News Archive

This week, Suzanne sits down with Roger Herzog, the executive director of the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), about the organization’s 40th anniversary and why they are honoring former St...

For 40 Years, CEDAC Has Catalyzed Positive Change Early-Stage Assistance Has Helped Build Housing, Transform Communities By Roger Herzog Special to Banker & Tradesman In 1978, then- state representative ...

Today, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy, and Housing and Community Development Undersecretary Janelle Chan joined Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr., Senator ...

Today, Governor Charlie Baker filed legislation to further the administration’s Housing Choice Initiative, a bold plan to support the production of 135,000 new housing units by 2025. This bill builds on efforts underta...

Theresa Jordan, Director of Children's Facilities Finance of CEDAC's affiliate Children's Investment Fund, was pleased to be a panelist for the Enterprise Community Partners webinar in February entitled “Designing Home...

The biggest development in education in Western Massachusetts this year is aimed at the tiniest learners - children from birth to 5 years old. Educare Springfield - a $14 million, nationally recognized early childhood...

Mayor Martin J. Walsh together with LIHC Investment Group, one the nation's largest investors in affordable housing, the Boston Housing Authority, Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants (MAHT), and Greater Boston Leg...

Mayor Martin J. Walsh together with LIHC Investment Group, one the nation's largest investors in affordable housing, the Boston Housing Authority, Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants (MAHT), and Greater Boston Leg...

A second series of workshops aimed at helping Worcester's community development organizations (CDCs) build capacity began this week with a session on fundraising. Held on January 9 at the Worcester Clean Tech Incubat...

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito stressed a "Focus on Housing" in Massachusetts during a tour Friday of Lyman Terrace, a 167-unit complex undergoing a $60 million transformation. Baker and Polito crossed t...

It took the Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation more than 20 years to see its 27-unit all-affordable housing building through to completion, so when Mayor Martin Walsh and leadership from the organization ...

The Bipartisan Policy Center today released the Early Learning Facilities Policy Framework, which calls attention to the need for increased investment in early childhood facilities. The policy framework recognizes that ...