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Welcome to Renovate Holyoke

This site aims to be the hub for the information that you'll need to locate and renovate property in Holyoke. You must be logged in to edit these pages. Click here to request an account.

Please click on the Help link for more information on how to contribute, etc... Theory, planning, etc should stay in the discussion page

SO, YOU WANT TO RENOVATE HOLYOKE

In the service of urban renewal, environmental sustainability, building local economies, historic preservation, and community building we are:

1. Identifying and highlighting Holyoke's wealth of unique attributes
   1. City of Holyoke's Online Property Viewer
   2. Massachusetts Historical Commission Database
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2. Learning from best practices in urban development from around the country
   1. Success Stories - Not necessarily local (Providence, RI)
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3. Developing forward thinking models specific to Holyoke
   1. How To - Create a business model to bring multiple groups together for the project allowing both groups to benefit
   2. How To - Logistics, plans, who to talk to, who to hire
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4. Creating social space for multiple parties to learn, develop, and execute real projects
   1. Blogs
      1. Renovate Holyoke - The Collective Blog
      2. HolyokeHome - One couple. One dog. One achingly lovely historic brick row house. One very cool city. One VERY LONG renovation 'wish list.' One project at a time? We'll see.
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ISSUES:

• Funding: debt, equity, grants, tax incentives, partners
• Structures: non-profit, LLC, S-corp, C-Corp
• Bureaucracy: codes, permits

Innovative low-income housing models:

1. Student Housing
2. Artist Housing: e.g. ARTSPACE Buffalo
3. Residency space: e.g. academic residency, media-specific residency (poetry residency, film residency)
4. Other

Resources:

NewUrbanism