urban Edge believes these projects will boost the local economy, improve housing quality and extend affordability to 515 families, while also improving the environment through reduced energy and water use.
Wardman Emergency Fire Relief Fund update January 15, 2012 On the morning of October 17, 2011, residents at Wardman Apartments faced a devastating fire raging out of control. Thirteen people were injured and more than 75 residents--including school-aged children and grandmothers—lost their homes in this catastrophic six-alarm fire. Firefighters rescued terrified people trapped by the flames from windows and, in one harrowing scene, a young child was dropped from the third floor into the arms of a waiting rescuer. Firefighters commented that there were more rescues accomplished than in any fire in recent memory. Two of the buildings are a total loss. For the families who have now lost everything, a disaster of this magnitude requires an extraordinary community response. We have set up the Wardman Emergency Fire Relief Fund to help address residents’ basic needs like clothing, food, household goods – even school supplies for the children. Thank you to those who have generous donated; if you have not yet done so, please consider a gift to the Wardman Relief Fund today. JACKSON SQUARE RINK / TURF RECREATIONAL FACILITY
Indoor Recreational Facility Community Meeting
Indoor Recreational Facility Community Meeting Download the Recreation Facility Presentation here UPDATE March 18, 2011: View Community Input and IARF Questions & Answers here UPDATE April 12, 2011: View Jackson Square Recreational Center Notice of Project Change hereQuestions or comments? Contact Katie Provencher at (617) 989-9309 or kprovencher@urbanedge.org
INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS Download the Financial Analysis here
INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY
Urban Edge is also grateful for the support we receive from United Way of Mass Bay & Merrimack Valley. |
Urban Edge is one of 235 member organizations nationwide that make up NeighborWorks America.
