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July 2023



Dear Friends and Supporters,

As a sure sign of summer, Community Teamwork's Lowell Farmers' Market opened July 7th and will continue every Friday from 11am-3pm through October. Our residential camp, Lantern Light, saw its first group of children enjoy a fun week away in Northwood, NH.

To top it off, the largest free Folk Festival in the country, the Lowell Folk Festival, is happening this upcoming weekend and provides an opportunity to explore diverse music, food and art from around the world. For more information, please visit Lowell Folk Festival

We are fortunate to belong to a community that provides such rich and exciting offerings. I hope you will be able to take advantage of them.

Please read below for more news and updates from Community Teamwork, including our small business spotlight from the Entrepreneurship Center.

We thank you again for all of your support and wish you a happy and healthy summer!

Gratefully,

Karen Frederick, CEO

Community Teamwork

New:

State Budget Priorities for FY24

Annual Report 2022

Constituency Guide 2022

Programs and Services Brochure 2023

Lowell Farmers' Market

Fridays, 11am-3pm

New Location in Hamilton Canal District

The 2023 Lowell Farmers’ Market launched on Friday, July 7th in its new location with storefront space in the Hamilton Canal Garage (350A Dutton Street – straight over the bridge) and space for additional vendors filling the lawn in front of the garage. In partnership with the City of Lowell, this will become its permanent home, eventually expanding into the available storefront space, which will provide a year-round home for the market.

The special Opening Day event featured a welcome from our own Karen Frederick, CEO, a proclamation from Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau, and a live cooking demonstration (with free samples) from one of Lowell’s newest restaurants…The Dragonfly Café.

We will be welcoming a long list of vendors this year, including Bitz N Peace, My Tiny Farm, Precious Prosper, Fresh Start Farms, Mill City Mercantile, Phalla’s Farm, Flats Mentor Farm, Seona's Fresh Produce, Mill City Grows, Sabor Boriken, Castle Cookies, 168 Seafood Market, Wholly Schmidt Foods, Monkish Nomad, Sweet Lydias, and MS Handmade Jewelry by Maria Laou Stathopoulos just to name a few! We will also welcome local food truck Mira Ve, featuring delicious Columbian offerings, the Eggroll Cafe and more. Singer/guitarist Arthur Terembula and others will provide entertainment!

We hope you will join us every Friday (except for Folk Fest weekend, July 28) from now through October 27th.

Learn more about The Lowell Farmers' Market

#LowellFarmersMarket #LFM

Lantern Light Camp - Back Better than Before!

Summer Camp 2023 is here!

In partnership with Lantern Light Camps (Wah-Tut-Ca) located on Northwood Lake in Northwood, NH, CTI is able to bring 18 children in the often neglected 10-14 age group the opportunity for new experiences. The children currently attending come from CTI's School Age program and from CTI's Shelter Program.

Lantern Light Camps were established to support outdoor educational and recreational programs for children, young adults and families. For many of the children, this is the first time they have ever been away from Lowell and their parents. To be suddenly transported to 325 acres of wilderness, meet a community of new friends, and have the freedom to choose daily activities proves to be transformational.

The pictures below depict some of the activities the students are participating in archery, swimming, inflatables on the lake, and campsite/gathering for lunch.

It's starting out to be a fun summer at camp!

Entrepreneurship Center

Spotlight on Small Business

www.tomo360.com

www.curation250.com

Update on the Fair Housing Program at CTI

The Fair Housing Program (FHP) at CTI continues to work hard this year and has successfully trained over 1000 individuals, served over 230 clients, and worked with over 80 referrals for housing discrimination enforcement (more if you were to count tenant rights and source of income discrimination).

In their second year, the FHP is expanding to increase affordable and accessible housing and further Fair Housing under two grants. This work aims to decrease segregation and housing inequities by promoting inclusive zoning practices and affordable housing development. The FHP is also expanding to provide more assistance to tenants navigating the eviction process. In these capacities, FHP has a current staff person in CTI's Housing and Consumer Education Center (HCEC) assisting clients facing eviction, and FHP is in the process of hiring a new staff person to further promote fair housing and equal opportunity.  

Everyone is entitled to housing without discrimination. Discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, family status, disability, and source of income are all prohibited.

To register for trainings, visit: https://www.cognitoforms.com/CommunityTeamwork1/FairHousingTrainingRegistration

Contact us at (978) 654-5736 or fairhousing@commteam.org OR

visit www.commteam.org/fair-housing-program

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YouthBuild Shares Carpentry Skills with Lowell Youth Leadership Program (LYLP) Summer Camp

Recently, YouthBuild Lowell visited the Lowell Youth Leadership Program (LYLP) summer camp to share their carpentry skills with some of the children. YouthBuild students taught the campers how to use some hand and power tools, along with some necessary safety training. The campers along with the YouthBuild Students created Corn Hole boards so camp participants could enjoy them throughout the summer!

YouthBuild Culinary program also had the amazing opportunity to cater delicious lunches to Lowell Youth Leadership Program's summer camp!

"Thank you to all of the amazing people over at LYLP for having us! We can’t wait to be back soon!" ~ Anna Jabar-Omoyeni, YouthBuild Culinary Arts and Mentorship Coordinator

Learn more about YouthBuild of Lowell

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IN THE NEWS

Lowell Farmers’ Market returns in new location for 2023 - Lowell Sun 7/7/23

Community Teamwork’s Common Ground Development Corporation Celebrated the Opening of Acton Senior Affordable Housing Development 6/5/23

Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $246 Million to Build and Preserve 1,600 Affordable and Mixed-Income Housing Unit - Mass.gov 5/18/23

Healey-Driscoll: $246 million toward state’s housing crisis - Lowell Sun 5/18/23

Lost in the woods: Housing Crisis pushing more people into encampments 5/8/23 NBC10 News

How can Gov. Healey make Mass. less pricey? Housing advocates weigh in - Boston Business Journal 4/20/23

Advocates address needs of unhoused population - The Sun 4/5/23

A fundamental tool to alleviate the housing crisis -The Sun 4/2/23

For more news, please visit https://www.commteam.org/news-events/news/

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