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Business & Economic
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Franklin County Community Development Corporation Mission: The purpose of the Franklin County Community Development Corporation is to stimulate a more vital, rural economy, to maximize community control over our future economic destiny, and to expand opportunities for low and moderate-income residents. Serving 30 towns in Franklin County & North Quabbin. FCCDC is membership organization, open to all residents and businesses located in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. Many local people participate in the work of the CDC by bringing us ideas, helping us to secure resources, and volunteering on our working committees. We are governed by a fifteen member Board of Directors elected by the membership at our Annual Meeting each November. As the oldest rural CDC in Massachusetts, we are one in a network of over 2000 CDCs nationally, all created by local people seeking to make their communities better places to live and work.
Greater
Gardner Community Development Corporation The Greater Gardner Community Development Corporation (ggcdc) is one of a statewide network of CDCs. The ggcdc serves Gardner and the five surrounding communities of Ashburnham, Hubbardston, Templeton, Westminster, and Winchendon. Services are also provided to the towns of Athol, Petersham, Phillipston and Royalston. Our mission is to promote self-sufficiency by creating affordable housing opportunities and other programs that raise the economic, educational, and social levels of residents in our service area. Our current programs include the following: Affordable Housing Program
Three Micro-Business Assistance Activities:
“cyber cafe”: Provides open access to computer technology including the Internet (“cafe” = Computer Access For Empowerment).
After School Homework Center at Olde English Village in Gardner.
Office Internships for women enrolled in the “Hope for Women” program at
the House of Peace and Education.
North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce The North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce serves the nine town North Quabbin region. Though primarily a membership driven Economic and Community development organization, the Chamber also acts as a liaison between the business community and a variety of health and human service programs and agencies available in the region. The Chamber works to maintain lines of communication between these different sectors of our communities and provides a wide variety of referral services.
North Quabbin Woods 1 E. Main Street Orange, MA 01364 Post Office Box 27 Tel: (978) 544-3332 Fax: (978) 544-3332 (Please call before faxing) Contact: Annette Ermini Email: aermini@newenglandforestry.org Website: www.northquabbinwoods.org Website: www.newenglandforestry.org
North Quabbin Woods is a non-profit organization founded to help revitalize the North Quabbin region. As a project of the New England Forestry Foundation, we seek to enhance our community with initiatives which complement our best resource- the many acres of conserved woods. We promote outdoor recreation, local artisans and woodworkers, local lumber and building materials, and sustainable forestry. Our visitor information center and artisan gift store is conveniently located at 1 E. Main Street in downtown Orange. Search for recreation, lodging, and artisan information on our website.
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