Starting in June 2020, the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts hosted a series of community conversations on racism and reforms. The series was co-sponsored by the Arlington Human Rights Commission. On July 7, 2020, the town hosted this conversation on the intersection of race and housing and how government policies have created inequities. Residents were encouraged […]
This was originally posted on the Massachusetts Housing Partnership blog on October 31, 2018 when I was a Senior Program Manager for the Community Assistance Team there. I’ve reposted here for archival purposes, should MHP choose to remove the post at a later date! MELROSE — While preparing for my son’s first time trick-or-treating after
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On October 1, 2018 at the Massachusetts Downtown Summit, Manisha Bewtra, Melrose, MA resident, and Peter Forman, Plymouth, MA resident shared their personal and professional experiences in their respective municipalities, where they both served in elected office. Peter Forman, President and CEO of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce, also discussed the South Shore Chamber’s Housing 2030 Strategy and Manisha Bewtra, Massachusetts Housing Partnership Senior Program Manager, shared statewide housing, as well as community data resources.
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I led MAPC’s work in Downtown Lynn, Massachusetts from November 2012-May 2014. This project was the largest single-municipality planning project funded by the MetroBoston Consortium for Sustainable Communities, a grant from the Obama Administration’s Sustainable Communities program, and was supplemented by a match from MAPC. Our project built on existing downtown and waterfront revitalization efforts
What’s Next for Downtown Lynn? | 2012-2014 Read More »
People’s Homesteading Group, Inc. is a community development corporation in the heart of Baltimore, Maryland, located south of the Johns Hopkins University main campus, north of Baltimore’s historic Inner Harbor, Mount Vernon Historic District, and Penn Station, and northwest of John Hopkins University Medical Campus. The area of focus for PHG’s services is in the
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