In the spirit of the holidays, we wanted to share some good cheer from our most recent activites ...

The annual event honors a variety of local municipalities, organizations and individuals for their support of recent affordable housing projects. With 230 guests in attendance, this year's honorees included Mayor Carolyn Kirk who accepted for the City of Gloucester for thier ongoing efforts to provide affordable family rental housing, assisted living, and first-time homebuyer access for elders, working families and those with disabilities; Jack Meany who accepted for the YMCA of the North Shore for their efforts to create housing opportunity for those in need on the North Shore and beyond; and, our Outgoing Harborlight Community Partners Board President, and the Executive Director of North Shore Elder Services, Paul Lanzikos, who we honored for or his many years of faithful leadership and service to HCP and the broader elder services community.  Click here for a list of Event Sponsors. 

Event speakers included HCP Board President and Vice President, Carol Suleski and Bob Gillis; Acord Food Pantry Co-President, Ann Marie Cullen; Hamilton Selectman, Dave Carey; Representative Brad Hill; and a representative from Senator Bruce Tarr's office. Ceremonial ribbon cuttings were held at the front door of Firehouse Place and the entrance to Acord and the building was open for tours for guests and neighbors.

Following a multi-year effort, and thanks in large part to the Town of Rockport's investment through the Community Preservation Fund and the Rockport Housing Partnership, Harborlight Community Partners acquired the expiring use property at 13 Curtis Street from the original developers. This new effort by Harborlight Community Partners will protect and improve the current 30 one-bedroom apartments, four of which are handicapped accessible, for fixed income elders. Pigeon Cove Ledges is 22% of all the affordable housing in Rockport so it was critical to make sure it did not convert to market rate.