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Community Development

Urban Edge is making great strides in addressing the housing problem in Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and the surrounding neighborhoods. By the end of 2006, Urban Edge had provided over 1,300 families with safe, stable and high-quality housing to call home. In the coming year, we are working to:

Sell 13 new eco-friendly homes by Hyde Park Avenue that was completed in August 2008;
Preserve and rehabilitate 103 units in Jamaica Plain Apartments
Move forward with Partners for Jackson on the transit-oriented Jackson Square development, which includes over 400 units of housing, 100 of which should be completed in FY09;
Complete predevelopment work on Greenview, a mixed development including new housing on Washington Street just south of Egleston Square, in collaboration with the Pine Street Inn,.

UPDATES

EPA Brownsfield Cleanup Grant Award of $200,000 April 2008

EPA has awarded Urban Edge a $200,000 2008 Brownfields Cleanup Grant. Funds will be used to clean up hazardous substances located in the ¾ -acre parcel at 1542 Columbus Avenue in Roxbury. The site is contaminated primarily with metals. The grant will fund excavation, transportation and disposal of up to 1,400 cubic yards of soil, and support community involvement activities.

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Development Projects
	New Construction: Hyde-Blakemore Condominiums
	Preservation & Rehabilitation
Community Planning
	Jackson Square Redevelopment Initiative
	Brownfields Clean-up: 1542 - 1542A Columbus Avenue