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Facilities and organizations
Name Org Main Phone State Region County City/Town Status Last Update Last Item Update Type
City Soil (urban composting, cooperative, educational youth programs)   Not provided MA MetroBoston   Boston Open Open Business*
Nature: Historic Gardens, Berkshires   Not provided MA Western MA Berkshire   Open Info/Hotline
Energy Barn Raising (free/donation requested energy saving retrofitting)   Not provided MA     Worcester Open Volunteer Camp
Diggers Co-operative (landscaping, permaculture, etc)   Not provided MA     Worcester Open Open Business*
New Economy @ MIT (education & coordination)   Not provided MA     Cambridge Open Info/Hotline
Boston Home Center (down payment loans/grants for first time, income-eligible home buyers)   Not provided MA       Open Info/Hotline
Neighborhood Assistance Corp of America (1% mortgages, no money down, for income eligible & other terms)   Not provided MA       Open Info/Hotline
MassHousing (low interest mortgages, low down payment for income-eligible people)   888-843-6432 MA       Open Info/Hotline
Massachusetts Housing Partnership (income-eligible mortgages, affordable housing development loans)   617 330 9955 MA       Open Info/Hotline
Democracy Center, The (meeting spaces and small dance hall)   Not provided MA     Cambridge Open Walk-in Resource
Domestic Violence Victim Assistance Program, The (DVVAP) Acton "Safety Net" Leadership Summit (978) 318-3421, 1.888.399.6111, or the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE MA Northeast Middlesex, Central Middlesex Acton, Concord, Maynard Open Info/Hotline
Butter Brook Organic Farm (2013: farm shut down...being sold, equipment may be available) Farm 978 263 1936 MA MetroWest Middlesex Acton/Westford/Carlisle Closed Open Business*
Acton Memorial Library (Collection of Language Training Materials, meeting space, books, etc) Acton "Safety Net" Leadership Summit Not provided MA MetroWest Middlesex Acton Open Walk-in Resource
Nu Cafe (responsible food/business)   Not provided MA     Gardner Open Open Business*
Nu Cafe (responsible food/business)   Not provided MA     Worcester Open Open Business*
Massachusetts Farm to Schol (training program for kids to learn about food production)   Not provided MA     Worcester Open School
Straight Up Cafe (youth-run, community space)   Not provided MA     Worcester Open Open Business*
Stone Soup Collective, Cooperative Farm and CSA   Not provided MA     Springfield Open Open Business*
Worcester Poetry Collective (Poet Asylum)   Not provided MA     Worcester Open Info/Hotline
Worcester Think Tank, hacker/tech workshops for kids/young adults (NOT FREE (but reasonable) community space)   Not provided MA     Worcester Open School