This document summarizes the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation's efforts around equitable transit-oriented development in Boston to prevent displacement of low-income residents. It describes the location of new train stops, completed housing developments near stations totaling over 500 units, acquisition of foreclosed properties, and community engagement initiatives including developing a sustainability plan and programs for youth employment.

1. CODMAN SQUARE NDC
Equitable Transit Oriented Development:
Striving for Community Stability for and Preventing
Displacement of Low and Moderate Income Residents
Rail~Volution Conference
September 23, 2014

2. Service Area and Demographics

3. Location of Fairmount/Indigo
Existing and New Train Stops
and Foreclosure Properties and Clients

4. Fairmount Commuter Rail Train, and trash
strewn surrounds in 2006
FAIRMOUNT CDC COLLABORATIVE
MULTI-NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGIC
COLLABORATION

5. TRANSIT EQUITY ACHIEVED!
2011 GROUNDBREAKING ON THE TALBOT AVE STOP ON
FAIRMOUNT/INDIGO RAIL LINE

6. Talbot Station Under Construction

7. New Talbot Ave Stop on
Fairmount/Indigo
Opened November 2012

8. Pre-transit oriented development projects
by Codman Square
Erie Ellington Homes, an award winning mixed
income housing development by CSNDC, has its
front door near the proposed transit station.
The Talbot-Bernard village added 75 family and senior units
on a brownfield site. Front door at proposed Talbot Stop.
Award Winning Erie Ellington & Talbot Bernard Homes

9. Transit Oriented Development
Preserving Affordability of the Housing Stock by Acquiring & Redeveloping Sites within
½ mile of Fairmount Stops
 Erie Ellington Homes 50 unit tax credit rental
 Talbot Bernard Homes 44 unit
 Talbot Bernard Senior 31 unit senior development
 Levedo Homes 24 unit
 57 Washington St 24 unit
 Codman Square Apts. 80 unit
 Talbot Commons 1 36 unit
 Talbot Commons 2 43 unit
 Nott St 27 unit
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS : $130+ MILLION
TOTAL JOB CREATION: 2,500

10. Completed Fairmount TOD
Projects
Levedo Homes: 24 unit LEED Silver Rental
Project
Completed May 2011

11. Levedo Homes Under Construction
Fairmount Greenway: Planting blossoming trees Installing Solar Panels

12. Levedo Ribbon Cutting & Final
Product

13. Foreclosure Acquisitions
 30+ properties explored
 5 properties acquired, 15 units renovated
 $3.5mill total development costs
 100% MBE Utilization: Minority GCs on
all jobs
 Total construction jobs: 75
 4 sales to first time moderate income
homebuyers; 1 property retained in
CSNDC’s rental portfolio

14. Foreclosure Acquisition
15 Mallard St, 3 unit rental property
15 Mallard Street View of Mallard from Levedo

15. 15 Mallard St. Completed

16. Talbot Commons 1 and 2

17. Talbot Commons 1 Sites
Block Redevelopment:44 housing units, open
space & plaza

18. Talbot Commons 2 Sites
Across the street from Talbot Commons 1
Sites

19. Before
After
Talbot Commons 2: Fairmount TOD Site

20. Transit Oriented Development at
Fours Corners Stop

21. 157 Washington St: Fairmount TOD Development
Before
After

22. Ribbon Cutting of the Erick Jean Memorial Arts Center
at 157 Washington St as part of 4 Corners Station
Opening
July 2013

23. “Residents are the
foundation for strong
communities. If you don’t
have great residents willing
to participate, you don’t
have community”
James Darby
Neighborhood Activist
Aspinwall Street

24. Millennium Ten
 Creating a Comprehensive Community
Contract: Investment & Action Plan
 Residents/Stakeholder Engagement
 100 Families/Individuals Create Their Own
1-3 Year “Family Plans” for Economic
Mobility
 Local Organizations Creating New
“Ecosystem” of Collaboration and Action
 LISC, Boston Foundation Funding
Consortium

25. MILL 10 COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

26. MILL 10 CHARRETTES
Summer 2012

29. LEED‐ND Tour Talbot Norfolk
Triangle Key:
1. Talbot Bernard
Community
Room
2. Talbot Station
3. 227 Talbot Ave
4. Levedo
5. 60 Southern
6. 1 Darlington
7. Elmhurst Park
8. The Boston Project
Ministries
9. 93 Norfolk (Pocket Park)
10. 106 Norfolk
11. 912 Auto body
12. 2‐6 Woodrow
13. Tucker Street Urban
Farm Lot
14. 1 Woodrow
15. “Auto‐Mall”
16. 131‐133 Southern (City‐
owned)
17. “Church Lots”
18. 36‐38 Colonial
19. 15 Mallard Ave
20. 18 New England
21. Callahan Building
22. 14 New England
23. 5‐21 New England
Oct 2012: LEED ND Charette w/100 Residents, LISC, NRDC and US Green Bldg Council
TNT Community Scored as LEED Silver Certifiable due to Transit, Walkability, etc

30. TNT ECO-INNOVATION DISTRICT
Retrofit at least 15% of TNT existing
housing to save residents money on
energy related costs.
Build at least one new, highly efficient
mixed-use transit-oriented
development (TOD) project.
Explore local power generation
models and incorporate that capacity
into new and existing TOD mixed-use
housing developments and other
local projects.
Construct and program new green
spaces and explore green
infrastructure development in support
of sustainability, including green roofs
and rain gardens.
Measure and highlight the health and
economic benefits of sustainability to
residents.

31. TNT Eco-Innovation District
NSTAR Utility Site on New England Ave, near
Talbot Commons 1 Project: Possible Location of
Solar Array to Feed Local Homes

32. Males of Color Initiative
Summer 2013 Visit to WBUR Public Radio Station

34. CORI-Friendly Job Fair
May 2013: 8 Employers, 100 Participants, 8
Interviews
Participants with Councilor Yancey (in white shirt)

35. Youth Jobs Rally
February 2013