News Archive
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Easthampton housing project may lose Community Pre.../ Feb 15, 2012CEDAC NOT MENTIONED February 15, 2012 Easthampton housing project may lose Community Preservation Act funds By Rebecca Everett EASTHAMPTON - The City Council is considering rescinding $200,000 it pledged to the propo...
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Amherst seeks funds second time for affordable hou.../ Feb 11, 2012
February 11, 2012 Amherst seeks funds second time for affordable housing project By smerzbach AMHERST - A second application for state and federal tax credits that would help pay for construction of a 42-unit affordab...
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Grant aids Acton housing plan/ Feb 09, 2012
Grant aids Acton housing plan GateHouse News Service Posted Feb 09, 2012 @ 12:27 PM Acton, Mass. — The Community Economic Development Assistance Corp. has announced today loan commitments or increases totaling $3...
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Residents welcome new elderly housing on the Nepon.../ Feb 08, 2012
February 8, 2012 Residents welcome new elderly housing on the Neponset River By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent HYDE PARK, MATTAPAN: Senior citizens in Mattapan and Hyde Park cheered Tuesday as Mayor Thoma...
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Community Foundation awards $100K in work force gr.../ Jan 29, 2012January 29, 2012 Community Foundation awards $100K in work force grants GateHouse News Service The Community Foundation of southeastern Massachusetts recently awarded $100,500 in work force development and early li...
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Tenants Association Buys, Renovates South End Rent.../ Jan 19, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 10:29am Tenants Association Buys, Renovates South End Rental Housing MassDevelopment and Boston Private Bank & Trust Co. have partnered to provide Brownstone Apartments LLC with $6.64 millio...
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Developer starts work to rehab 82 housing units in.../ Jan 19, 2012
January 19, 2012 Developer starts work to rehab 82 housing units in Roxbury, JP By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent JAMAICA PLAIN, ROXBURY – A Boston community development organization has begun work to rehabili...
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Transforming Early Learning Spaces/ Jan 10, 2012
January 10, 2012 Transforming Early Learning Spaces By Irene Sege Last fall, the Children’s Investment Fund issued a report — “Building an Infrastructure for Quality” – that, among other things, found s...
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Preserving affordable housing: Cambridge, Harvard,.../ Jan 04, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Preserving affordable housing Cambridge, Harvard, and HRI partner on affordable units in Harvard Square By Lauren Marshall, Harvard Staff Writer Twenty-five affo...
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Rockport, other communities deal with threat to af.../ Dec 29, 2011
December 29, 2011 Rockport, other communities deal with threat to affordable housing posed by expiring mortgages By David Rattigan, Globe Correspondent Doris Nelson, 83, enjoys Pigeon Cove Ledges in Rockport, where sh...
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Selectmen Create Energy, Economic Advisory Committ.../ Dec 27, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Selectmen Create Energy, Economic Advisory Committees Both groups emerge after recommendations of the updated master plan By George Morse SEEKONK — An update of the town’s master plan ...