Green CDC Initiative
MACDC is committed to helping our members implement sustainable development practices throughout their programming, including new real estate development projects, upgrading existing buildings that they own and manage, promoting weatherization and green practices to prospective homeowners and small businesses, cleaning brownfields, undertaking transit oriented development and promoting smart growth land use development. To support our members, the MACDC Green CDC initiative partners with several different organizations to provide our members with the technical and financial resources they need. Our partners include New Ecology, Inc., Boston LISC, LEAN, Boston Community Capital, the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, and others.
The Initiative offers training, technical assistance and help in identifying and accessing funding for organizations pursuing environmentally sound and sustainable development projects. So far, more than a third of our members have participated in this Initiative. The Initiative also conducts research on best practices and advocates with lenders and government agencies to adopt policies that will better support sustainable community development. Our most recent achievement is the establishment of a new utility funded program to provide grants to non profit affordable housing organizations to weatherize their rental housing developments.
For consulting and technical assistance with green development, contact New Ecology, Inc.
For advice and assistance on energy efficiency measures, contact New Ecology or Boston LISC.
Interested in developing or maintaining green, affordable housing? To learn more, check out the new Green Housing at Urban Edge. The Green Housing Toolkit offers developers, property managers, and resident's information about green alternatives and how to implement these alternatives.