Madison Park Development Corporation

Street Address:
Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall
184 Dudley St., Suite 400
Roxbury, MA 02119


Phone: 617-541-3900
Fax: 617-541-4900
Website: www.madison-park.org

Jeanne M. Pinado, Chief Executive Officer

Contact Name: Jeanne M Pinado
Phone: 617-541-3900
Fax: 617-541-4900
Email: jpinado@madison-park.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 11    Part Time: 5

Background
Founded in 1966, Madison Park Development Corporation is one of the country's first community-based, non-profit organizations to independently develop affordable housing for low-and moderate-income residents. Madison Park has created what has been hailed as a model of resident-led community development, and has evolved to become a permanent institution providing the framework for holistic community revitalization and redevelopment in Roxbury. During the past thirty-five years, Madison Park Development Corporation has developed 877 units of rental housing and 75 units of homeownership housing. In addition, Madison Park has implemented an economic development plan that has trained over 130 former welfare recipients and unemployed individuals. Madison Park Development Corporation has organized several youth programs that aim to develop young people, and has tapped into the community's rich arts and cultural resources to foster business development among artists. Combining all of these laudable endeavors demonstrates that Madison Park Development Corporation is in the business of creating a physical, economic, social and cultural renaissance of the Roxbury area of Boston.

Mission
Founded in 1966, MPDC evolved to become a permanent, institution providing the framework for holistic community revitalization and redevelopment in Roxbury. In the process, MPDC became one of the first community- based, non-profit organizations to independently develop affordable housing for low-to-moderate income residents. Over the past thirty-five years MPDC has been hailed as a model for resident-led community developments. Despite the enormous success, the job of revitalizing Roxbury is not complete. A truly vibrant community is more than its physical structures; it is also about the social, cultural and economic well being of its residents. With resident input and support, MPDC has undertaken numerous programs to address the social and economic needs of the community and has endeavored to link all of its efforts into a powerful, holistic approach to revitalizing the target area. Our mission is: the physical, economic, social and cultural renaissance of the Roxbury community. Our values: Responsiveness, Partnership, Resident Activism, Planning for Innovation Madison Park strongly believes in community partnership because we want to build a strong and healthy community. We embrace partnerships that strengthen each other's organizations and institutions. We know through partnering we can build power and harness our collective capacity to advocate for change.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $6,161,815

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Community Based Economic Development

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Community Building and Organizing
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 50 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 68 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 0 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 1490 rental units.
  • Invested $ in the community through Madison Park Development Corporation's revolving loan fund, which leveraged $2,910,792 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $2,910,792.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    9/7/2004 Madison Park Village - A 546 unit townhouse and apartment complex developed by MPDC between 1967 and 1984
    9/7/2004 Orchard Gardens - Selected in Spring of 1996 through a competitive process, MPDC and its partner Trinity Financial made a $60 million capital overhaul of the nearby Orchard Park Housing Development.
    9/7/2004 Davenport Commons - Successful completion and sale of 60 affordable condominiums and two high-rise buildings in collaboration with Northeastern University.
    9/7/2004 Shawmut Estates - 15 affordable condominiums sold to first-time homebuyers.
    9/7/2004 Highland Homes on Fort Hill - Located on Fulda and Highland Streets on Fort Hill in Lower Roxbury. The development will include 18 new homes for sale, priced and marketed to first-time homebuyers with incomes ranging from 70% to 120% of the Boston area median.
    9/7/2004 Homebuyer Training and Homebuying 101 Classes: In 2000, 150 people will graduate from five first-time homebuying classes sponsored by MPDC. Three classes are taught by MPDC's Home Buyer Program Coordinator and two classes in Spanish are taught by a third party counselor. MPDC staff provides written information and one-on-one counseling to our graduates and to other prospective first-time homebuyers. Because of our screening and assistance, these buyers can submit strong, well-prepared mortgage applications to their respective lenders. Several recent homebuyers at MPDC Shawmut Estates and Davenport Commons projects graduated from these classes.
    9/7/2004 Resident Organizing: Six strong tenant associations composed of residents from MPDC-owned properties, have made a marked difference in tenant/management communications, maintenance and upkeep, reduction in crime and creation of many social programs that build the overall community fabric. An established broad coalition of residents and community leaders focus on anti-violence and crime prevention initiatives; voter participation and neighborhood business district revitalization.
    9/7/2004 MPDC's Coalition for a Greener Roxbury is working on an exciting community garden in partnership with Madison Park High School and Community Center that will begin construction in late 2001.

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Leadership Training

  •  Tenant Organizing

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Job Training / Youth Employment Project

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Environmental Friendly Building Materials

  •  Home Maintenance Training

  •  Indoor Environment Quality

  •  Sustainable Site Planning

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Housing for Elderly

  •  Housing for Handicapped

  •  Section 8 Housing


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Mae BurgessBoard MemberResident Retired
    Edna BynoeBoard Treasurer; Board Vice ChairResident  
    Maritza DeCamposBoard MemberResident  
    Elmer FreemanBoard ChairResidentNortheastern University - Boston, MAExecutive Director, CCHERS Program
    Carol PopeBoard MemberResident  
    Darryl RichardsonBoard MemberFinancial Institution Vice President/Branch Manager
    Ivelise RiveraBoard MemberResident  
    Beryl RoachBoard MemberResident Retired
    William WatkinsBoard MemberResident  
    Brooke WoodsonBoard MemberLocal Government  

    About the NeighborWorks ® Network
    The NeighborWorks® network is a nationwide network of more than 240 community development organizations working in nearly 4358 urban, suburban and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks® organizations have generated more than $8.5 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 500,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes or secure safe, decent rental or mutual housing.

    NeighborWorks ® America Contact Information
    District:  New England
    Name:  Frances Cinicola
    Phone:  617-585-5027
    Toll-Free:  
    Fax:  617-450-0427
    Email:  fcinicola@nw.org