Urban Edge Hosts Fall Fest to Highlight Jackson Square Recreation Center

When:
Thursday, Oct 27, 2016 3:30p -
6:00p

Where:
Urban Edge
1542 Columbus Ave
Roxbury, MA 02119

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Festivals & Fairs, Social Good, Sports & Active Life

Event website:
http://www.urbanedge.org/

Urban Edge will host Fall Fest on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at the site of the future Jackson Square Recreation Center from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM. The Fall Fest will highlight the need for and celebrate the progress in financing the construction of the Jackson Square Recreation Center with an afternoon of family fun. Urban Edge and families in the Jackson Square neighborhood will be joined by student-athletes from Wentworth Institute of Technology, Jamaica Plain Youth Soccer, South End Soccer and other community stakeholders, to emphasize the need for the Jackson Square Recreation Center.
The two-story recreation center will combine athletics and academics to allow Boston’s youth and families to learn, grow and succeed. The year-round indoor center will feature a regulation-sized ice rink, turf field and supportive academic services for both young people and their families.
Research shows that a community benefits when young people have access to recreational and afterschool activities. School attendance and grades are improved, incidences of risky behavior decrease, life skills and lifelong healthy habits are acquired. There are 26,000 young people between the ages of 5 and 18 who live within 1.5 mile radius of Jackson Square. But only 10 percent of these students participate in after school sports, arts, or recreation activities, in large part because they do not have a recreation center that is accessible and affordable.
The idea for the recreation center came from the community, who recognized that the young people in their neighborhood did not have the same access to recreational activities, especially in the winter months, as their peers in suburban communities. In addition to the community support, the $21.5 million project has backing from public officials. A recent state bond issue included $5.69 million in state bond financing to help build the facility. Furthermore, it is likely that the project will qualify for an additional $4 million in net New Market Tax Credit equity. In addition, to date Urban Edge has raised over $1.5 million in other funds, including a $200,000 Brownfields Cleanup Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Urban Edge needs to raise another $9 million to complete the center.
This event, which is being supported by Wholefoods, Fresh Truck and RCN Boston, is free and open to the public. Partnering with Wholefoods, Fresh Truck will be bringing its mobile food market to the event, while RCN Boston will offer free hot chocolate and donuts with its Ice Cream/Hot Chocolate truck.

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