Things have been quiet this past week, but rest assured, we're still hard at work - preparing for the next phase of This Old Neighborhood.
We're now gearing up to go in search of Models for Neighborhood Redevelopment - leading edge projects we can draw on, here at Nagog Woods, and that you might apply in your neighborhoods.
In our sights for early case studies:
Eversource's neighborhood-scale geothermal pilot in Framingham, serving 135 homes and businesses - a promising decarbonization, and energy saving approach, at a scale appropriate for Nagog Woods & our neighbors.
Mishuam Place in Charlestown, where Boston Housing completely renovated a public housing complex - converting it to resident owned condominiums in the process. So successful that they're repeating it in several other housing complexes. The program scope, and financing requirements appear comparable to the scope of a complete renovation of a complex such as Nagog Woods - we expect to learn a lot from a deep dive.
We are also gearing up a series of conversations with our Federal and State Legislative Delegations, and local officials. Condo owners pay property taxes, just like our neighbors - but we receive few government services. We govern ourselves, provide for our own public works, and do not receive any support from city or town planning & engineering departments. We are not eligible for municipal bonds, or other forms of public funding. Perhaps that needs to change.
Expect the next few weeks to be quiet, as we get our ducks in a row for our next phase.
Meanwhile, we're looking for stories to air:
Horror Stories of Condo Complexes that Have Waited too Long to Deal With Aging Systems
Success Stories of Complexes that Have Weathered the Storms of Change
Promising Technologies, Construction Techniques, Financing Models
Vendors, Construction Firms, Investors who are Itching to Redevelop Suburban Communities
Other Programs, Such as Ours, Working to Pave the Way Forward.
If you have a story to tell, get in touch! If you have a story you'd like to hear, get in touch. Reply to this post, or message me directly.
And Have a Good Summer,
Miles Fidelman, Chief Engineer, This Old Neighborhood
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Mission Update, 24 July 2024
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Things have been quiet this past week, but rest assured, we're still hard at work - preparing for the next phase of This Old Neighborhood.
We're now gearing up to go in search of Models for Neighborhood Redevelopment - leading edge projects we can draw on, here at Nagog Woods, and that you might apply in your neighborhoods.
In our sights for early case studies:
Eversource's neighborhood-scale geothermal pilot in Framingham, serving 135 homes and businesses - a promising decarbonization, and energy saving approach, at a scale appropriate for Nagog Woods & our neighbors.
Mishuam Place in Charlestown, where Boston Housing completely renovated a public housing complex - converting it to resident owned condominiums in the process. So successful that they're repeating it in several other housing complexes. The program scope, and financing requirements appear comparable to the scope of a complete renovation of a complex such as Nagog Woods - we expect to learn a lot from a deep dive.
We are also gearing up a series of conversations with our Federal and State Legislative Delegations, and local officials. Condo owners pay property taxes, just like our neighbors - but we receive few government services. We govern ourselves, provide for our own public works, and do not receive any support from city or town planning & engineering departments. We are not eligible for municipal bonds, or other forms of public funding. Perhaps that needs to change.
Expect the next few weeks to be quiet, as we get our ducks in a row for our next phase.
Meanwhile, we're looking for stories to air:
Horror Stories of Condo Complexes that Have Waited too Long to Deal With Aging Systems
Success Stories of Complexes that Have Weathered the Storms of Change
Promising Technologies, Construction Techniques, Financing Models
Vendors, Construction Firms, Investors who are Itching to Redevelop Suburban Communities
Other Programs, Such as Ours, Working to Pave the Way Forward.
If you have a story to tell, get in touch! If you have a story you'd like to hear, get in touch. Reply to this post, or message me directly.
And Have a Good Summer,
Miles Fidelman, Chief Engineer, This Old Neighborhood