Featured Projects

The Yellow Barn Business Accelerator is the culmination of a six-year effort spearheaded by the Town of Hardwick and the project sponsors. The town purchased the iconic “Yellow Barn” and the 4-acre site in 2019 to repurpose for economic development. The core mission of the project is to strengthen the regional farm- and food-based economy by supporting the growth of agricultural businesses, promoting development of new products, and increasing export to external markets. The 6,172 square foot historic barn, which is listed on the state’s historic register, also will be preserved and renovated into a retail destination by Cabot Creamery for its signature cheeses and to showcase other local agricultural products.

Adaptive reuse of the historic Anglim 
Building into a transit-oriented 
development with 55 mixed-income 
homes and 1,500 SF of ground floor 
commercial space. Eleven of the homes 
will be reserved for residents earning at 
or below 80% AMI.

A transit-oriented, mixed-use building 
designed to meet Passive House energy 
efficiency certification with 29 affordable 
workforce apartments and 1,325 SF of 
ground floor retail space.

Acquisition and redevelopment of a former paper mill to manufacture wood fiber 
insulation.

Transit-oriented new construction of 
18 mixed-income apartments and 2,400 
SF ground floor retail. The building is 
located in a community of opportunity 
and is designed to achieve Passive House 
standards.

Northern Forest Center, a nonprofit headquartered in Concord, NH, is redeveloping the historic Parker Noyes building in downtown Lancaster, NH. The three-story 11,650 square foot building, currently vacant, will provide 3,000 square feet of storefront space on the ground floor, enabling the non-profit Taproot Farm and Environmental Education Center and its retail store, Root Seller Marketplace, to extensively expand.

Bridgeport Rescue Mission acquired and is adapting a former nursing home in Bridgeport, CT into the Community Care Center, a multi-purpose social service agency. BRM chose the 60,599 square foot, five-story vacant building after an extensive community needs assessment, advancing Bridgeport’s redevelopment goals and facilitating access to much needed services in a neighborhood struggling with poverty and hunger. The building will ultimately house 55 rooms with a total of 145 beds, a small health clinic, community meals program, fresh food pantry, and a myriad of services necessary to transform the lives of disadvantaged individuals and families.

East Boston Community Development Corporation renovated and adapted a former branch of the Boston Public Library for use by multiple nonprofit organizations. The renovated building gives EBECC 40% more space which will enable the nonprofit to increase the numbers served and enhance the quality of its programming. Other building tenants include East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s fitness and nutrition programs, Veronica Robles Cultural Center, providing youth leadership and dance programs and multi-cultural events, and Urban College, offering low-cost post-secondary education for working adults.

About Fresh is developing a new South Boston headquarters to facilitate further growth of its Fresh Truck and Fresh Connect programs. Their new headquarters and warehouse will provide ample space for the new employees required to expand Fresh Truck and Fresh Connect to serve more people and families. Additionally, the new space will increase the capacity of About Fresh’s warehouse to better meet the needs of its Fresh Truck program, while remaining near its mobile market locations.