Southgate Place

Governor Patrick stopping by to check out our latest affordable housing project at 2:30.   25 unit apartment building all low income husing costing 7  million or 280,000 per unit. 

Telegram story.


Do you think the coverage tomorrow will mention:

• initially the project was suppose to be owner-occupied townhouses
• once those monies dried up, the project changed to all rentals
• 25 units of rentals --all low income or affordable
• the project has no support whatsoever from the neighborhood and the abutters
• matter of fact I was in essence told to leave the Board of the South Worcester Neighborhood Center tif I opposed it
• at a total cost of 7,000,000 this equates to 280,000 per unit--bargain compared to the Hadley
• half of the ownership of the project was given away to the architects for basically nothing.  Let me say that again South Worcester Neighborhood Center will only own half the project, the other half was basically given away.
• the land has been parked in the hands of the South Worcester Neighborhood Center so as to be able to receive EPA clean-up grants that do not have to be paid.  
• no bids were solicited from any local General Contractors
• I have only seen one local contractor on site