Posted by ysinha@urbanedge.org on February 16, 2021
Girls and teens used to meet in Sharon Curry’s living room. First there were eight. Then 12. Then 30, and Curry’s house was bursting at the seams with girls meeting for Girls to Teens to Women for discussions and mentoring. “I took it to the backyard, then to the park,” says Curry, who lives in Massachusetts. Today, some of these...
Posted by ysinha@urbanedge.org on February 9, 2021
BOSTON – Tuesday, February 9, 2021 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a 42 percent increase in the Linkage fees collected by large scale commercial developments over 100,000 square feet in Boston to support the creation of affordable housing and workforce development programs. The increased rate of $15.39 per square foot, of which...
Posted by Admin Support on December 14, 2020
By Jim Morrison | Boston.com Correspondent | December 8, 2020 After going through a difficult divorce in 2017, Niva Cruz and her three teenagers were forced to move out of their Boston home. “I struggled to find an affordable apartment in the city where I raised my children,’’ Cruz said. She eventually found a two-bedroom apartment — 45 minutes...
Posted by Admin Support on December 2, 2020
62 New Units of Affordable Housing To Be Built in Jamaica Plain With the Support of Funders Holtzer Park Under Construction Holtzer Park Rendering Boston, Mass. (December 3, 2020) – Urban Edge is announcing today that construction has begun on Holtzer Park, a 62-unit affordable housing development near Jackson Square in Jamaica Plain. ...
Posted by Admin Support on November 23, 2020
By Richard Heath|Boston Bulletin Staff Reporter| November 19, 2020 The first of what will undoubtedly be a series of Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Article 80large project review meetings was held virtually on Nov. 5 attended by 61 callers. Introduced by BPDA project man-ager Dana Whiteside, The Community Builders (TCB) project...
