
Just A Start
@justastartcorp
Our mission is to promote equity by creating access to stable housing and building pathways to economic opportunity. #CambMA since 1968. #CDCswork
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http://justastart.org 31-01-2014 20:17:37
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A beautiful day to break ground! Senator Pat Jehlen, Steve Owens, Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang, Sal DiDomenico, Just A Start Executive Director Carl Nagy-Koechlin, @MayorSiddiqui, Alanna Mallon, Cambridge Vice-Mayor Marc McGovern, Quinton Zondervan


Proud to serve as Just A Start’s Board Secretary & Co-Chair of Rindge Commons Economic Mobility Hub Capital Campaign. We’ve raised $3.2m, 80% of our fundraising goal. Our combined project is $37m+. This will transform lives in #CambMA & beyond. #mapoli cambridgeday.com/2022/10/21/con…

MassHousing Closes on $8.5 Million in Financing for the New, 24-Unit Rindge Commons in Cambridge masshousing.com/press/2022-10-… Just A Start Governor Maura Healey @MassEOHED @MA_DHCD Citizens RBC Dellbrook JKS ICON Architecture Wingate Companies


Join us this Friday (10/28) at the Community Art Center to learn more about building credit. We are excited to host this event in collaboration with Just A Start and Port Arise.



[1/3] Recently broke ground on Rindge Commons Economic Mobility Hub. With a combined cost of $37M+, Just A Start's Rindge Commons is creating 100 #affordablehousing units & space for #childcare & #workforcedevelopment programs. Proud to co-chair this campaign. #CambMA #mapoli
![Samuel M. Gebru (@smgebru) on Twitter photo [1/3] Recently broke ground on Rindge Commons Economic Mobility Hub. With a combined cost of $37M+, <a href="/JustAStartCorp/">Just A Start</a>'s Rindge Commons is creating 100 #affordablehousing units & space for #childcare & #workforcedevelopment programs. Proud to co-chair this campaign. #CambMA #mapoli [1/3] Recently broke ground on Rindge Commons Economic Mobility Hub. With a combined cost of $37M+, <a href="/JustAStartCorp/">Just A Start</a>'s Rindge Commons is creating 100 #affordablehousing units & space for #childcare & #workforcedevelopment programs. Proud to co-chair this campaign. #CambMA #mapoli](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fg0nmqGXEAAGuSu.jpg)

[2/3] I've served on Just A Start's board for ~5 years & as board secretary since June 2021. Honored & proud to be part of a multi-service community development corporation that has transformed the well-being of people in #CambMA & #Boston Metro North for 50+ years. #mapoli
![Samuel M. Gebru (@smgebru) on Twitter photo [2/3] I've served on <a href="/JustAStartCorp/">Just A Start</a>'s board for ~5 years & as board secretary since June 2021. Honored & proud to be part of a multi-service community development corporation that has transformed the well-being of people in #CambMA & #Boston Metro North for 50+ years. #mapoli [2/3] I've served on <a href="/JustAStartCorp/">Just A Start</a>'s board for ~5 years & as board secretary since June 2021. Honored & proud to be part of a multi-service community development corporation that has transformed the well-being of people in #CambMA & #Boston Metro North for 50+ years. #mapoli](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fg0ktRlWAAI3t49.jpg)

[3/3] Thanks Cambridge Day for the article. We've raised $3.2M, ~80% of our capital campaign, which will complement funding Just A Start received from a range of government & private sources to finance this vital & complex deal. Onward! #CambMA #mapoli cambridgeday.com/2022/10/21/con…

It was an honor to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Just A Start Rindge Commons Economic Mobility Hub, which includes a #biotech training lab supported with a $740k #WorkforceDevelopment Capital Grant from Massachusetts Life Sciences Center!


It’s begun! LSC Boston is officially on #PiePatrol with the goal of collecting 180+ pies for Just A Start. Stop #1: Landmark Bio 🥧


Thanks to everyone who supported our Pie & Gift Card Drive for Just A Start! Last week, our #NetworkOfGood provided 263 delicious pies & $2,875 to purchase 96 gift cards! #HolidayHelpers #LSCGratitude #ItTakesAVillage #KeepYourEyesOnThePies


Cambridge Community Foundation awards $513,000 in grants to 68 community-based organizations massnonprofit.org/news/cambridge… via massnonprofit news


Loved learning about Just A Start new, super-ambitious housing/economic mobility hub in Alewife last night! Donate!! With Cambridge Vice-Mayor Marc McGovern Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler A Better Cambridge Kids also loved the party, especially making name tags!!

It was exciting to celebrate the topping-off of Just A Start’s Rindge Commons Economic Mobility Hub, which will include a #biotech training lab supported with a $740k #Workforce Development Capital Grant from Massachusetts Life Sciences Center!


Gr8 day City of Cambridge today. Started with a corner dedication to "Mother Weeks," Then went to the bike rally for Mem Dr. Then visited with some Camb chickens. Then a quick time out with Henry at the dog park. Then the Just A Start BBQ, and ended at the ball event at Hoyt.


Recently, Vigil supported Life Science Cares’s annual backpack drive and assembled 100 backpacks for Just A Start, a nonprofit working to promote equity and combat homelessness in Massachusetts. #LifeAtVigil #BackToSchool


Join us in honoring our outstanding #YouthBuild AmeriCorps members during #AmeriCorps30. Congratulations to Katharine Baena Garces from Just A Start who was chosen as their 2023 AmeriCorps VISTA of the Year!
