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HOME CITY
DEVELOPMENT
INC.
261 Oak Grove Ave. Springfield, MA 01109 Phone: (413) 785-5312 www.homecitydevelopment.org Executive Director:
Thomas Kegelman
YEAR ESTABLISHED
1968
OPERATING BUDGET
$5,200,000
SERVICE AREA
Western Mass.
MISSION STATEMENT
Home City Development Inc. (HCDI) is a nonprofit real-estate development company serving low- and moderate-income families. We recognize the need for stable housing in the life of the family, and as an essential element for economic and educational success. Our mission is threefold:
1. To restore or replace substandard housing with a supply of decent, affordable, and well-managed housing for individuals and families;
2. To facilitate neighborhood growth and health in collaboration with partners, leading to long-term family and community stability; and
3. To work with residents, building on their strengths, toward healthy and stable futures through literacy, food security, and job-readiness training.
HOME CITY
DEVELOPMENT, INC.
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Home City works with investors, residents, property owners, and other nonprofit organizations to build better neighborhoods inWestern Mass. Home City was founded as Better Homes Inc. in 1968 by the Chamber of Commerce, and is a multi-service, nonprofit housing organization that develops and owns mixed-income residential properties in Western Mass. Over the years, HCDI has helped to develop thousands of housing units.
Home City currently owns 402 housing units within the city of Springfield, and an additional 18 apartments in Northampton. These properties include 101 single-room occupancy units and 319 apartments with one to five bedrooms. More than 1,000 people currently reside in these properties, including almost 420 children. Our newest project,
the conversion of a tornado-damaged school in Springfield, will be complete in March 2022, combining 42 units of family housing with 3,000 square feet of multi-use community space. Meanwhile, planning continues for additional family rental housing and supportive housing, as well as home-ownership development for low- to moderate-income families.
Over the last four years, Home City has spent more than $65 million on construction projects in the Springfield economy alone. This has generated 280,000 hours of paid construction work, contributed more than $45,000 to area nonprofits serving our residents, and paid more than $720,000 in property taxes.
With our property-management partner, Housing Management Resources Inc., we provide a wide range of resources to residents, actively engaging with them to create more prosperous and sustainable neighborhoods. From intensive case-management support
for struggling individuals and families to youth leadership development, youth literacy, credit counseling, home-buyer training, and workforce readiness, we use both our physical presence (with more than 10,000 square feet of community meeting space, playgrounds, and gardens) and our human connections with tenants, neighborhood groups, and
local vendors to promote the development of successful families andvibrant, healthy neighborhoods.
In the spring of 2021, we collaborated with numerous partners to put together a successful vaccine clinic at our 437 Bay St. Resident
Resource Center. Thanks to the efforts of Housing
Management Resources, the Bay Area Neighborhood
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Council, the city of Springfield, Curative, and Dr. Sly Douglas, more than 4,000 people in the Bay Area neighborhood were vaccinated at the clinic.
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
Tax-deductible donations can be sent to Home City Development Inc., 261 Oak Grove Ave., Springfield, MA 01109.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Anyone interested in volunteering with Home City to further its mission should contact Executive Director Thomas Kegelman at tkegelman@ homecitydevelopment.org.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
V. Van Johnson III, President
Loleta Collins, Vice President
Malissa Naylor, Treasurer
Dr. Andrew Balder Kyle Callendar Rev. Karen Walker David Maynard Bev Bates Vanessa Otero Tom McColgan Chris Sugrue
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