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Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Founded in 1987 the firm focuses on sustainable, urban, multi-cultural, multi-income residential, and mixed-use development. Trinity Financial partners with federal agencies like the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as HUD, is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government...
and United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
, state housing and development agencies, city development agencies like the Boston Redevelopment Authority
Boston Redevelopment Authority
The Boston Redevelopment Authority is the municipal planning and development agency for Boston, working on both housing and commercial developments.The BRA was established by the Boston city council and the Massachusetts legislature in 1957...
, neighborhood associations, and community development organizations.
Projects
Trinity Financial projects include revitalization and preservation of existing structures, revitalization of public housing through HOPE VIHOPE VI
HOPE VI is a plan by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is meant to revitalize the worst public housing projects in the United States into mixed-income developments. Its philosophy is largely based on New Urbanism and the concept of Defensible space.The program began...
grants, new construction, and transit-oriented development
Transit-oriented development
A transit-oriented development is a mixed-use residential or commercial area designed to maximize access to public transport, and often incorporates features to encourage transit ridership...
(TOD). Most Trinity Financial projects embrace the precepts of defensible space
Defensible space
Defensible space may refer to:*Defensible space , a concept of influencing negative social behavior through architectural and urban design....
and the New Urbanism
New urbanism
New Urbanism is an urban design movement, which promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has gradually continued to reform many aspects of real estate development, urban planning, and municipal land-use...
through use of contextual heights, massing, and often adopting vernacular New England building styles and materials. The company's projects have been recognized for their high density "smart growth" design leaving spaces open for recreation, for community building, historic preservation, and energy efficiency.
Energy efficiency
Trinity Financial projects have also been recognized for energy efficiency by reducing carbon-emission footprints of its buildings through the use of electricity generating photovoltaic panels, and the offsetting of heating and cooling through the use of landscaping, and high-efficiency design. Energy efficiency is also encouraged by siting projects adjacent to mass public transit, reducing the need for individual car use.Trinity Financial Charitable Fund
Trinity Financial operates the Trinity Financial Charitable Fund, a trust founded founded in 2006 with goals to"enrich the quality of life in low-income and mixed income housing communities by providing grants that support educational opportunities, public service and neighborhood improvements, and create positive social change in creative, inclusive ways."
Individual Trinity Financial Charitable Fund grants have been awarded to the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, B’Nai B’rith New England, Boston Preservation Alliance, Boston YMCA, The Jimmy Fund Walk
The Jimmy Fund
The Jimmy Fund raises vital funds to support adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1948 to raise funds for patient care and the fight against children’s cancer, the Jimmy Fund now supports the search for new cancer...
, Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace is a peacebuilding youth organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1993. As its main program, the organization brings youth from areas of conflict to its international camp in Maine. It also provides regional programming to support Seeds of Peace graduates, known as...
, and the Young Achiever Science and Math School among others.