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...
Posted by admin on October 2, 2015
Boston, MA (Friday, October 2nd, 2015) – Jackson Commons is a green, mixed-use, mixed-income, brownfield, transit-oriented development project in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts and part of the first phase of the Jackson Square Redevelopment Initiative. Completed in May 2015, Jackson Commons included gut renovation of the existing...
Posted by admin on October 1, 2015
Boston, MA (September 29th, 2015) – Urban Edge’s Board of Directors unanimously voted for Frank Shea to be the new CEO. Susan Egmont of Egmont Associates, an executive search firm that specializes in non-profits and community development corporations, facilitated the search process. An initial pool of 100 candidates was narrowed down through a series...
Posted by admin on March 19, 2015
Boston, MA (March 19th, 2015) – Urban Edge and Citi today announced a partnership to extend Urban Edge’s free student loans counseling program, a first of its kind initiative that links community services for housing and education-related debt. Urban Edge works with students and their parents to help them consolidate student loans, refinance, reduce...
Posted by admin on November 18, 2014
Boston, Mass. (November 18, 2014) – Chrystal Kornegay, president and CEO of Urban Edge, has been awarded a fellowship from the Barr Foundation in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to greater Boston. The Barr Foundation has named a class of twelve Fellows four times since 2005. Fellows are selected for their outstanding contribution...
