Featured Projects

Groundworks provides essential shelter and supportive services to homeless individuals and families in Southern Vermont. The financing supports the purchase and construction of a 7,500 square foot Seasonal Overflow Shelter and Day Shelter located at 54 South Main Street as well as the renovation of Groundwork’s existing 2,300 square foot Drop In Center located in the adjacent building at 60 South Main Street. Groundworks will also expand and consolidate program and administrative offices in a single location, enabling the organization to increase the number of clients served and enhance the quality of services provided.

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.

Founded in 1889, the B&GCL was one of the first 20 Boys & Girls Clubs to be created in the U.S. Its mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. The club offers day care for children ages 5-10, an after school drop-in center for children ages 8-18, a day camp, and a summer camp which is operated at a separate location. Renovation and reconfiguration of the current facility upgraded the club’s facilities, enhanced safety and security, improved accessibility, and expanded its lobby area and program space to increase daily attendance.

RTG is a veteran-owned staffing agency that matches traveling health care professionals with short-term assignments around the country. The headquarters will include 240 workstations and 14 private offices that will allow RTG to grow its account salespeople, recruiters and support staff by 179%. The new building will include a multipurpose training area and extensive employee amenities including a fitness center with a personal trainer and a kitchen and dining area that will provide fresh food options to employees.

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.

The YWCA plans to renovate and reconfigure its headquarters at One Salem Square in downtown Worcester, ensuring the organization can continue offering its broad range of vital and high-quality services to low-income families in the decades to come. The YWCA has operated out of the five-story, 71,528 square foot brick building for over half a century, and there were minimal capital improvements done during that time. The renovation will expand capacity for all program areas, provide substantial building and system upgrades, and make the facility a more welcome and accessible community resource.

The new Horizons-Watermark Center is a center for nonprofits and state and city agencies that provide high-impact social services to the city’s most vulnerable and low-income populations. The project involved the land acquisition and construction of a 6 ½ story, 135,000-square-foot office building, with underground parking spaces and bike storage, and many site improvements such as new sidewalks, trees, and lighting.

Family Nurturing Center, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect, more than doubled the size of its original 5,400-square-foot building. This new building includes state-of-the-art indoor play space for parent-child playgroups; a large flexible space for Nurturing Programs, training, and community events; a warming kitchen to provide meals for participating families; and open, renovated office space and work stations to encourage collaboration.

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.