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Governor Deval Patrick cuts a ribbon to christen the Thomas I. Atkins Apartments.Click on image to expand
On December 1st, 2010, 150 leaders and community members gathered for the Grand Opening of the Thomas I. Atkins Apartments on Blue Hill Avenue ...
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Nuestra celebrated Thanksgiving 2010 by providing large turkeys to families for their holiday dinners. Coordinated by the CO/RS Department, the event has become a joyful November tradition. This year, staff distributed one hundred hearty birds to r...
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Group picture with the Nuestra banner. Click on image to expand
On Saturday, June 13, Nuestra held its annual Cleanest Streets Contest, an event for community members to collaborate in improving the appearance of their neighborhoods. Enthusiastic lo...
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Nuestra is pleased to announce that construction will commence this fall on the Kasanof Bakery development, located on the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Edgewood Street in Roxbury, after remaining vacant for more than a year following environmental re...
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On Saturday, June 13th, well over 300 volunteers representing 26 streets in the Roxbury and North Dorchester communities came together to clean their streets, remove garbage and spend the afternoon at a community picnic where drumming and face painting ...
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After close to eight years of operation, Nuestra will close its culinary incubator, Nuestra Culinary Ventures, on June 30th. With the current economic crisis creating additional challenges, Nuestra cannot afford to incur the incubator’s ongoing an...
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The mission of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation is to build the wealth and enhance the physical, economic and social well-being of Roxbury and other underserved populations in greater Boston through a community driven process that promotes s...
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Marcia Thornhill has spent the better part of the last two decades making her mark on Boston’s housing landscape. Coming from City Hall, where she worked in the Capital Planning Office of the Public Facilities department, Marcia joined Nuestra 15 ...
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With crossed fingers and held breath on January 14th, Nuestra’s staff received the word that Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 202 funding was awarded for the Quincy Commons project - a 40-unit elderly housing development with 5,000 square feet o...
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35 West Newton St. embodies all that a community development organization can achieve with community involvement, public agency partnerships and hard work. Three years ago this building was both financially and physically failing. This single room sh...
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Paul François, Resident Services Coordinator, Baptist Minister, Social Work student, and father of 3, has been awarded the 2008 Distinguished Service Award by his fellow staff members of Nuestra Comunidad. Paul, originally from Haiti, has lived in M...
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A Nuestra housing advocate was presented the Edward L. Cooper award by Mayor Menino this past October. The award was given to acknowledge Mr. Bates as an outstanding senior volunteer that has shown “dedication, caring, and generosity in support of...
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Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative to purchase and renovate foreclosed properties in Roxbury in order to preserve neighborhood character and create new opportunities for affordable home ren...
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An 8.5 acre site in Roxbury that the MBTA has used as a bus depot and maintenance facility for over fifty years will become a new “smart growth”, transit oriented development community if a unique partnership of developers has its way. The non-p...
