Posted by Maria Caceres on October 4, 2017
(Boston, Mass.) – Leaders from Honolulu, to Providence, R.I.—working across a range of fields, including social policy, community development, public health, and government—have been selected to participate in the Culture of Health Leaders program. These leaders will explore a diversity of pressing issues in health and equity, such as addressing...
Posted by Maria Caceres on August 11, 2017
Roxbury, MA MassDevelopment has issued $9.4 million in bonds for Walker Park, a project from the Urban Edge Housing Corp., a community development organization. Urban Edge is using bond proceeds to build Walker Park, a 49-unit affordable rental housing facility in the Egleston Sq. section of the city. Urban Edge will demolish a blighted building and...
Posted by Maria Caceres on August 10, 2017
A trio of veteran affordable-housing developers are teaming up to redo the Mildred C. Hailey public housing complex in Jamaica Plain. The Boston Housing Authority named Community Builders, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, and Urban Edge — a partnership dubbing themselves Centre Street Partners — as redeveloper of the complex,...
Posted by Maria Caceres on May 5, 2017
A plan to create a mix of 46 housing units and community spaces for low- and moderate-income families in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood received the first-place prize at the 17th Annual Affordable Housing Development Competition. The first-place winner was announced during a special awards ceremony at the Boston Society of Architects/AIA on April 26....
Posted by admin on December 14, 2015
Families First Parenting Programs, Baraka Community Wellness, Jumpstart, and Union Capital Boston provide their services for this new program Boston, MA (Monday, December 14th, 2015): Over the past five years, research on childhood education shows that schools are under-performing when it comes to student preparedness for academic success. Urban Edge...
