Community Servings

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Boston,
MA
(2018)

Community Servings

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Shelters and Community Food, Youth and Families

Community Servings is a nonprofit food and nutrition program providing services throughout Massachusetts and in Rhode Island to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $20,000,000
Total Project Cost: $21,045,679

IMPACT

80 FTE jobs
92 construction jobs
25,400 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Low Income Investment Fund, Nonprofit Finance Fund

Investor

Chase

Project Description

Community Servings is a nonprofit food and nutrition program providing services throughout Massachusetts and in Rhode Island to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses. The project involves an 8,000 sq. ft. renovation and a 17,400 sq. ft. addition to Community Servings’ (CS) current space, greatly increasing the size of their kitchen, adding job training space, and expanding CS’ Food & Nutrition Policy Center. The project allows CS to triple its meal production and delivery service and double its job training program.

MAP

Address: 18 Marbury Terrace, 179 Amory Street and 181 Amory Street, Boston, MA 2130

Census Tract: 25025120301

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