Fitchburg Mass.

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Over 10 years in the making: Fitchburg cuts the ribbon on affordable housing project for artists - CommonWealth Beacon

The city of Fitchburg has finally cut the ribbon on a nearly 13-year affordable housing project for artists. The post-industrial era city that suffered from the long-term decline of manufacturing has embraced arts and culture as a way to restore its standing as a vibrant hub of North-Central...

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Local, state, and federal leaders gathered Thursday to cut the ribbon on the Fitchburg Arts Community, a 68-unit affordable housing project with amenities for artists, designed and developed by Marc Dohan, executive director of the nonprofit Fitchburg community development organization NewVue.
Not only has the $45 million project brought much-needed housing to the city’s recovering downtown that is affordable to a community that can help drive urban revival, it has also tackled blight by restoring three former municipal buildings once vacant and boarded up. Residents began moving into the FAC in the spring, and nearly all the units are now occupied.

 

[iamdjmichael]

10 years for 68 units..

 

[sean99090900]

sheesh almost 700k per unit, is that typical of these types of refits lmao, sounds like a lot