The Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons is here!

Built to the highest environmental and energy efficiency standard, The Hub is a new, 70,000 square foot, mixed-use development at Alewife, bringing together a state-of-the-art education and job training center, affordable housing, childcare, and services available to the entire neighborhood.

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We’re addressing the issues families are faced with today.

Housing

Rental costs have increased dramatically over the past 10 years and a lack of affordable housing has increased to record high numbers.

Employment

Systemic disadvantages for people of color make competing for quality employment, especially in industries like technology and life sciences, difficult.

Sustainable income

Without stabilized housing and career-oriented employment, families are struggling to live financially independent.

Comprehensive Services Under One Roof

Adults & young people
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Our workforce development and YouthBuild training programs will create new career pathways for adults and youth in the biomed, IT and construction and retail sectors. 

Minutes
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The hub is a 5 minute walk from a new, 26-acre life science district and is adjacent to the Alewife MBTA station. 

Individuals
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The new hub will annually serve over 2,800 individuals across multiple services and under one roof. 

Households
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Financial services will assist families with tax prep services, financial counseling and coaching and obtaining earned income tax credits. 

Children
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In partnership with the City of Cambridge, 10,000 square feet reserved for a high-quality preschool that will serve 68 children. 

Affordable apartments
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32,000 will be reserved for the construction of affordable apartments, addressing a critical need in this location. 

Building an Equitable Future

Together with our partners, we’re leading the way in creating equitable communities in Cambridge and beyond with our integrative services, so that everybody can secure a solid economic foundation. By bringing all of our services to one central location, a participant may enter one program and then have exposure and the opportunity to participate in another. We will continue to do what we do best—build homes, careers and futures.

Celebrate the Success of the Capital Campaign

In 2022, Just A Start launched our first-ever capital campaign to raise the necessary funds for the construction of the Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons. Now that our new home is open, we recognize and deeply appreciate the leadership and hard work of the Campaign Cabinet, along with the generosity of the donors who helped create an enduring resource for our community to thrive.

To date, we have raised a total of $5.6 million, exceeding our campaign goal of $4.25 million by 30%!

Thank You to our Campaign Leadership

CAMPAIGN CHAIRS

Lisa J. Drapkin

Denman Drapkin Group at Compass

Samuel M. Gebru

Black Lion Strategies

Wayne Patenaude

Denis K. Sheahan

Eastern Bank

CAMPAIGN cabinet

Mark Boyes-Watson

Boyes - Watson Architects

Chris Chandor

John DiGiovanni

Trinity Property Management

Jan Devereux

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Michael Fish

Dellbrook | JKS

Janet Frazier

Maloney Properties

Chrissy Gabriel

IQHQ

Stephen Gardiner

Rick Henken

Schochet Companies

Michael Kuhn

Cambridge Savings Bank

David Maher

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce

Michael Martin

Wingate Companies

Peter Munkenbeck

Tom O’Brien

HYM Investment Group

Paul Parravano

(1952-2023)

Sara Yarling

Broad Street Consulting Group

Thank You to our Campaign Donors
as of September, 2024

$500,000+

  • Anonymous
  • IQHQ
  • Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

$250,000 to $499,999

  • Eastern Bank Foundation
  • Sanofi
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

$100,000 to $249,999

  • Amelia Peabody Foundation
  • Cambridge Community Foundation
  • Cambridge Savings Bank
  • Cambridge Trust
  • The Davis Companies/Invesco
  • Helen Bouscaren, Sue Hollingsworth, & Bill Hunt
  • Lisa J. Drapkin and Debbie Lewis
  • The Fallon Company
  • PNC Bank
  • Roy A. Hunt Foundation
  • Upland Gardens Fund
  • Loren J. WIlson

$50,000 to $99,999

  • Anonymous
  • Cabot Family Charitable Trust
  • Callahan Construction Managers
  • Comcast
  • Dellbrook | JKS
  • DiGiovanni Family
  • East Cambridge Savings Bank
  • Stephen and Ann Gardiner
  • Mass Executive Office of Education - Skills Capital Grant
  • Mass Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
  • Peter Munkenbeck in honor of Deborah Ruhe
  • Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation, Inc.
  • The Schochet Companies
  • Susan and James Stockard
  • Wingate Management Company

$25,000 to $49,999

  • Bald Hill Builders
  • Boston BioProducts
  • Cambridge Redevelopment Authority
  • Denman Drapkin Group Inc.
  • Maloney Properties, Inc.
  • Beth Nagy and Carl Nagy-Koechlin
  • NEI General Contracting

$10,000 to $24,999

  • James Allard and Geraldine Zipser in honor of Marelynn W. Zipser
  • Mark and Carolyn Boyes-Watson
  • Catherine Hinds Company in honor of Catherine E. Hinds
  • Jackson Hall and Anna Trask
  • HarborOne Bank
  • Holden Lewis and Han Suh
  • ICON Architecture
  • Intercontinental Real Estate Corp
  • Michael and Karen Kuhn
  • Paul Lee and Renee Inomata
  • Paul W. Lee
  • Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
  • Bill McAvinney and Carolyn Fuller
  • Mildred’s Dream Foundation
  • Paul Roiff
  • Jennie Weiner and Jeremiah Jordan
  • The Weinrobe Family

$5,000 to $9,999

  • Carol and Frank Burt
  • Cresa
  • Jack Donahue and Delia Rissmiller
  • John and Stephanie Fan
  • Donna Lewis in honor of Fred Lewis
  • Paul Parravano (1952-2023)
  • Wayne and Kimberly Patenaude
  • Nina Schwarzschild and Steve Leiker
  • Symmes Maini & McKee Associates
  • Tierney Development Services

  • We thank the many donors who have made gifts of less than $5,000 to support this project.
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