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Avesta wins $500K grant to facilitate housing in NH
Avesta Housing and the Mount Washington Valley Economic Council have been awarded a $500,000 grant to improve road infrastructure near the new River Turn development in Conway, N.H., and facilitate the building of more affordable
New Hampshire Projects Receive Northern Border Regional Commission Grants
CONCORD, NH – Communities and organizations in six rural counties will share $11 million in federal funds awarded through grants from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC). Created by the US Congress in 2008, the NBRC
Community gardening co-op brings residents together
At Foxwell in Kittery, Maine, a group of residents have formed a gardening cooperative to transform their outdoor living spaces into beautiful displays featuring flowers, greenery, lawn ornaments, bird houses, and more. It started with
Avesta Housing wins Best Property Management Award
We are pleased to announce that Avesta Housing has been named Best Property Management Company in the Portland, Maine Best of 2023 Awards, presented by Bangor Savings Bank. This award is based on online public
More than 150 Avesta homes on schedule to open this year
Our real estate development is going full throttle, with several properties expected to be completed this fall and several more in the design or construction phases. Porter Station in Portland and the first phase of
Avesta President & CEO appears on Forbes Books nationally syndicated podcast
Avesta Housing President & CEO Rebecca Hatfield recently appeared on the nationally syndicated podcast “Change Makers with Katie Gore” for Forbes Books. Says Rebecca: “Fundamentally, we are here to help people, and I am of
In Lewiston, first of planned choice neighborhood developments breaks ground
In 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a program offering grants of $30 million each to cities to develop affordable housing. Lewiston was the smallest city to receive such a grant.
Groundbreaking held for first Choice Neighborhood development in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Local, state and federal leaders are celebrating the groundbreaking of a new affordable housing development in Lewiston. “Wedgewood” is the first development to be built in Lewiston using funding from the U.S. Department
State, federal officials gather in Lewiston for Choice Neighborhoods groundbreaking
LEWISTON — Local officials said Monday’s groundbreaking at the historic “Wedgewood” house was a decade in the making. The sprawling, 82-unit development in nine buildings is considered the first phase of the city’s Choice Neighborhoods
