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Worcester Common Ground, Inc. (WCG), a Community Development Corporation (CDC) was founded in 1988 in response to concern about absentee ownership of land and property, the high cost of housing, the displacement of families from their homes into shelters, and the fading dream of home ownership and economic opportunity for those living in the most underserved neighborhood of Central Worcester, Massachusetts.
Our member-based organization is composed of land trust residents, concerned citizens, housing advocates, and community leaders. We are an open membership, not-for-profit organization run by an elected board of land trust members.
Worcester Common Ground helps to preserve and rebuild neighborhoods while providing access to affordable housing and rental units..
Worcester Common Ground projects and programs help families become first time home buyers.
Worcester Common Ground helps families achieve first time home ownership with affordable housing.
Worcester Common Ground has acquired land trusts and developed neighborhood playgrounds and gardens.
Historic properties are restored and converted to affordable housing unts.
This garden, a city-owned lot at Valley and Castle Streets in the midst of the Castle Street…

We want Massachusetts to be a place where people put down roots, raise their families and do business, and that's why expanding affordable housing opportunities remains a top priority. -- Gov. Deval Patrick
"The earth is common ground and...the idea is taking form that the land must be held for safekeeping, that one generation is…responsible for the next…"
--E.B. White.
Continue Reading"Without Worcester Common Ground...we would never have been able to afford a home, never mind having a house with a handicapped-accessible apartment that allows José's grandmother to remain at home." -- Beverly Grandmaison, CLT Homeowner
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Our target area, which we refer to as the Greater Piedmont Area, encompasses three Census tracts, 7314, 7315 and 7316 within the City of Worcester (see map below). These tracts are generally bound by Salisbury Street on the north, Main Street on the east, May Street on the south and Park Avenue on the west.
Continue ReadingThere is an affordable housing crisis in Worcester. From 1980-90, more than 7,600 units of new housing were built in Worcester, but in the following decade, only 1,400 were produced..
Continue ReadingOur staff is highly qualified in each of their specialties and frequently collaborates to participate in events or to get out a grant or project application on deadline. The stability that is reflected in the length of service has helped us manage even with the reduction in staff that was required in past years due to the financial challenges facing CDCs.

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Worcester Common Ground, Inc.
5 Piedmont Street
Worcester, MA 01610 USA
508-754-0908
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