The Future of Development is Community-Led
On Talbot Avenue in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, a new apartment building is bucking the gentrification trend. Developed in partnership with the people already living in the area, 191 Talbot Avenue adds 14 new homes to Dorchester’s housing stock. Rents here lock at rates below market price, allowing neighbors to stay in their community.
You Can Get There from Here
Over 40% of New England’s climate-damaging emissions billow from the exhaust pipes of our cars, trucks, semis, buses, and trains. We cannot solve climate change without cutting that pollution. And in the process, we have a unique opportunity to reimagine our region’s transportation systems as ones that are both affordable and accessible to everyone.
Housing Can Remedy Public Health Disparities
As the first project funded by CLF’s Healthy Neighborhoods Fund, Chelsea Flats showcases inclusive and sustainable development.
Investing in Change
Michele Cubelli Harris gets a new lease on life, thanks in part to CLF’s Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund
Burning Waste Poisons People
by Olivia SynorackiJackie Mercurio is carrying on her mother’s fight against a toxic waste incinerator.
President Trump Illegally Stripped Protections for New England’s Marine Monument.
The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts is the only fully protected area in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean, covering about 1 percent of New England’s waters. Fully protected means no commercial fishing, no sand and gravel mining, no oil and gas drilling, no industrial development of any kind. Free from these threats, a rich diversity of ocean wildlife…
Why New England States Are Fighting the Climate Crisis with Laws to Slash Emissions
Here in New England, only Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine have binding laws that set enforceable limits on the emissions that cause climate change – the same emissions scientists say must drop to net zero before 2050 to avoid the worst effects of climate catastrophe.
Farmland Matters
by Laurie O'ReillyWhen a sprawling development threatened an iconic patch of prime farmland, local residents stepped in to stop it.
Local Food, Local Connections
by Laurie O'ReillyLegal Food Hub launches in Connecticut to support local food economy
Getting the Lead Out
by Laurie O'ReillyCharlene Lovett takes on lead poisoning in her New Hampshire city.