Rindge Commons CAMBRIDGE, MA
A largely collaborative process with the City of Cambridge, Rindge Commons is a 2 Phase urban intervention adds new affordable family housing units to an existing development. The first phase, the Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons, is a new, 70,000-square-foot, mixed-use development that brings together an education and job training center and affordable housing, as well as expand services to families spanning Cambridge and beyond. The hub is designed to the Passive House standard and is located at the intersection of Rindge Avenue and Alewife Brook Parkway in North Cambridge.
The site not only significantly increase the reach of Just A Start’s existing programs, but further enables its mission to promote equity by creating access to stable housing and building pathways to economic opportunity. The lower floors are dedicated to workforce training and early childhood education, including a new integrated training facility. The space is a combination of classrooms, workshop and laboratory uses to accommodate the Biomedical and Information Technology adult career programs and the YouthBuild program, enhancing the quality and scale of services for low-income adults and youth and tripling the number of workforce development graduates served. Approximately 10,000 square feet of commercial space supports preschool classrooms in partnership with the City of Cambridge.