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Up-Front Brookline Affordable Housing Opens
(l-r): Marc Levin, president, development and construction, Chestnut Hill Realty; Mel Kleckner; Ed Zuker; Dan Rivera; and Chris Rodgers, VP of design and construction, Chestnut Hill Realty
Chestnut Hill, MA – On July 13, Chestnut Hill Realty held a ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony of the first phase of 175 units created under Chapter 40B. The grand opening was held at Hancock Village in Brookline, led by Chestnut Hill Realty founder and CEO, Ed Zuker. The ceremony was attended by Chestnut Hill Realty real estate executives as well as local and state officials including Dan Rivera, president and CEO of MassDevelopment, and Mel Kleckner, Brookline town administrator. MassDevelopment was the subsidizing agency for the development and provided the tax-exempt and taxable bonds to help finance the new housing community. The project, known as Residences of South Brookline at Hancock Village, are the first brand-new rental townhomes built at Hancock Village since the 1940s. The new three-bedroom, two-anda-half bath units provide central AC, a utility room with washer and dryer,
deluxe closet storage systems, quartz countertops, and a master bedroom suite with a custom closet and private bath. The units also include amenities such as a breakfast bar, stainless-steel GE Energy Star appliances, custom maple kitchen cabinets, recessed lighting, crown molding, hardwood floors, and an open floor plan. Chapter 40B, the Commonwealth’s regional planning law, promotes responsible housing growth that meaningfully accommodates lowerincome households. The affordable apartments at this development are available to families who make less than 50% of the area median income. The law balances the regional need for affordable housing development with local public health, public safety, design, and environmental needs. In honor of the occasion, a donation of $25,000 was made to the Brookline Teen Center.
Mathey Center Breaks Ground
Members of SELT’s board of directors and building committee at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Mathey Center for People and Nature
Epping, NH – On June 16, the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire (SELT) held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of the Mathey Center for People and Nature at Burley Farms in Epping. Seven years in the making, the new center will serve as SELT’s permanent headquarters and will feature office and programming space to increase its nature-
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based engagement. SELT is partnering with construction manager Chapman Construction/Design and Sheldon Pennoyer Architects on this 2-story wood-frame building. The center will be constructed using highperformance building practices and, once complete, will serve as an education and recreation resource for the surrounding community.
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ACEC-RI Elects Officers Providence, RI – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Rhode Island (ACEC-RI) announced that the following new officers and directors have been elected for the coming year. • Dorothy S. Davison, executive director, ACEC-RI • Jeff Lewis, P.E, president, Garofalo Associates • Todd Ravanelle, P.E., vice president, Gordon Archibald Associates • Joe Wanat, P.E., treasurer, VHB • Robert Smith, P.E., secretary, McMahon Associates • Kenneth DeCosta, P.E., national director, Pare Corporation • Brendan Ennis, P.E., CDM-SMITH
Monarch School of New England - Rochester, NH • Walter Heller, P.E., Stantec • Nicole Iannuzzi, P.E., BETA Group • Rachel McQuillen, P.E., CHA • Thomas Pechillo, P.E., BL Companies • Louis Ragozzino, P.E., Wright-Pierce • Patty Steere, P.E., past president, Steere Engineering, Inc. • Robert Wright, P.E., AECOM ACEC-RI, established in 2016, is a member organization of the national American Council of Engineering Companies, based in Washington, D.C.
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